# 411 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday September 15, 2008 05:58PM

2008 LASER MASTERS ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA , hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club weekend before last,  was shortened to a one day event because of Tropical Storm Hanna.  Twenty-eight (28) Laser racers competed.  Here are the top 5 finishers in  the 3 race series:  1.  Had Brick (GM), Island Heights YC; 2. Mike Miller, FBYC; 3. Mike Schmidt, Magothy River SA; 4. Chris Legg, Severn SA; and, 5. James Jacob, FBYC.   Race Chairman - David Hazlehurst
 
 
Does this sound familiar?  "Coming about...watch the boom!"   "Oh...THAT boom!"  Rex Morgan, M.D., is getting a practice session under his belt in preparation for crewing in the  HOSPICE TURKEY SHOOT REGATTA, October 10-12, 2008, hosted by Yankee Point Marina, Lancaster, Virginia.  Racing is on the Rappahannock River off Carter's Creek and the Corrotomon River.   Chesapeake Bay Magazine  named the TURKEY SHOOT 2007 "Best of the Bay"  in the regatta category.  Join the fun.  Check out  www.hospiceturkeyshootregatta.com  for details and entry info.  This event is a member of the National Hospice Regatta Alliance.  And,  you can follow Rex Morgan, M.D.'s Hospice Regatta experience in the nationally syndicated comic strip by  Woody Wilson and Graham Nolan.
 
SEA STAR,   COOL CHANGE,  FAT-DRUNK-STUPID,  and  VIRGINIA H  take wins on opening day of CCV Fall Series.  With a SW breeze that never dropped below 8 knots and changed direction at most by 10 degrees, the sun shining, and the air temps in the high 80 degrees, what's not to like?  A perfect day to open a fall series.  Thirty-one (31) skippers and crews got down to some real racing to kick-off the last major  series of the season on the southern Bay.  The fleet got two races in, as planned, and here is how the standings for the day look:  RESULTS (over 2 races):   PHRF A (8 boats) - 1.David Eberwine, Sea Star;  2.Lloyd Griffin, Cash Flow;  3.Bob Mosby, Cyrano.   PHRF B (10 boats) - 1.Rusty Burshell, Cool Change; 2.Bob Archer, Bad Habit; 3.Larry Preddy, PF Flyer.   PHRF C (8 boats) - 1.AJ Piccillo/Scott Batchelor, Fat, Drunk & Stupid;  2.Jonathan Phillips, Fine; 3.Alan Bomar, Roundabout.  PHRF Non-Spin (5 boats) - 1.Andy Armstrong, Virginia H; 2.Harry Tenney, Margarita; 3.Tom Peddy, Impulse. 
PRO - John McCarthy     Official Scorer - John Ritter     Mark Boats - Glenn Giles and Bill Gibbings.  
 
CCV FALL SERIES  September 21  - Race 3 (single race day, using CCV fixed marks in the harbor),  will be scored also as part of the 2008 Chesapeake Bay Distance Racing Series.   First warning at 1030 / 10:30AM, in the Harbor.  OPEN TO ALL.  Deadline for entries is 1300 / 1:00PM on Saturday, September 20.  Those with CCV Racing Memberships are automatically entered in this Series.        All races in this Series will be sailed in Hampton Roads Harbor.  Starts for all PHRF fleets as well as a non-sanctioned Cruising fleet (one headsail only)         October 5 - races #4 & 5   You may enter all, one, or some of the races in this Series - entries are due at 1300 the day before the day of the race.  For info contact John McCarthy at (757) 850-4225. 
 
2009 SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK  officials have announced that the  PhotoBoat.com on-the-water action photography team  will be at the regatta to record racers in action in 2009 (May 29-31, 2009) .   They will be on site during post-race parties to sell quality photos direct to racers.  So, plan your pre-season  prep toward lookin' good for these pros of  racing photos. 
 
