#511 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday October 4, 2010 11:12AM

Up at Fishing Bay the racers got in three more races in their Fall Series and fleet standings remained pretty much the same.  PHRF A  is topped by Cyane Crump, She Crab Soup, PHRF B by Dennis Hannick, Goin', PHRF C by Brad Miller, Schiehallion, and PHRF Non-Spin by William Curdts, Mr. Williams.  Race Chairman for the series is Lud Kimbrough.
 
BOAT SHOW, TURKEY SHOOT, and CCV FINALE - all this coming  THREE-DAY  weekend (Columbus Day is Monday, Oct 11th):
    *Annapolis Sail Boat Show opens this coming Thursday (VIP Day - anybody so much as contemplating buying a sailboat probably qualifies as a VIP!), October 7.  www.USBOAT.com   Show closes on Monday, Oct 11th
    *Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta - check-in and social Friday, racing on Saturday and Sunday with parties and awards. Karen Knull (804) 462-7018
    *CCV Fall Series and 2010 Season Finale -  Two races (#4 & #5) around drop marks in Hampton Roads harbor.  Bring your best game to finish off the 2010 season of great racing.   For info and to enter, please contact John McCarthy, (757) 850-4225. Those with CCV Racing Memberships are already automatically entered.
 
From a SBRNYCU sources in secret, undisclosed locations -  "Shhhhhh.........It was [Butch Patterson's crew on] Schock Full O' Nuts  that gave Braker a break that day and [Shock Full o' Nuts] did make the start in plenty of time.  (This in ref to a Good Samaritan tow  among fellow racers a couple of weekends ago.)
 
Try sailing - it's NOT easy! - Bill Schanen, SAILING Magazine
 
Iron skippers and crew in glass boats battled the elements yesterday in the middle distance race, second day of CCV Fall Series.  Special kudos go to the Black Widow (Leo Wardrup) team.  To get to the race, they sailed the distance from Little Creek to Hampton Flats in the feisty NE wind blowing in the mid-twenties.  And, of course, there was rain.  Another racer reported that he didn't mind getting wash from the bow while holding the rail down;  he claimed "the Bay water was a lot warmer than the air or the rain."  RESULTS:  PHRF A (5 boats) - 1.Brian McCauley (for Dave Eberwine), Sea Star;  2.John Blais, Stardancer;  3.Leroi Lissenden, Voodoo 2.   PHRF B (8 boats) - 1. David McConaughy, Cool Change;  2.Rusty Burshell, Cool Change;  3.Bob Archer, Bad Habit.   PHRF C (6 boats) - 1.Alan Bomar, Roundabout;  2.Brendan Drinkwater, Number Two;  3.Michael Klopf, Swamp Rat.  PHRF Non-Spinnaker (5 boats) - 1.Leo Wardrup, Black Widow; 2.Andy Armstrong, Virginia H.; 3.Dixon Wilde, Kingfisher.   Principal Race Officer - John McCarthy along with Buk Lawrence, Dick Boykin, Eric Matherne, and John Ritter, all of whom braved elements that don't begin to compare with the Sunday morning sports section and a second cup of coffee.   CCV final Fall Series and 2010 races are set for Sunday, October 10.  Two races, drop mark courses in Hampton Roads harbor.  Same time - same bat channel.  For info contact John McCarthy at (757) 850-4225.
 
AQUARIUS, Michael Tate, won the HYC Annual Singlehand Race against 9 other competitors in a sporty breeze Sunday before this past around Hampton Bar.   Mike made the trip in a little over one and one-half hours.   Nibbling at  Aquarius' stern were second place finisher,  Brendan Drinkwater, Number Two, and  Bill Ripley's Obsession.  Race Chairman:  Marshall Findley
 
Samba Pa Ti, the TP 52 that starred in the movie Morning Light, is now a member of the US Naval Academy Offshore fleet and sails as Invictus. 
 
Schooner Virginia  has shed her wraps and is now open to visitors at the Nauticus pier in downtown Norfolk. 
 
Hey!  Play with someone your own age!  The Laser Masters Chesapeake Bay Championships are all set for October 16-17 at Fishing Bay Yacht Club.  You must have reached the ripe old age of 35 to race in this.  There are a number of age groups, etc.  Check out the regatta info at http://www.laserdistrict11.org/events/e395    Word is there is a passel of Fleet 10 Laser Guys making their way south.
 
Collegiate Update:  A weekend on Horseshoe Bend of the St. Mary's River for the Senators Cup.   Sixteen (16) teams raced for two days.  Southern Bay teams:  Georgetown - 2nd; UVA - 5th;  ODU - 6th; Christopher Newport U - 7th; William and Mary - 11th; Hampton U - 14th; VA Tech - 16th.
 
The Schooners are coming!  The Schooners are coming!  They gather at the Fells Point (Baltimore) dockside on Wednesday, October 13, and start down the Bay to Hampton Roads on Thursday, October 14th.  The finish lines (depending on which fleet) are at Thimble Shoal Light and, for the smaller schooners, Windmill Point.  From the finish, the graceful vessels proceed to Portsmouth to dock.  Some of the schooners will be open for tours on Saturday, October 16.  Southern Bay clubs, Broad Bay Sailing Association, Portsmouth Boat Club, and Town Point Yacht Club are key players in the event, along with Fells Point Yacht Club in Maryland.  If you are on the water during their arrival, you are in for a treat.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:   Wow!  At Screwpile next year, racers who are staying at the regatta headquarters hotel (Holiday Inn Select) will be able to order lunches for the coming race day and, get this, the lunches will be delivered to their rooms in the morning before they leave for the boat.  Now that's room service!    /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
 
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