#491 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday May 3, 2010 11:15AM
FLECK, MITCHENER, and JANKOWSKI do the
NOODS. Bob Fleck, who now makes his home in Hardyville (a
suburb of Deltaville), finished 1st in the 7 boat S2 7.9 class
at the NOOD regatta in Annapolis this past weekend. Fleck's
HORIZON dominated the fleet with a string of 1-1-2-1-1-1-2-5, finishing
7 points ahead of the 2nd place boat. Sam
Mitchener, who resides in Roanoke and sails his J/109, DOUBLE
EAGLE, out of Fishing Bay Yacht Club, finished 6th in his class and
Chris Jankowski, also of FBYC, took 8th in the 17 boat J/24
class. Both Mitchener and Fleck are Early Bird entries in upcoming
(June 4-6) Southern Bay Race Week.
FBYC Spring Series Update:
Fourteen (14) boats turned out Saturday for a day of
racing in the Series and after three more races, the Series leaders of
their respective packs are: PHRF A - Strother
Scott, Loose Cannon; PHRF B - Eric
Powers, Nereid; and PHRF C - Brad Miller,
Schiehallion. Dick Cole's Nutcracker is, to
this point, the only PHRF Non-Spinnaker boat in the Series.
Ric and Sharon Bauer honcho-ed the day of racing. The FBYC Spring Series
continues this coming Saturday, May 8.
CCV SPRING SERIES IS A WRAP.
SEA STAR, COOL CHANGE, QUICKY, and
BLACK WIDOW are fleet winners. Sunday proved
perfect for the final two races of the five race series that traditionally opens
the season on the southern Bay. A rock solid breeze out of 240 that
ranged between 12 and 20 knots was just what the doctor ordered and the fleet of
36 boats made the most of it. The Spring Series (overall) awards will be
presented at the CCV Annual Awards Party in early November. Here are the
top finishers in each fleet: PHRF A (10 boats
racing): 1.Dave Eberwine, Sea Star,
J/36; 2.Phil Briggs, Feather, J/36;
3.Christian Schaumloffel, Mirage, Hobie 33;
4.Bob Mosby, Cyrano, Frers 36. PHRF B
(13 boats racing): 1.Rusty Burshell, Cool Change,
J/30; 2.Bob Archer, Bad Habit, Pearson
Flyer; 3.Graham Field, Independence, Islander
36; 4.Chuck Monsees, Rockette, J/29.
PHRF C (12 boats racing): 1.Mike Veraldi,
Quicky, J/24; 2.Alan & Will Bomar,
Roundabout, J/24; 3.Justin Morris, The
Hunter, Hunter 26.5; 4.Jonathan Phillips, Fine,
Kirby 25. PHRF Non-Spin (7 boats racing): 1.Leo
Wardrup, Black Widow, Irwin 38; 2.Don Barfield
& Steve Smith, Checko, Macgregor
26; 3.Mitch Doughtie, Old School, S2 7.9.
Principal Race Officer - John McCarthy; Scorer - John Ritter; Mark
Boats - Bill and David Gibbings; Tom and Jane Fowler.
The CCV Fleet flew gray ribbons for Neal
Garrett in the races Sunday. There are buckets of tears and waves
of prayers and thoughts for Neal from his racing friends. Since doctors
cannot help Neal with surgery, it is even more important to help
strengthen his spirit.
CAPE HENRY CUP on the near horizon - Saturday, May
15. Broad Bay Sailing Association offers the Cape Henry Cup,
Saturday after this coming. Starts are offered for PHRF A, B, C, and
Non-Spinnaker (single headsail only). There is also a Cruising fleet
(single headsail only). This is a sanctioned race and is part of the
Chesapeake Bay Distance Racing Series. Entries are due no later than 1700,
May 14th. Sailing Instructions will be available from Scott Almond
(757) 471-2663 or at www.broadbaysailing.org after
May 5. This is a well established, mid-distance race in the mouth of the
Bay. Study your current tables!
This from Scuttlebutt, Thursday, April 29, 2010
issue. On the Tuesday of the Bermuda International
Invitational Race Week Skipper Tim Lynch and crew of their
J/24 ERIN had been on the last leg of the last race. "
She was flying her spinnaker in a building 30-knot
breeze. As the boat rounded up in a massive broach, she put her mast in the
water and flooded the cockpit and cabin. The boat didn't right herself
and just sank to the bottom, sails and all. No one was injured.
Chase boats on the course picked up Lynch and his crew.
About two feet of the mast was sticking above the water and Erin
was standing straight up with her keel resting on the sandy bottom. She was
marked with a buoy overnight. " In summary, the next
morning (Wednesday) two barges moved ERIN, having lifted her by
her hoist ring just inches off the bottom in to the lee of Long Island.
Then, they used two straps under the boat to lift her to where the deck and
companionway where just above the surface. (The weight of the water in the
cabin would have broken the boat in half, if they had lifted her entirely out of
the water at that point.) From there, the "rescuers" pumped out the cabin,
and the ". . .boat rose out of the water." The article
stated that , " ERIN was back at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club marina by
2:00PM Wednesday..." When racing resumed on
Thursday, ERIN was there and took two 6th places in
the competition for the J/24 class Gripper Trophy. As
Winston Churchill once said, "When you are going through hell,
keep on going!"
2009 SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE CHALLENGE RACE COMMITTEE
has been named winner of the CBYRA Bay-Wide Handicap and
Cruising One-Design Race Committee of the Year award. The group
organized by Event Chairman, LG Raley, and led by Don
Brehens, both of the Southern Maryland Sailing
Association, consists of top of the line race management folks
from all over the Chesapeake. Running the West Course, one of the
regatta's three racing circles, is the Hampton -based team.
