# 302 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday June 12, 2006 05:37PM

BUMPS EBERWINE, CHRISTIAN SCHAUMLOFFEL, BOB ARCHER, MD RILEY, and RODNEY PAICE are fleet winners at 2006 HOMETOWN REGATTA.   A northwest wind at 18 knots with gusts over 20, sent the 2006 Hometown Regatta boats flying around the courses in Hampton Roads and the lower Elizabeth River.   The event is sponsored by Portsmouth Boat Club and Portsmouth Yacht Club.  Bumps Eberwine, in his Olson 25, Spray,  took line honors for the shorter course (8.48) and first place in the PHRF C Fleet.   MD Riley won PHRF Non-Spin 1 and Rodney Paice won PHRF Non-Spin 2, both non-spin fleets also sailing the shorter course.  On the 12.20 mile course, Christian Schaumloffel, Hobie 33, and Bob Archer, Pearson Flyer, won PHRF A and PHRF B respectively.    The  Garland Culpepper Trophy, awarded annually to the boat that wins its fleet by the greatest corrected margin, went to Rodney Paice, in his Morgan 26, Wiki Wiki, sailing in PHRF Non-Spinnaker 2.  PRO:  John McCarthy; Official Scorer:  Dick Boykin;  Event Organizer: Larry Bryant. 
 
Additional Hometowne Regatta award recipients:  PHRF B: 2.Graham Field, Independence, Islander 36; 3.John and Ben Ritger, Blew J, J/30.    PHRF C: 2.Butch Patterson, Small Potato, Capri 25; 3.Randy Pugh, Elusive, San Juan 27.    PHRF Non-Spin 1: 2.Bobby Burnell, Solas, Tartan 37; 3.Ron Primm, Echo, Ericson 38.    PHRF Non-Spin 2: 2.Roy Weisert, Arete, Watkins 32; 3.Steve Waters, Scarlott Waters, Catalina 27.    P.F.A., Michael Arel, won the cruising fleet.
 
Southern Bay Race Week Photos Info:  In between crewing duties on a Venue 1 mark boat (Black Dog / Hamilton), Bill Samuelson snapped himself silly taking pics of racing boats.  He and Karen have now filtered the more than 1,500 shots down to a manageable number and are getting ready to mail out a complementary CD of their efforts to each spinnaker fleet skipper.  Bill and Karen are also working on the idea of a website where pictures can be "dumped" for  racers in the future.
 
HYC ANNUAL "Big Boat" REGATTA - this coming Saturday, June 17.    Next up on your "stay tuned up for Screwpile" list is HYC's Annual Regatta this weekend.  The racing venue is located off Norfolk's Ocean View, in the same general vicinity as SBRW's spinnaker venue.  This is a CBYRA sanctioned regatta and starts are offered for all PHRF fleets.  The warning signal is set for 1155.  For info contact Kathy or Malcolm Brady at (757) 723-3244.  Entries are due by 1200 hours on Friday, June 16.  And, there's a post-race social for racers et al on the HYC dock - keg and crabs!  A summertime delight.
 
Totally unsubstantiated dock rumor:  Mumblings concerning interest in rejuvenating the much loved Down the Bay Race for the Virginia Cup.  Hampton YC holds the deed to the Cup.  There is said to be an Annapolis area yacht club interested in hosting the start with HYC hosting the finish.  So, the ingredients are there (maybe), but the two host clubs have to open discussion for the cake to bake.
 
Lightnings Strike!  Of the 16 Lightnings racing Saturday and Sunday in the Dixie District regatta hosted by Hampton Yacht Club, there was one that ran away with 1st place.  A. Terhune took a bullet in each of the first 5 races and threw-out his last race 2nd place finish for a total of 5 points.  S. Constants took 2nd for the regatta (10 pts) and B. Foreman finished 3rd (20 pts).  PROs: Malcolm and Kathy Brady. 
 
When the  100th Newport to Bermuda Race hits the starting line this Friday, June 16, the southern Bay will be well represented by 3 area boats:  Orion, "Pat" Patterson's Taylor 41, sailing out of Hampton Yacht Club; Conrad Hall's Morris 40, Shearwater; and, Frank Stewart's Beneteau 405, Resurgence.  Both Shearwater and Resurgence homeport at Norfolk Yacht and Country Club and will include several NYCC crew members - on Shearwater, Bill Wheary and Mark Shaw, and on Resurgence, Carl Bryant completes the compliment of the all-NYCC crew.  Orion plans to compete in  2 Onion Patch races in Bermuda and already has taken a 2nd place in her class in the NYYC Annual Regatta races which are part of the OP.  Kudos to all the southern Chesapeake Bay racers competing in this prestigious event!
 
YRYC York River Cup - Saturday, June 17.  Up on the York River, sponsored by York River Yacht Club, here's a CBYRA sanctioned regatta with starts for all PHRF fleet racers as well as a cruising class.  For a race special on dockage ($10/boat) contact York River Yacht Haven at (804) 642-2156.  Note: YRYC, race headquarters and the site of the post-race social, is right there at York River Yacht Haven.   Race awards will be presented at the barbecue social dinner.  For info contact Dan Fox at (757) 564-5888.  Entries are due by this Friday, June 16.
 
So, who has been holding the original Bermuda Race Trophy, presented in 1906 by Sir Thomas Lipton for the race?  Well, our Mariners' Museum picked it up in an auction at Christie's in 1982... and nobody's saying how it got on the auction block!
 
Talk about a stable platform for photos:   Peter Jurewicz  is the new owner of Thimble Shoal Light, yep, that would be the Lighthouse itselfPeter has been, among other things, snapping a few photos of sailboats that happen by while he is at the TSL.  His shots are awesome.  You might want to contact him and arrange a sail-by!
 
Watch out - June 23-24, weekend after this coming, is the 19th Annual Cock Island Race.  Break out your Hawaiian shirt, your hula skirt, and/or your chicken suit!  This is a fun-fun-fun event aimed at racers and legendary for it's party.  Go up the river the and party on Friday, race and party on the river Saturday, and ride the current home on Sunday.  For info contact City of Portsmouth Parks and Recreation at (757) 393-8481 or PRO Dick Boykin at (757) 890-0093.
 
100th Newport-Bermuda Race factoid: On Friday, when the 270, plus or minus, entries ranging from 32 feet to 98 feet, cross the starting line in Narragansett Bay, they will be beginning a 635 mile journey that ends within sight of Bermuda's St. David Lighthouse.
 
Got a full head?  Call (757) 460-4253 and the good folks at HRSD / Virginia Department of Health, Boater Education will COME TO YOUR BOAT (in her slip) and do the pumpout for you - FREE.  The service is available every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during the boating season, but you must call ahead and SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  It occurs to Yrs Truly  that those Department of Health pumpout people really could have helped this beagle's schnozz  this spring during the sinusitis season!   /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
 
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