#498 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday June 28, 2010 08:16AM
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY - SUNDAY,
JULY 4th. LET FREEDOM RING!
NEWPORT TO BERMUDA:
From Lewis Toms comes the following: Rives
Potts, native Richmonder and longtime member of Fishing Bay Yacht Club
who grew up sailing on the Southern Chesapeake Bay, won [his class and
his division in] the prestigious Newport to Bermuda Yacht Race on
Carina. Included in his crew were FBYC members
Will Crump, his wife Marie Klok Crump and one
of his sisters, Cyane Crump. Marie's brother Thomas
Klok, who has frequently sailed at Fishing Bay, was also among the crew, along
with two of Rives' sons and others. Potts' McCurdy and Rhodes Custom 48
footer, commissioned in May of 1969 was winner of same in 1970 under the command
of her original owners, father Richard S. Nye and his son Richard B.
Nye. Potts sailed in the largest and most competitive division, the
St. David's Lighthouse Division, comprised of 103 boats in 8
classes. Also, familiar to southern Bay racers, racing in Newport to
Bermuda, were: Vela Veloce (Richard Oland) on which Mark
Wheeler is a regular (navigator) - finished 6th in the Gibbs Hill
Lighthouse Division of 13 very large, very fast boats; Conrad
Hall, Shearwater, of Norfolk Yacht and Country Club, won his
class and placed 2nd in the 38 boat Cruiser Division; Greg
Leonard, Heron, who just recently won the 2010 DOWN THE BAY
RACE, won his class in the Double-Handed Division, and finished 11th overall in
the 26 boat division. Complete Newport to Bermuda results are
available at http://63.134.239.39/2010results/Public/ORRResults.html
Rappahannock River Yacht Club hosted the
Flying Scot Capitol District Championship the weekend of
June 19 & 20. Twenty (20) top boats in this district competed in the two day
regatta, including six boats from the home fleet. This was the first time
the local fleet had hosted the event, which is rotated within the 10 fleets
in the district each year. The top five finishers:
1.Skipper John Aras and John Wake; 2. Skipper David Neff and Jason
Hair; 3.Skipper Mike Miller and Amy Miller; 4.Skipper Frank Gibson
and Debbie Gibson; 5.Skipper Jerry Latell and Andrea Latell.
Principal Race Officer - Brooks Zerkel; Event Chair - Debbie
Cycotte
When John Aras (Annapolis) and his
crew John Wake (Richmond) won the Flying Scot Capitol
District Championship with a clean sweep of 4 bullets in 4 races, it
was the third time he won the championship trophy . John won it in 1972
and again in 1976 while he was in his teens.
FBYC Moonlight Race - beautiful night with
perfect breezes. One of the boats in the FBYC Moonlight Race was
Doug Anderson's Red Sky and she has a setting red
sun pictured on her transom. Saturday evening when the race
started, racers were treated to the real thing - a beautiful red sky
sunset. The race was a little bit over 15 miles long and everyone
was in by midnight. This race is part of the FBYC Long Distance
Series. RESULTS: PHRF A (6 boats) - 1.Alex
Alvis, Chilcoot; 2.Strother Scott,
Loose Cannon; 3.Sam Mitchener, Double
Eagle. PHRF B (3 boats) - 1.Miles
Booth, Shenanigan; 2.Wayland Rennie,
Trilogy. PHRF C (1 boat) - 1.
Brad Miller, Schiehallion. PHRF
Non-Spin (3 boats) - 1.Doug Anderson, Red
Sky; 2.Paul Cross, Gray Eagle.
12th ANNUAL SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE LEUKEMIA CUP REGATTA -
JULY 10-11, 2010. Hosted by Stingray Harbor Yacht Club and
Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Two days of racing, classes for PHRF A, B, C, and
Non-Spin, a Classic division, and a Cruising Class. There will be
one-design racing for classes with at least 5 boats. For information
contact Laura Boone at (804) 627-0400, x-6707, OR Sue
Willis at (804) 627-0400, x-6711. And, remember, for Hampton Roads
and York River area racers, Fishing Bay is 6-7 hours closer to Solomons
Island for Screwpile the following week (July 18, 19, and 20). A two part
delivery with a race in between - what's not to like?!!
And, while you are at it. . .
CELEBRATE HAMPTON'S 400th ANNIVERSARY IN
JULY!
SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE
CHALLENGE 2010 - July 18, 19, and 20th -
Solomons, MD. This is the
regatta chosen by racers as the Best on the Bay in 2009 - expect
even better in 2010! TO AVOID THE $75 LATE
FEE REGATTA ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN NOON, WEDNESDAY,
JUNE 30. - THAT'S DAY AFTER TOMORROW! Go to www.splc.us , print down your entry
form, fill it in and mail it with your fee to Screwpile Challenge 2010.
