CBYRA REGION 4 celebrates and
presents trophies to Region High Point Award Winners this coming Saturday,
February 3rd, at Fishing Bay Yacht Club, Deltaville, VA. Contact Tom
Roberts at (804) 843-2682.
Heads-up: Gary Jobson will be
speaking at the University of Richmond on Friday, March 16th,
7-9pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students (Yes, college
kids are considered students!) Fishing Bay Yacht Club is sponsoring Gary's
presentation and you may make reservations on line at the FBYC website or call
Sue Willis at 800-866-4483 to make "pay at the door" ressies. Seating is
limited, so if you plan to go, get on it now!
For those who ski in the winter you go north or west unless you leave North America, but for sailing you go south. Key West Race week is a thing of the past for 2007 but there are still other opportunities in Florida. A good friend and Laser Masters sailor posted an item on the Laser web site which makes Laser sailing in Florida in February sound too good to be true
Dear frozen or semi-frozen Laser sailors.
I just wanted to remind you that those of us smart or lucky enough to be living in Florida are enjoying fantastic sailing weather. My Farmers Almanac and long range NOAA forecast promise 12 - 18 kts of breeze out of the South-east …
TWO NORTH CAROLINIANS TAKE TOP SPOTS at KEY
WEST!! Pete Hunter, of Kill Devil Hill, sailing his Thompson 30,
WAIRERE, crushed his fleet and Lloyd Griffin,
of Elizabeth City, sailing his Hadley 40, CASH
FLOW, won his. Even with a DSQ in the
first race, the Wairere team came back to win the fleet by 11
points. Wairere put together a string of
9(dsq)-3-3-1-2-2-3-1-1 and, using their throw-out for the dsq, finished with 16
points. The second place boat amassed a total of 27 points.
Wairere sailed in the PHRF-1 fleet (8 boats), and Cash Flow sailed
in the 12 boat PHRF-2 fleet. Cash Flow
experienced a bit of a rocky first race, finishing 7th, but …
YPYC is hosting a North U seminar in Feb - Trim and Mar.- Tactics. We need to get enough folks to sign up so they don't cance. I would be happy to write it up. Leroi
The 2006 Junior High Points standings are up and the top tiers include lots of FBYC junior racing sailors. In the Optimist Class, Madeleine Alderman swept top honors in Red Fleet and as top woman Optimist sailor in her class. She was third overall, just behind Alex Jacob who crowned the top overall spot as the best Optimist sailor on the Bay. The top ten overall positions also included Austin Powers, who took third in Blue Fleet and 10th overall. Kyle Swenson snatched 12th overall, while his sister Kendall was 24th but first in White Fleet. Ben Buhl ratcheted up the ranks with a 15th overall and 5th in the Blue fleet. Rookies Eric and Conrad Roos made their marks …
Courtesy of Carolyn and Ken Schmalenbeger the club had a booth at the Richmond Boat Show January 12-14 and recruited 33 crew candidates for the coming season. While the majority were interested in racing on off-shore boats the candidates included two Juniors interested in One Design Sailing and a retired USAF Navigator from Omaha whose sailing career started in Lasers in the mid-70's who may be interested in crewing on a Flying Scot.
For those who recruit crew from this group you owe thanks to Ed O'Connor, Mike Dale, Mike Miller, Sharon Bauer, Dennis and Kay King, Frank Reichel, Joe Roos, Brad Miller, Brooks Zerkel, Leroi Lissenden, Scott and Susan Birch, and John Wake for giving up their …
REGION 4 CBYRA HIGH POINT AWARDS
SOIREE: Saturday, February 3 - Fishing Bay Yacht Club -
refreshments at 5:00pm and dinner at 6:00pm - presentation of awards at
6:45pm. All inclusive cost - $20 per person, $15 for juniors. To
make reservations, contact Tom Roberts at (804) 843-2682. Deadline
for ressies is January 26.
February 17 - US SAILING BASIC RACE MANAGEMENT
COURSE - Hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club (Deltaville, VA) - this
is the official USSA course required for certification as USSA Club Race
Officer. The certification test will be give to those participants wishing
to take it. Registration fee ($40 for USSA members, $50 for
non-members) includes morning refreshments, lunch, and materials. Register
on line …
We are writing to advise you that the Virginia Legislature will soon consider a bill, House Bill 1627, Boating Safety Education, that would require all motorboat and PWC operators to take a boating safety course and carry a certificate showing successful completion of a written test.
BoatU.S. supports this legislation because we believe it will make our crowded waterways safer for everyone by helping insure that boaters know the basic rules of the road and because all of the surveys we have done over the years have told us that our members support phased-in mandatory education.
