# 322 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday November 20, 2006 01:09PM

THANKSGIVING is this Thursday, so... take a turkey sailing! 
 
Planning for the CBYRA Region 4 Awards Presentation-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:  PHRF A - 1.Feather, Phil Briggs; 2.Mirage, Christian Schaumloffel; 3.Cyrano, Bob Mosby.  PHRF B - 1. Independence, Graham Field; 2.Cool Change, Rusty Burshell, ; 3.PF FLYER, Larry Preddy.  PHRF C - 1.Blue Bus, Chris Johnson;  2.Callinectes, Ben Cuker; 3.Midmorning Buzz, Dave Taylor.  PHRF Non-Spin - 1.Treaty of Ghent, Williams/Roberts; 2.Lively Lady, Dave Lively; 3.Sanctuary, Roger Worthen.  PRO: Dick Boykin   Last race of the series is this coming Sunday, November 26 - same time and same place.  Contact Dick Boykin at (757) 890-0093.
 
Pirate Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard, lost his head 288 years ago come this Wednesday.   Lt. Robert Maynard found the treacherous Teach  in Beaufort Inlet, NC, on November 22, 1718.  The pirate lost his head in that encounter. Maynard brought the head home to Hampton.  Legend has it that, as a warning to other "bad boys",  the head  was posted on a pike at the entrance to Hampton River ...about where the finish line for the Frostbite-ers is.
 
It's not too soon to think GABOON...the Gaboon Race, that is.  This is a southern Bay favorite, the "racing crazies' " last fling of 2006. SUNDAY - DECEMBER 3.  Staggered start, so first to finish wins.  The race is not sanctioned and PHRF crew limits do not apply, although PHRF certificates are required.  Open to all.  Sponsored by Hampton Yacht Club. Individual starting times will be available at registration on race day at HYC.  For details on requirements and entry fees contact Phil Briggs at (757) 244-5477.
 
The J/24s are coming!  The 2009 J/24 World Championship will be held in  Annapolis, MD.  The proposal was prepared by  Annapolis Fleet 6 and accepted at the 2006 J/24 World Council Meeting.  Alan Bomar, head honcho of southern Bay Fleet 71, reminds everyone that Southern Bay Race Week (Black Seal Cup) already is one leg of the District 6 Championship, and... it could one year have a World qualifying berth attached to it.  2007 is the beginning of "get ready" time.  It would be very good to see some southern Bay J24s at the Worlds in '09.  (Consideration is being given to an early May date in 2009.)
 
Derby Anderson, a southern Bay expatriate who now makes her home in Annapolis and attends Georgetown University,  has been named honorable mention on the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association's first ever ( in it's 80 year history) All-Academic Sailing Team.  And, Georgetown, in the most recent Sailing World  poll, is ranked 3rd in the nation (coed).
 
Winter Reminder - Even though it's the southern  Bay, the water is cold.  Dress appropriately, employ proper safety gear, and check to be sure your insurance policy covers wintertime sailing.
 
Hey, Santa!  Instead of sugar plums, racers often have visions of race boats dancing in their top knots.  Butch Patterson wants, really, really wants and needs, Santa, a Santana 30/30.  Karl Petersen, CCV Board member and annual party-maker,  is on the very verge of taking delivery of a 2000 Dehler 39.  If all goes well, Karl will bring the boat down from Hingham (Boston area) in April.   And, there are rumors afoot in Fishing Bay that  a "certain skipper and crew"  will be moving up to a popular asymmetrical boat in 2007.  Dreams are good things - especially where boats are concerned.
 
Here's something you probably do NOT need for your race boat.  Out there in buy-it-for-the-boat land is a sleep system that consists of  "...highly flexible plastic springs that fit easily under your boat's cushions."   Cushions? What cushions?!
 
Remember Jud Smith?  He's "The Etchells Guy" who was so kind as to stop by Hampton months ago to talk with area sailors about one-design racing and about Etchells.  Well, this morning he holds the lead at the Etchells Worlds (Fremantle, Australia).  Jud is 1-2-1 in the first 3 of 8 races. 
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  Thanksgiving is this week.   Yrs Truly, the Murphster, is  especially thankful that our sport is so forgiving.  In sailboat racing, if at first you don't succeed, you try again - unlike in skydiving!   /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
 
 
REBECCA J - 1986 J27  #83183 - PHRF 135  Very fast boat - 'teens down wind, 6+ up.  Has roller furling genoa symm and asymm spins, new main and instruments.  Pic at  http://webpages.charter.net/j.wandling/html/rebecca_j,html    Good condition - $13,750.  j.wandling@charter.net  or (757) 615-7979.  [ADVERTISEMENT]
 
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