They are: PRO: John McCarthy (HYC);
Communications: Lin McCarthy (HYC); Timer: Glenn
Giles (HYC); Wind Boss: John Ritter (HYC);
Flags: Brooks Zerkel (FBYC) and Cathy Clark
(FBYC) ; Leeward Mark Boat: Rick Klein
(FBYC); Windward Mark Boat: Mike Dale
(FBYC). Joining the Screwpile team from the
southern Bay this year will be Eric Matherne and Buk
Lawrence.
Pat and Kollette
Hillard have started a sailing club at Nansemond-Suffolk
Academy. So far they have 9 student-sailors from 9th
through 12th grade. The NSA team practices at Hampton Yacht Club in
the HYC high school sailing
program.
Mother, MAY I . . . go
racing?! This month, yes, you certainly
MAY!
May
7 Friday
Late Entry Fee (+ $50) kicks in at 2400 for DOWN THE BAY - save
money, beat this deadline!
May 8-9
Sat-Sun Hampton Yacht Club Trapeze Regatta,
Leigh Morgan Chapman - leigh.morgan2@verizon.net
May 8
Saturday Fishing Bay Yacht Club Spring
Series, www.fbyc.net
May
8 Saturday Yankee Point Yacht
Club, Spring RegattaMay 9
Sunday MOTHER'S
DAY
May 15
Saturday BBSA Cape Henry Cup, Scott Almond - (757)
471-2663
May 15
Saturday VISA Championship (high school racing) at
Norfolk Yacht &CC
May 15
Saturday Fishing Bay Yacht Club Spring Series, www.fbyc.net
May 15
Saturday Rappahannock River Spring
Regatta
May 16
Sunday Fleet 71 J/24 Regatta - Alan Bomar -
(757) 810-4518 or HYC - (757) 722-0711
May 22
Saturday HYC - Hampton Roads Hospice Regatta,
Glenn Giles - (757) 851-9690
May 24 Monday
Late Entry Fee (+ $50) kicks in at 2400 for SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK
- save $$!
May 26 Wed.
Deadline for DOWN THE BAY
entries
May 28-29 Fri-Sat
Down the Bay Race for the Virginia Cruising Cup, Graham Garrenton - (757)
478-2994
May 29 Saturday
Portsmouth Boat Club, Merrimac Memorial Regatta (small boat racing),
Jonathan Romero - (757) 285-6017
May 29 Saturday
FBYC - Fishing Bay to Urbanna Race - www.fbyc.net
May 30
Sunday RRYC - FBYC River Races - www.fbyc.net
Jun 4-6
Fri-Sun SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK for the
BLACK SEAL CUP, info and entry: (757) 850-4225, www.blacksealcup.com
ANNA UPDATE - Hyères, France (April 30, 2010)
– US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics’ (USSTAG) Anna Tunnicliffe
(Plantation, Fla.), Molly Vandemoer (Redwood City, Calif.) and
Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) won a silver medal in the
Women’s Match Racing event at the 42nd French
Sailing Week today, after finishing 1-3 in the final series against Germany’s
Silke Hohlbrock. This was their second podium finish in the 2009-2010
International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup series, after winning
gold at US SAILING’s 2010 Rolex Miami OCR in January.
(NOTE: info released by US SAILING media outlet)
HEADS-UP. Tunnicliffe Consulting, David
Tunnicliffe's enterprise, will sponsor the first
annual LABOR DAY CLINIC in Norfolk Sept 4 & 5
(clinic) and 6 (regatta). The
Clinic will be held at Old Dominion University. Here are
the expected clinicians: Anna Tunnicliffe and Erika
Reineke (Laser Radial, limited to 20 boats); Brad Funk (Laser - full
rig, limited to 20 boats); Adrienne Patterson and Michael Collins (Club
420, limited to 20 boats); Nick Turney (Optimist, limited to 20
boats); Charles Higgins (High School Team Racing, limited to 18 boats);
Mitch Brindley (Collegiate Sailing, limited to 18 boats); and, Alessandro "Alex"
Ambrosi (Techno 293, limited to 10 boats). For additional information,
registration fees and procedures, deadlines, etc, please contact David
Tunnicliffe at Tunnicliffe Consulting, (757)
580--2991
IF you have a junior-aged sailor or sailor-to-be in the household,
NOW is the time to get him or her signed up for a
southern Bay JUNIOR SAILING PROGRAM. There are several
programs in our area, including Fishing Bay Yacht Club (host of the 2010
Opti Nationals in late July), Hampton Yacht Club (host of the Virginia
State Juniors Championship July 4th weekend) and Norfolk
Yacht & Country Club. Google a club of interest and check out
their offerings. Your young'un may not be old enough to drive a car,
but tell him or her that in junior sailing you drive your own boat;
the couch potato will morph!
Hey, get those 'chutes up!! The Women’s Racing Club at Premier Sailing in Irvington is at it again. Members are learning to fly spinnakers on J24s. Training includes learning how to match race, learning all the basic racing rules, learning to be safe on board. Members commute from as far away as Fredericksburg and Charlottesville for Sunday training sessions. The club has room for new members and welcomes women of all ages with some basic sailing experience. The schedule is carefully written with a limited spring and fall season that is easy enough for a busy mother or busy working woman. See the website on www.premiersailing.com
MURPHY'S LAW: This past weekend was a WINDY southwesterly. It was so windy that when Yrs Truly , The Racing Beagle, howled on the downwind run, Cousin Mick Lobster McMurphy hear me in Gloucester, Massachusetts! /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all
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