#541 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Tuesday May 17, 2011 02:55PM
District 11 Laser Championships and US Singlehand
Area C Elimination. This past weekend at
Fishing Bay Yacht Club thirty-six (36) Laser racers battled for two days
in two fleets (Radial and Standard) for some District awards and for a
chance to move on to the Singlehanded Championships to be sailed at the Columbia
River Gorge on July 21-24. John MacCausland (CRYC) and Dorian
Haldeman (SSA) won the right to represent Area C at the men's and women's US
Singlehanded Championships. Southern Bay racers who competed in the event
and finished in the top half of their fleets were: Laser Standard
Rig 4.James Jacob (FBYC); 5.David
Tunnicliffe; 8.Jon Deutsch (FBYC);
9.Rob Whittemore (FBYC); 11.Len
Guenther (FBYC); 12.Jake Spratcher (HYC)
Laser Radial Rig 2.Austin Powers
(FBYC); 3.Ben Buhl (FBYC). Event Chairman - Jon
Deutsch; Principal Race Officer - David Lee.
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS AND PRELIMINARY SCRATCH SHEET ARE POSTED
AT www.blacksealcup.com
The official (final) fleet splits will be announced at the SBRW Skippers
Meeting, June 2 (Thursday), 1900 (7pm) at regatta headquarters, Hampton Yacht
Club, Hampton, Virginia. Enter SBRW by
May 25 (Wednesday) to avoid the $50 late
fee. "Y'all come
racing!"
Tragedy on the James River. Two sailors who often raced on Christian Schaumloffel's Hobie 33, Mirage, died May 13th when their 22ft sailboat capsized in the James River in the early morning that day (around 0100 hours). Tyler Lorenzi (23) died at 11am in Riverside Regional Medical Center of hypothermia. Alex Brown (24) the owner of the boat couldn’t be kept afloat while the several of the crew were treading water for 3-5 hours and is now missing. The accident happened in the vicinity of the mouth of the Pagan River. Eight others survived. The losses of life are especially overwhelming to all who knew or knew of Tyler and Alex. Gone from us too soon.
MIRAGE Wins Cape Henry Cup.
Thirty-one (31) boats raced Saturday in the 2011 CAPE HENRY CUP in the
southern Chesapeake Bay. Most took between a little over 3 hours to around
4 and one-half hours to negotiate the appropriate
courses. Christian Schaumloffel's Hobie 33,
Mirage, is winner of the overall award, the Cape Henry
Cup. Mirage's margin of victory over Sea
Star is 2.93% of her Corrected
Time. RESULTS: PHRF A (8 boats):
1.Christian Schaumloffel, Mirage; 2.David
Eberwine, Sea Star; 3.Dixon Wilde,
Kingfisher. PHRF B (7 boats): 1.Dave
McConaughy, White Boat; 2.Rusty Burshell,
Cool Change; 3.Harry Tenney,
Margarita. PHRF C (3 boats): 1.Justin
Morris, The Hunters; 2.Bumps Eberwine,
Spray. PHRF Non Spin (4): 1.Leo
Wardrup, Black Widow; 2.Lester Hudgins,
Vagabon-De; 3.Dave Bettis, Surely Boo.
Cruising (9 boats): 1.Jim Forrester, Anjalei;
2.Tony Thornton, TL Sea; 3.Alan
Moore, Trouble. Race Chairman - Scott
Almond. Cape Henry Cup awards will be presented TOMORROW,
TUESDAY, MAY 17, at the BBSA annual "Pot Luck Supper" meeting at the ODU Sailing
Center. Drinks and sea stories at 6:30pm - Dinner at 7:00pm - Awards
following dinner.
RACERS AND THE RULES QUIZ: Last week
we said that the Right-of-Way rules begin to apply when boats are
sailing in or near the racing area with the intent of racing. So, when may
a boat be penalized for breaking one of the Right-of-Way
rules? (Answer follows in this issue of
SBRNYCU.)
SOUTHERN BAY
RACE WEEK APPAREL - CRSA 10% DISCOUNT ENDS THIS FRIDAY, MAY 20TH.
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at the regatta on Opening Night, June 2. Git on it now, you want to look
spiffy for SBRW! Y'all come racing!"
