# 294 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Tuesday April 18, 2006 09:56AM

FBYC Opening Day and Spring Series 1:  Up on the "Rivah", at the mouth of the Rappahannock, that is, Fishing Bay Yacht Club will run their Opening Day regatta on Saturday, April 22 and the first race of their Spring Series on Sunday, April 23.  For Info contact:  Brooks Zerkel.
 
CCV SPRING SERIES OPENS SUNDAY:  CCV Spring Series Races #1 and #2 are set for this coming Sunday, April 23.  They also mark  the beginning of the 15 races, season long, CCV  High Point Championship Series.   The Warning flag for race #1 is scheduled for 1000.  Both races will be in Hampton Roads Harbor.  There are starts for all PHRF classes.  Deadline for entries is 1300 hours on Saturday, April 22.  Awards presentation social follows the racing - FREE hotdogs, soda, and beer at the HYC flag deck.   Racers who took a CCV RACING Membership do not have to submit any additional forms or fees - all others must submit standard entry forms with fee (for the day, $20 for USSA members / $22 for Non-USSA members).  For info contact:  John McCarthy at (757) 850-4225. 
 
The Volvos are coming!  Southern Bay racer Christian Schaumloffel (Mirage, Hobie 33) has devised a way to estimate their arrival time (at the Virginia Capes and further up the Bay) and has Volvo and NOAA sites he recommends using for your calculations - you can check out the info with Christian by calling him at (757)  496-3590.   Christian estimates that the first two boats will have passed through The Capes close to the wee hours this morning, with others hot on their heels later today and early Tuesday morning.  If there is any breeze, you better have a really hot sport fisher to keep up with these babies! 
 
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK EARLY BIRDS:  55 boats made the Early Bird Entry deadline.  Pushing the deadline envelope were  Phil Briggs, Feather;  Craig Olsen, Namesake;  John Lones, Ali-Ru;  Greg Cutter; Gremlyn;  Dave McConaughy,  White Boat;  Butch Patterson, Small Potato;   Martin Casey, Bow Movement;  Anker Madsen, Stephanie;  Bob Cummings, Quicksilver;  Neal Garrett, Strega;  Dave Bouchard, Ganar!;  Alan Bomar, roundabout;  D. Barfield / S. Smith, Checko;  Larry Bryant, Whisper;  Sonny Smith, Restless VIII;  Matt Haskell, Dutch Courage;  Tom Connors, Fins Up;  and Rodney Paice, Wiki Wiki ;  along with a couple of others whose entries are between delivery and processing.  Good on them.  There is a scientific study that shows that he/she who enters in a timely manner usually does well on starting lines!  Go figure!    Get entered - the sooner the better.  Entries should go to;  Leigh Morgan, 140 Meredith Avenue, Hampton, VA 23669   Fee:  $90 (for US SAILING members);  $100 (for non-US SAILING members) - make check payable to SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK.   For additional info check out the web site:  www.blacksealcup.com   2006 SBRW:  Ya'll come!  6 great races and 3 great parties!  
 
The sailing / racing bug has bitten Keith Carson and Marci Brown but good!  The dynamic duo already have Pearl (Morgan 24) which they will be racing in the PHRF fleet in 2006. Now, they have doubled the size of their  fleet by purchasing Checks in the Mail  (from Jim and Barbara Williams), which will be essentially their cruising craft.  Godspeed!
 
CCV's  "Learn to Crew on a Racing Sailboat" course (classroom and on-the-water, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings) begins Tuesday, May 2 and runs for 4 consecutive Tuesday / Wednesdays.  For info contact David Taylor at (757) 344-5292.  Do it now, though, since the class is filling fast.
 
Who's NOOD-ing ?  The Annapolis NOOD Regatta  (National Offshore One Design) entry list is long.  Racing begins Friday, April 28 and goes through Sunday, April 30.  From the southern Bay,  Martin Casey and the Bow Movement  team will be racing in the Catalina 27 Division, and Dave Taylor and the Midmorning Buzz gang in the J/24 Division and could be a local J22 going - waiting to confirm.
 
If you didn't make the SpinSheet Crew Listing Party - South, at Marker 20 (downtown Hampton) this past Saturday, you can still make the original version of the event this coming Saturday (April 22), but you'll have to drive to Annapolis.  SpinSheet's 2006 Crew Listings Party information along with info on how to list through the web can be found at www.spinsheet.com.
 
It's reported that there were so many SBRW last minute Early Bird Entries mailed to event chairman Leigh Morgan that her mailbox fell off the house while she was out-of-town for 2 days!    YIKES!   (The mailbox is back up now - get your entries in - this is going to be something!)
 
Kudos to James Madison University student Peter Anoia, who crews with the JMU Sailing Club, and is involved with Kent Glover in starting up a Sea Scout Ship (909) in Virginia Beach. 
 
Here are some MAY RACING OPPORTUNITIES:  The birds are tweetin' and the bees are bumblin' - YOU should be racin' !
May 6       Saturday     YPYC Spring Regatta
May 6       Saturday     FBYC Spring Series 3
May 7       Sunday        RRYC  Flying Scot Spring Series 3  Jerry Latell
May 7       Sunday       CCV Spring Series Races #3 and  #4,  John McCarthy - (757) 850-4225
May 7       Sunday       The Volvos begin Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race (start-Bay Bridge - Annapolis)
May 13     Saturday     FBYC Spring Series 4
May 13     Saturday    CCV "New Racing Skipper Training Course"  Ben Cuker - (757) 727-5884
May 14     Sunday       MOTHER'S DAY (You already know who to call!)
May 20     Saturday     Cape Henry Cup    BBSA, Scott Almond - (757) 471-2663
May 20     Saturday     RRYC Spring Regatta   Jerry Latell
May 21     Sunday       CCV Spring Series Races #5 and  #6, John McCarthy - (757) 850-4225
May 21     Sunday       RRYC Flying Scot Spring Series 4
May 21     Sunday       FBYC  Piankatank Regatta
May 27     Saturday     FBYC  Race to Urbanna
May 27     Saturday     Merrimac Memorial Regatta     PBC, Claude Nix - (757) 572-7180
May 28     Sunday       RRYC/FBYC River Races
June 2-4  Fri-Sun       SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK     HYC, OPCYC, CCV - www.blacksealcup.com
 
More weekday evening racing begins:  Portsmouth Boat Clubs Barnacle Series begins Friday, April 21, and York River Yacht Club's Wednesday Nights begin April 26th.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:   Yours Truly, the Murphster, was targeted by a gang of neighborhood squirrels who took a bucket of jelly beans that Somebunny had left for me yesterday morning.  Life on the wild side in the fast lane is not easy.   /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
 
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