We have, however, asked for two clarifications: First, that if a boater has taken a course …
"Murphy Goes Racing", the annual SBRNYCU racing
seminar on Saturday, January 27, 2007. This year's
interactive and entertaining workshop is designed for all skippers
and crew interested in brushing up on racing fundamentals, to include sessions
on: boat optimization, crew organization, sail trim, starting
techniques, and general tactics and strategy. John McCarthy, US
Sailing Advanced Race Officer, Judge, and, first and foremost, racer and kindred
spirit of those who race, will conduct the workshop.This year
Broad Bay Sailing Association is hosting the one-day
event at the Old Dominion University Sailing Center, (Norfolk). The
$35 fee includes morning refreshments, lunch, and workshop materials. For
info and/or to pre-register, call (757) 850-4225 or email mcbear@earthlink …
February 17 - US SAILING BASIC RACE MANAGEMENT COURSE -
Hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club (Deltaville, VA) - this is the
official USSA course required for certification as USSA Club Race Officer.
The certification test will be given to those participants wishing to take
it. $40 / $50 includes morning refreshments, lunch, and materials.
John McCarthy will present the course assisted by Brooks Zerkel, USSA Club Race
Officer, of FBYC. Register on line at US Sailing site www.ussailing.org/racemgt/Seminarsor contact Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or mcbear@earthlink.net
Remember! Murphy Goes Racing, the annual
SBRNYCU racing seminar is coming up fast -
Saturday, January 27, 2007. This year's interactive and
entertaining …
Remember! Murphy Goes Racing, the
annual SBRNYCU racing seminar is coming up fast
- Saturday, January 27, 2007. This year's interactive and
entertaining workshop is designed for all skippers and crew
interested in brushing up on racing fundamentals, to include sessions
on: boat prep, crew organization, sail trim, starting
techniques, and general tactics and strategy. This is a great opportunity
to re-activate your racing juices, bond with your racing buddies, and hob those
ever-important nobs. John McCarthy, US Sailing Advanced Race Officer,
Judge, and, first and foremost, racer and kindred spirit of those who race, will
conduct the workshop. This year Broad Bay Sailing Association will host the
one-day event at the Old Dominion University Sailing Center, on …
PHRF of the Chesapeake expects to mail out
valid rating renewals the first week in January. Best advice:
get your application for renewal back to PHRF immediately. The closer we
get to the opening of the 2007 season, the longer the process takes because of
sheer numbers of applications.
This past week, CBYRA Vice President for Region
4 (Southern Chesapeake Bay), Tom Roberts, was on hand
for the schedulingmeeting for region clubs and sailing
associations. It is expected that by the end of this week, club reps from
both the North and the South Divisions of our region will have the finalized
2007 Handicap (PHRF) schedule from Region Scheduler Lin McCarthy.
By broadcasting your exact Mayday location with the simple push of one button, new Digital Selective Calling (DSC) VHF radios give recreational boaters and the U.S. Coast Guard enhanced search and rescue capabilities. But do you know enough about this new marine radio system to help save a life - possibly your own?
To help boaters understand the latest advances in marine radio communication, the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water has launched a free online marine DSC VHF radio tutorial for anyone interested in the new technology. Funded by a grant from the U.S. Coast Guard, the online tutorial, "Can You Hear Me?" is designed to educate boaters on all of the basics of DSC …
PHRF of Chesapeake Grants and Financial Support -
$$$ - PHRF has established a Foundation (PHRFF) to distribute funds
to "provide (1) financial support to amateur sailing; (2) provide
grants to maritime-related charitable and educational organizations; and, (3)
provide scholarships to underprivileged youths to participate in PHRF Member
Yacht Club's junior sailing program." Randy Pugh, president of PHRF, will
take applications from the southern Bay quarterly for amateur/junior
sailing award/grants and annually for maritime-related charitable and
educational organizations. Please go to the PHRF website for
specific deadlines and procedures. The first deadline is March 15,
2007. http://www.phrfchesbay.com
GO GABOON! This Sunday, December 3, 2006.
This is the original "grab up the babies and …
THANKSGIVING is this Thursday, so... take a
turkey sailing!
Planning for the CBYRA Region 4 AwardsPresentation-Dinner is underway. CBYRA vice-president for
Region 4, Tom Roberts, says the soiree will be held at
Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville, on Saturday, February 3,
2007. Region 4 PHRF and One Design and Junior High Point
Awards won by Region 4 sailors will be presented.
FEATHER FLIES AWAY: Phil Briggs'
J36, Feather, solved the fluky wind shifts and breezed
home in less than an hour and a half over the 7.74 mile
course. This was the 3rd race completed in the 2006 Fall
Series and it was a great day for biting frost. RESULTS: …
CCV HIGH POINT CHAMPIONS: SEA STAR, COOL
CHANGE, CALLINECTES, and MIDNIGHT MISTRESS top of their
fleets. Championship titles were awarded Saturday night at the
annual CCV Awards Presentation Party in Hampton at the downtown Radisson
Hotel. Win, place, and show trophies went to each PHRF Fleet in the 15
race CCV Racing season long program. The points totals were close in
A and C Fleet, while the winners walked away with B and Non-Spin
titles. FINAL CCV HIGH POINT AWARDS WINNERS: PHRF
A: Champion - David Eberwine, Sea Star (18);
2nd - Sledd Shelhorse, Meridian 2 (22); 3rd -
Sanford Richardson, Kahuna (28). PHRF
B: Champion - Rusty Burshell, Cool Change
(16.5); 2nd - Dave McConaughy, White …
