#503 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Tuesday August 10, 2010 11:19AM
SOUTHERN BAY KIDS
ARE OUT AND ABOUT!
During the past week
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OPTI Nation
Update: Hanna
Finishes 4th Overall at 2010 USODA New England Championships
Hosted By
Sail Newport. The Fishing Bay Yacht
Club Opti Team traveled to Newport a short week after hosting the 2010
Opti Nationals. Alexander Hanna posted a 4th overall in
the 311 boat championship fleet. Kendall Swenson
finished 6th in the Opti Girls Fleet (103 racers) and 30th overall in the
championship fleet. Also sailing for Fishing Bay at the event were:
Gray Kiger, Will Whitmore, Jack Whitmore, Hannah Steadman, Erin Jacob, and
Jed Londrey.
US SAILING
Youth Sailing Championships: Graham Landy wins C420
Fleet. The best-of-the-best were on display at the 2010 U.S. Youth
Sailing Championships, hosted by the Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club (San Pedro, CA).
The team of Graham Landy (Norfolk Yacht & Country Club) and
Colin Murphy (Shelter Island Yacht Club) trounced their 26 competitors
over 9 races at this national championship youth regatta. Also from the
southern Bay and finishing in the middle of the highly competitive
C420 fleet, was the team of Alex Jacob and Ben Buhl, 12th overall, from
Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Kyle Swenson sailed for FBYC in the Laser fleet
and finished tied in points for 10th, but 11th overall.
CAPE CHARLES CUP - August 14 - 15, Saturday and
Sunday. Entries for the 2010 Cape Charles Cup close TODAY,
Monday, August 9, at 1500 hours. A point to point
to point race for racers and cruisers. This is certainly
one of the best two-day southern Bay summer regattas. There are two
races. On Saturday, race from Norfolk's Little Creek area to Cape Charles,
party and spend the night at the lovely Bay Creek Resort and Marina
(or dock at Cape Charles Harbor), and then race on Sunday from Cape Charles to
Buckroe. Broad Bay Sailing Association pulls it all together.
Event Chair - Jim Williams; PRO - John McCarthy. For information
and entry, please contact Scott Almond at (757) 471-2663 or CCCup@broadbaysailing.org.
2010 SAP 505 World Championships -
Southern Bay 505 racer, TYLER MOORE, of Hampton, VA, and GEOFF
EWESON, of Annapolis, finished in the Top 20 (16th
overall) of 126 at the 505 World Championships in Denmark last week. Extreme
and unpredictable conditions were the topic of the day at the
regatta. Tyler and Geoff had their best day on the next to last day
of the regatta, when they registered two thirds. Also, racing at the
505 Worlds were father Chris and teenage son Tom Rasmussen
. This was the Rasmussen's first venture into the 505 Worlds; they
finished 110th and sailed in all but the two races (30+ knots) on the first
day. The 505 East Coasts Championships will be hosted at
Hampton Yacht Club next month, September 24-25-26, 2010. This will be
a great opportunity to watch great sailors racing really, really fast two-man
dinghies in Hampton Roads.
FEATHER MASTERS THE MASTERS
- Phil Briggs' J36 Feather and her all-star Geritol@ crew won the
annual Tom Brady Master's Race hosted by Hampton Yacht Club
Saturday. On Feather, toiling at the winches and hauling on the
halyards were Stan Morris, Glenn Giles,
Judy Cotton, Dave Revill, Jimmy
Shoemaker, and Phil Briggs, while Bill
Peach had the helm. The finish was up Hampton River at the HYC
docks and that is where Rusty Burshell and the Cool
Change gang made up enough time on Andy Armstrong's
Virginia H to grab 2nd place among the 7 competing boats. Race
Committee - Bill and David Gibbings
DON'T TELL BUMPS!
There will be a surprise Birthday
Party for Bumps Eberwine on Wednesday, August 25th, at Hampton Yacht
Club after the Wednesday Night Racing. Stop by for Birthday Cake and Beer;
drink a toast to "The Bumpster" on his 85th! Graham Field is
organizing this surprise party and he can be reached at (757)
488-3931. Donations toward the cake and beer are appropriate and will be
greatly appreciated.
CCV FOUNDERS RACE - MERIDIAN,
GREMLIN, ROUNDABOUT, and MIDNIGHT MISTRESS win fleets.
This was the second of the two CCV races that come in the middle
of summer, The Moonlight Triangle being the other. The boats raced off of
Ocean View in 5 to 6 to 7 knots from the NorthEast. RESULTS: PHRF
A - 1. Sledd Shelhorse, Meridian;
2.Dave Eberwine, Sea Star; 3.Phil
Briggs, Feather. PHRF B - Greg
Cutter, Gremlin; 2.Dave McConaughy,
White Boat; 3.Dave Taylor, Wham
Bam. PHRF C - 1.Alan Bomar,
Roundabout; 2.Justin Morris, The
Hunter. PHRF Non-Spin - 1.Jake and Pat
Brodersen, Midnight Mistress; 2.Leo Wardrup,
Black Widow; 3.Jerry Lotz, Faith.