MARK YOUR  2009 CALENDARS  -  These dates are set in stone, already:  (watch for details in SBRNYCU)
Jan 24  SBRNYCU   Murphy Rules Clinic,  special emphasis on rules changes for 2009-2012 - at Norfolk YCC (full day)
Feb 14-15  US SAILING Basic Race Management Seminar-Hampton Yacht Club - two half-day sessions (9am-1:30pm)
May 22   Down the Bay Race start  - Annapolis to Hampton - sponsored by Storm Trysail Club and Hampton YC
May 29-31  Southern Bay Race Week - sponsored by Hampton YC, CCV, and Old Point Comfort YC
July 4-5  Norfolk's Harborfest
July 6-11  US SAILING Junior Women's National Doublehanded Championships (Ida Lewis)-hosted by Hampton YC
July 19-21  Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge - hosted by Southern Maryland Sailing Association
Aug 14    Plantation Light Race - sponsored by Hampton Yacht Club
Aug 22-23   Cape Charles Cup - sponsored by Broad Bay Sailing Association
 
 
Norfolk Academy Bulldogs choose new sailing coach.  The Norfolk school has selected well know southern Bay racer  Brendan Drinkwater as the head coach of their high school sailing team.  Congratulations to Brendan and to the NA Bulldogs!
 
In the 2008 Serio Hampton One-Design Regatta at the HOD "birth club", HYC, Mark Wheeler and Graham Garrenton took 1st place ([2] -2-1-1-1-1) and Charlie McCoy and Charles McCoy III took 2nd (1-1-2-2-2-[3]) in the 4 boat fleet.  Race Chairmen - Malcolm and Kathy Brady.
 
Saturday, Midnight Mistress, Jake and Pat Brodersen's  C&C 35, looked like "The African Queen" approaching the starting line at the Tri-Service Regatta.  When the engine exhaust system broke on the way to the event,  Jake did an on-the-move-temporary fix; let the exhaust exit through the open cockpit locker and the cooling water run through the bilge pump.  Got that picture?  Jake and Pat get an award for "folks you want with you in your bunker"!
 
Yankee Point Yacht Club Fall Regatta 1.  They raced on Saturday up on the Rapp Rivah and here's how it went:  PHRF Spinnaker Fleet - 1.Dwight Timm, Silver Fox; 2.Sam Marshall, Play it Again; 3.Mike McCartney, Marijo.  PHRF Non-Spin Fleet - 1.John Henley, Brat; 2. Ruth and Ed Bush, Ruthless; 3.Anker Madsen, Eva.
 
Old Point Comfort Yacht Club re-claims the Tri-Services Cup at the annual showdown gathering among the three armed services clubs, OPCYC (Army), Norfolk Naval Sailing Association, and Langley Yacht Club (Air Force).  Sixty boats, divided into two fleets contested the Cup.  Jake and Pat Brodersen, Midnight Mistress,  won the racing group of 20 boats and Seth Parkins, Charisma, won the 40 boat cruising group, 33 of whom finished .   
 
Youth Sailing Update:  The  Virginia Interscholastic Sailing Association (VISA) began the fall season Saturday at host Norfolk Yacht and Country Club with 8 high schools fielding 16 teams.  Norfolk Collegiate, coached by Chris Behm and led by Ian Stokes won the day, followed by Christ Church and Smithfield.  The VISA teams tangle again this coming Saturday, again at NYCC. 
 
Schooner VIRGINIA finishes 3rd in the 360 mile race around Prince Edward IslandCapt. Hank Moseley, brought VIRGINIA in behind Pride of Baltimore II and first place finisher Spirit of Bermuda.  The Spirit of Bermuda  has a cold molded hull, carbon spars, and 88 feet of deck length - she is "made to race" and appears to be a schooner racing force with which to be reckoned.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  Yrs Truly, the Racing Beagle, spent the weekend curled up watching coverage of Hurricane Ike's devastation and being especially thankful for all we have here on the southern Chesapeake.  And, hoping folks in Texas and along the Gulf Coast can somehow find the courage to deal with what has so tragically beset them.    /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
 
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