Collegiate Sailing: Christopher Newport
University Sailing Team wrapped up their season in fine form - FIRST PLACE
in the Jeremy A. Pinkerton Memorial Regatta hosted by the University of
Maryland at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis weekend before this
past. CNU
posted an impressive win over Maryland and Ocean County in a 22 race series that was run on the “Arrigan” format - puts both A and B division teams into the same fleet. It means racers sailed in a six boat fleet and both divisions sailed all the time in every race. CNU won the event and both divisions, all by a considerable margin. CNU sailors actually won 14 of the 22 races. Every skipper won at least two races. CNU head coach is Dan Winters.
Word from a reliable, very reliable, source is that the Hobie 33, TREATY OF GHENT, is for sale. Racers interested in TOG may get details by contacting Will Roberts at 757-617-5084.
Rob Overton, well known US Sailing
rules guru, sailed in the Laser Area C Eliminations this past weekend (see item
above). Lately, Rob and his wife Andi have been back and
forth from their current base in the Caribbean while Rob pursues a strong
interest in high school sailing (especially team racing), in particular.
He will be umpiring at the Baker Cup competition this coming weekend, hosted by
Norfolk Yacht and Country Club.
Navy Sailing Center (Naval Station
Norfolk) started weekly TUESDAY evening dinghy regattas and BBQs last
week. Going to TUESDAY is a big change based on popular requests.
Now there is no conflict with the Big Boat Wednesday races. So....big
boaters have no excuses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Patrick, Kate and the
rest of the team (now including Brendan
Drinkwater) have gotten many upgrades done to the boats over the winter
and the center has added 6 brand spanking new 420's!!! Racing is in
Norfolk's Willoughby Bay - aka Little Bay. For info contact Leon
Garber Cell: (757) 615-7154
The World Cruising Club's Atlantic Cup
fleet has completed the first leg of their journey to the US. After
four days of 15-20 knot headwinds, the fleet arrived in Bermuda and celebrated
at an Awards Ceremony at the St. George's Sport and Dinghy Club on May 8.
The Atlantic Cup is the World Cruising Club's fun sailboat rally from the
Caribbean to the US with a stop in
Bermuda. The first leg of the
rally form Nanny Cay in Tortola to St. George's Harbour in Bermuda was 850 nm
and took the fleet an unusually long 5-6 days. Steve
Black, well known in the southern Bay for his creation and, until
recently, management of the Caribbean 1500 and other bluewater events, won the
casual competition in his Pacer 42,
Madrugada. Some boats choose to sail under a World Cruising Club handicap, which
provides an element of fun competition while still allowing the boats to motor
if necessary. Steve will be racing in the Down the Bay Race for
the Virginia Cruising Cup which starts in Annapolis on Friday, May 27th
and finishes in Hampton on Saturday, May 28th (hopefully!).
This coming weekend:
Saturday, May 21 - Rappahannock River Yacht Club Spring
Regatta.
Sunday, May 22 - Fishing Bay Yacht Club Spring Series
continues.
DOWN THE BAY RACE -
CHECK-IN at Annapolis Yacht Club 1500 - 1800 on Thursday, May
26. The check-in location has indeed bounced back and forth, AYC to
EYC to AYC, as plans have changed during the pre-season and things
happened. However, the NOR on the website does correctly indicate AYC
as the location for check-in (1500-1800) and the pre-race party
(1800-2000). This has been confirmed by event co-chair Graham
Garrenton (757) 478-2994. The post race party and awards
presentation is at Hampton Yacht Club, Saturday, May 28, 1930 (7:30
pm) DTB accepts entries
(late fee applies) until May 25, 2011. For on line entry and info go to www.hamptonyc.com
and click on the DTB
logo.
VIMS Benefit Event - a Poker Run for paddle
boats, dinghies, jet skis and other motor craft. Saturday, June
18 - 0900 through 1500 - at Salt Ponds Marina (Hampton). If you want to
play and help the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, contact
Bill Walsh at 800-55404581 or 757-880-8820.
Answer to RR Quiz Question: A boat not
racing shall not be penalized for breaking a Part 2 rule (When Boats
Meet); therefore, boats may be penalized when they begin racing (i.e.
at their preparatory signal). HOWEVER, a boat that is not racing may be
penalized (DSQ), if she fouls a boat that is racing. So, beware of getting
in the way of boats that are racing.
MURPHY'S LAW: The "Pot Luck Supper"
that precedes the awards presentation for the Cape Henry Cup is one of
Yrs Truly, the Racing Beagle's very favorite style of awards
presentations. Casual food and drink, but very fancy silverware.
That Cape Henry Cup can hold a lot of rum soaked milk
bones! /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing
spirit in us all.
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