Regatta headquarters is at the Holiday Inn Solomons (regatta headquarters)
1-800-356-2009. When making ressies, tell the person
taking your info that you are coming to SCREWPILE and give them
the magic code - SC 1. There is additional accommodation and dockage info
at the event website - www.splc.us
Inaugural YRYC MOONLIGHT
RACE shines. PTERODACTYL, RUMBLE, and
SHENANDOAH earn way to the podium. The first
John Dworak Memorial Moonlight Race came off , in the words of York
River Yacht Club co-race captain, Ben Weeks, ". . .under a beautiful moonlit sky
with southeast breeze of 8 - 15 knots over a 21.5 nm course." Trophy
recipients: First Place: Eugene Thayer,
Pterodactyl (Evelyn 42); Second Place: Ben
Weeks and Michele Cochran, Rumble (J/29); Third
Place: Dan Fox and Mike Mastracci, Shenandoah
(J30).
CNSF Executive Cup
Race Fifteen (15) boats entered the 2010
Executive Cup Race Saturday, and 12 finished. The race is sailed in mid
afternoon (the start was at 3:30pm) in Hampton Roads Harbor. This year the
course length was 6.30 miles. The proceeds from the Executive Cup Race go
to the sailing team at Christopher Newport University. John
Ritter's Temeraire was declared the overall winner; he
finished more than 8 minutes (corrected time) ahead of the second boat in
his class, PHRF C. RESULTS: PHRF A (5
boats): 1. Leroi Lissenden, Voodoo2;
2.Dixon Wilde, Kingfisher; 3.Louie
Lewis, Incentive+. PHRF B (8 boats):
1.Ben Cuker, Callinectes; 2.Bob
Archer, Bad Habit; 3.Graham Field,
Independence. PHRF C (2 boats): 1.John
Ritter, Temeraire; 2.Randy Pugh,
Elusive. Race Chairman - Malcolm Brady.
Who won Cock Island?
Just in case you were in orbit last week, or the heat melted your memory
banks: Of the 74 boats entered, 29 were PHRF, the remaining
45 sailed in Cruising classes. Class
winners: PHRF A (2 boats) - Cyrano, Bob
Mosby; PHRF B (4 boats) - Stingray, Don
DeLoatch; PHRF C (7 boats) - Bow Movement,
Martin Casey; PHRF NS-I (7 boats) - Black
Widow, Leo Wardrup; PHRF NS-2 (9 boats) -
Wiki Wiki, Rodney Paice; Cruising Division - classes
winners: Black Dog, Finns, Serenity, and
Content. For results details, please contact Principal Race
Officer Larry Bryant at (757) 472-5969.
Southern Bay expatriate, STEVE HUNT, has an
interesting column in the July/August issue of SAILING WORLD
Magazine. He boils down the complexities of racing to "Three
Simple Go- Fast Rules". It's great info, well put, and very helpful at all
levels of racing. Check -out pages 62 and 63. NOTE:
Steve was a highly regarded contender for the USA team a few Olympics
back, in the Men's 420's. He has since made his residence on the West
Coast and is a well-known high school coach at Point Loma HS in California, and
his name often turns up on big boat crew lists.
Coming up for the holiday
weekend:
HYC Annual Trapeze Regatta - hosted by
Hampton Yacht Club - July 3-4, Hampton One Design Class and any other
class with at least 5 one-design boats. Event administrator and info -
Leigh Chapman, (757) 726-9640.
Commonwealth of Virginia Junior Sailing
Championship Regatta - July 3-4, hosted by Hampton Yacht
Club. International Optimist Dinghy, Laser Radial, and 420. CBYRA
junior age eligibility limits apply. For additional info contact Event
Chairman Dave Revill (757) 897-7302, OR Mark Newman (607) 746-2758,
OR Tim Spracher (757) 746-4928. NOR available at www.hamptonyc.com .
VETERANS CUP - SATURDAY - JULY 10, 2010.
Here comes Langley Yacht Club's annual Veterans Cup. Starts are
offered for all PHRF Classes (PHRF Non-Spin is double headsail) as well as for a
single headsail Cruising Class. The plan is to do 2 drop mark races on
Saturday. The Skippers Meeting is Friday, 7pm at
the Water's Edge Grill (upstairs over the Salt Ponds Marina Office,
Buckroe Beach Road, Hampton. The Notice of Race is posted at the LYC
website - www.langleyyachtclub.org
For information, please contact John Ritter at
(757) 329-6992. This event honors members of our
Armed Forces. You DO NOT have to be formally affiliated
with the Armed Forces to participate or to honor the members, past and
present.
MURPHY'S LAW: Picture this
- 50 white stars on a head and two ears dyed blue, and 13 red
and white stripes circling a rotund beagle-body and
tail! Here you have Yrs Truly the All
American Racing Beagle, outfitted for
the coming weekend. Happy 4th of JULY! /S/ Murphy
the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
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