[NOTE: Protest pends in the Non-Spin Fleet.] Principal Race Officer
- Bob Thomas
ADMIRAL'S CUP goes to RUMBLE -
Ben Weeks and the crew of Rumble persevered in light
air for 11 very loooooooooong miles on Saturday to win the
annual Admiral's Cup, co-hosted by York River Yacht Club and Seaford Yacht
Club. The dearth of air did not deter the racers from the party
hosted by Seaford Yacht Club. Results: Spinnaker (4 boats):
1.Ben Weeks&Michele Cochran, Rumble;
2.Jim Bordeaux, Soltice. Non-Spin
(5 boats): 1.Chuck Eldred, Gail Force;
2.Dave Crossett, Gator.
Save your navigation and strategy notes from the Cape
Charles Cup - the non-stop PLANTATION LIGHT RACE leaves Hampton
Roads harbor on Friday evening (first warning is at 1900
hours), August 20, and heads, weather permitting, to Cape Charles
Light and back to the finish line in the Harbor. For details and entry
info, please contact Bob Thomas at (757) 898-9407-home or (757)
864-3913-office.
Jeff Neurauter and crew Happy Omstead win the
46th ANNUAL VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S CUP by virtue
of winning the largest fleet (Buccaneers, 11) at
the regatta. As on the York River , squeezing races out of
4-5 knot zephyrs proved to be quite an accomplishment on the Ware
River. But, event officials and racers got in two races on Saturday
and three on Sunday for almost everyone. One-Design Fleet Winners:
Buccaneers (11) - Jeff Neurauter & Happy Omstead;
Albacore (7) - Barney Harris & Lee Mullins;
Hampton One Design (8) - Latane Montague & Travis
Dozier; Laser (6) - Jon Deutsch.
[Portsmouth Class results not available at publication time. ] A total of
40 boats sailed in this regatta. Organizing Authority - Ware River Yacht
Club; PRO - Rick Klein.
SOUTHERN BAY SAMPLER of LABOR DAY WEEKEND
GOODIES:
Friday, September 4 thru Monday, September 6,
2010
*16th Annual STINGRAY POINT
REGATTA , at Fishing Bay Yacht Club, Saturday and Sunday,
September 4 -5. This is a southern Bay favorite that incorporates all the
flavor of Fishing Bay and the Rapp [Rappahannock] River. Starts are
offered for PHRF classes (spinnaker and non-spinnaker) as well as qualifying
one-design (big boats). There are two days of racing (Saturday, and
Sunday). Monday has been left open so racers can have a leisurely sail
home or attend the family cook-out or both! For details and to register on
line, go to www.fbyc.net. If you have
questions or comments, contact Event Chairman, Alex Alvis at (804)
370-8241.
*Norfolk Yacht and Country Club hosts the
10th Annual DINK VAIL REGATTA (DVR 10), on Saturday, September
4. Starts are offered for PHRF fleets (A, B, C, NS). This is a
one race event that includes a welcome reception on Friday at 1830 in the
Lounge at NY&CC, a continental breakfast on Saturday at 0800 on the
NY&CC patio, and a reception and awards banquet at 1800, Saturday.
For info and entry, please contact Bob Hume at (757)
288-9985.
*New on the Southern Bay Labor Day list of
opportunities, aimed at dinghy racers, is the LABOR DAY CLINIC and
REGATTA at the ODU Sailing Center, Norfolk. The clinic will run
Saturday and Sunday, September 4-5, with the regatta set for Monday, September
6. There is a gang of coaching talent involved in this event. Look
here: Laser Full Rig - Brad Funk; Laser Radial - Anna Tunnicliffe
and Erika Reineke; Club 420 - Adrienne Patterson and Michael
Collins; Optimist - Tom Coleman ("Mr. Green Fleet") and Nick Turney;
Techno 293 - Alessandro Ambrosi; High School Team Racing - Charles
Higgins; College Racing - Mitch Brindley. Contact
David Tunnicliffe at david@tunnicliffeconsulting.com
*Not in the southern Bay area, but if a
longer holiday weekend is in your plans, CBYRA's Annapolis Race
Week goes the distance (Saturday through Monday). The 44th
edition of this event will be the first at it's new shore side venue in the
heart of downtown Annapolis. The public also is encouraged to attend
shore side activities staged in the City Dock area. For details and
entry info, go to www.cbyra.org/arw.
Looking for permanent and/or fill
in crew? Not to worry - get in touch with Dave
Taylor at (757) 344-5292. Dave still has available crewbies who
have completed the CCV Crew Training Course. A total of 51 folks went
through the program and a number of them are looking for a spot on a race
boat.
MURPHY'S LAW: When they said "Dog
Days", Yrs Truly the Racing Beagle didn't know they meant
grilled Dog Days. Now I have these
cooking stripes on me sides from laying on the planks of the dock! The
Murphster is truly sizzlin'! /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle,
the sailing spirit in us all.