#505 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday August 23, 2010 02:34PM
Latane Montague made it his
5th Hampton One-Design National Championship at the
HOD Class showdown in Fishing Bay this past weekend. Latane has won
the title in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, and, now, in 2010. Thirteen (13) HODs
raced in light air on opening day Friday, got in three nice races on
Saturday, and squeezed two more in on Sunday; the total of 6 allowed for
one throw-out in the final tabulations. Latane sailed with crew
Jaci Finney. Second overall was Gordon
Wolcott with crew Perrin Priest, and third was
Eddie Wolcott sailing with Rachael
Blake. Fishing Bay Yacht Club hosted the event. Complete
results are available at www.fbyc.net Principal
Race Officer - Rick Klein.
Moonlight Races have plenty of moonshine, but
fickle winds:
*Plantation Light Race
winds went light and more racers went home than finished. Eleven (11)
boats struck out for Plantation Light on Friday night, in spite of iffy
conditions predicted by wind wizards. As it turned out 5
actually finished the race; they were : PHRF A (3 boats)-
1.Meridian, Sledd Shelhorse; PHRF B (5
boats) - 1. Rumble, Ben Weeks and Michele
Cochran; 2.Gremlin, Greg Cutter;
3.Margarita, Harry Tenney NOTE: A
protest pends in PHRF B. PHRF Non-Spin (3
boats) - 1. Virginia Lee, Mike
Brannon. Hampton Yacht Club sponsors this
event. Principal Race Officer - Bob Thomas.
*In the Fishing Bay Yacht Club
Smith Point Race, nine(9) started on Saturday, and all 9
finished by the wee hours of Sunday. RESULTS: PHRF A
(4 boats) - 1.Loose Cannon, Strother Scott;
2.Sweet Liberty, Thomas Larkin. PHRF B
(4 boats) - 1.Schiehallion, Brad Miller;
2.Nereid, Eric Powers. PHRF Non-Spin (1
boat) - 1.Last Boat, Frank Murphy. Principal
Race Officer - Allan Heyward.
Southern Bay Racers out of Fishing Bay Yacht Club,
Mike Massie, Sophie Massie, and Noel Clinard sailed the
Massie's Rhodes 19, Toni Too, to first place in the one-design
class in Nantucket Race Week. Kudos!
Southern Bay (and beyond) Boats Racing at Annapolis
Race Week over Labor Day Weekend: John and Bev Blais'
Stardancer is entered in the Beneteau 367 One-Design
Fleet. Kenny Saylor (tactician), Bill Wheary, and Jimmy
Cobb are among the crew sailing with the Blais for the
weekend. Cal Huge's Jubilee from
Summerville , South Carolina, and Peter Hunter's
Wairere from Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, will be racing
in the A0 fleet at ARW.
DON'T TELL BUMPS! But, DO bump along
to the surprise Birthday Party for Bumps
Eberwine THIS 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 - please give them to
Graham.
MAYDAY, MAYDAY,
MAYDAY! A call most boaters hope they never have to make;
and, most will enjoy a lifetime of recreational boating without being in a
situation that warrants a Mayday. But, say you
hear a Mayday - what now? There are a lot of
specific steps you, as having heard the call, must take correctly. The
first time you hear the call, the first thing you do is record the location of
the vessel broadcasting the call and stop all of your radio transmissions.
While you are waiting for the second Mayday call, try to figure
out what your distance and heading is to the vessel calling. If
the boat calls Mayday a second time, and you have not heard a Coast
Guard or closer boat respond, then you should set about establishing
contact with the originating vessel. DO NOT ever use the word
"Mayday". Use "Vessel in distress" to
respond, identify yourself and confirm your reception of their location,
determine the nature of their difficulty, tell them where you are, and estimate
for them the time of your arrival at their location. And, there is more to
know. The July issue of SEAWORTHY Magazine has an
excellent article titled "Mayday Protocol" that includes
this information and more regarding what the responding boat should do.
Burn some brain cells on this, especially if you are planning on any
distance sailing on the Bay or bluewater sailing. When someone
calls for help, you may be it! [Seaworthy is a BoatUS
publication, available for the "outrageous price" of $10 per year (800-262-8082,
x-3276).]
September Southern Bay Racing Calendar - A
great time to race anywhere and everywhere on the southern
Bay:
September 4 - 5- 6 Labor
Day Clinic, at ODU - David Tunnicliffe (757)
580-2991
September 4 -
5 Stingray Point Regatta,
Fishing Bay - Alex Alvis (804) 370-8241
September
4
Dink Vail Regatta, Norfolk Yacht & Country Club - Bob Hume (757)
288-9985
September 10 -12
Hampton Bay Days Festival Weekend, Hampton, Virginia
September
11
Hampton Annual Middle Ground Light Race, Hampton Yacht Club - John McCarthy
(757) 850-4225
September
11 Wolf
Trap Race, Fishing Bay Yacht Club - www.fbyc.net
September
11 YP
Fall Regatta, Yankee Point Yacht Club
September
18 York
River Cup, York River Yacht Club - Ben Weeks/Michele Cochran (757)
285-2127
September
18
Commodore's Cup, Rappahannock River Yacht Club - www.rryc.org
September
18
Tri-Services Regatta, Langley Yacht Club - John Ritter (757)
329-6992
September
19 CCV
Fall Series (Day #1), Cruising Club of Virginia - John McCarthy (757)
850-4225
September 24 - 26 505 East Coast
Championship Regatta, Hampton Yacht Club - John McCarthy (757)
850-4225
September
25
Neptune Atlantic Regatta, Broad Bay Sailing Association - Scott Almond (757)
471-2663
September
25 Fall
Singlehand Race, Yankee Point Yacht Club
September
25 Hampton
Roads Sunfish Challenge & Dinghy Distance Race, Portsmouth Boat Club
- www.hrsunfishrace.com
September
26
Singlehand Race, Hampton Yacht Club - Marshall Findley (757)
285-8482
October
2
Willoughby Memorial Regatta, Broad Bay Sailing Association - Scott Almond (757)
471-2663
October
2
YPYC Fall Regatta, Yankee Point Yacht Club
October 3
CCV
Fall Series (Day #2), Cruising Club of Virginia - John McCarthy (757)
850-4225
October
3 FBYC
Fall Series, Fishing Bay Yacht Club - www.fbyc.net
October
6
Octoberfest Wednesday Series begins, CCV - Christian Schaumloffel (757)
496-3590
October 7 -
11 United
States Sailboat Show, Annapolis, MD - (410) 268-8828
October
9-10
Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta, Yankee Point Marina - www.turkeyshoot,org
October 10 CCV
Fall Series (Day #3), Cruising Club of Virginia - John McCarthy (757)
850-4225
MURPHY'S LAW: Yrs Truly,
the Racing Beagle, has been doing a lot of the summer moonlight
racing. As crew, I have done all I could to help the cause.
Yep, have bayed at the moon and mooned at the Bay, as
appropriate. /S/ Murphy
the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.