# 430 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday February 9, 2009 08:09AM

Saturday, FEBRUARY 14, 2009,  is  St Valentine's Day!     
 

11th Annual Southern Chesapeake Bay Leukemia Cup (July 11-12) begins its campaign on FEBRUARY 20th.  The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Fishing Bay Yacht Club will host well known racing personality TUCKER THOMPSON at Dominion Resources Auditorium in Innsbrook Office Park, 5000 Dominion Blvd, Glen Allen, Virginia. Admission: $20 advanced tickets, $25 at the door, and $15 students. There will be a cash bar and light Hors D'eouvres. The public is invited to attend and all proceeds after expenses will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Advance registration is available on line at www.fbyc.net. For additional information, contact Event Chair Den Roberts at denroberts481@verizon.net or (434) 977-9580.

Let's hope they don't get arrested for... SAILING IN THE NOOD!  There are four racers from the southern Bay and beyond at the St Petersburg National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta, which starts next Friday.  Greg Cutter (Norfolk), Gremlyn is in the Elliott 770 class;  Christian Schaumloffel (Virginia Beach), Mirage, is with the Hobie 33 class;  Chip Till (Wrightsville Beach, NC), Lizard Murder is among the J/24 class boats; and Scott Baste (Otto, NC), Room Improvement is in the 41 boat Melges 24 fleet.  Cross up your fingers for our racers.
 
LAST REMINDER !
US SAILING RACE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR scheduled for February 14-15, 2009,  (9am - 1:30pm)  at Hampton Yacht Club in Hampton, VA.  OPEN TO ALL.  Information in the course will be helpful to anyone involved or interested in running races.   The effect the "new" rules (RRS 2009-2012) have on the race committee are covered in this course.   Also, this seminar meets the course requirements for certification as a Club Race Officer,   The certification test will be given for those who wish to take it.   The seminar fee is $50 for US SAILING members and $60 for non-members.  Lunch, both days, and materials are included in the fee.  If you wish additional details concerning the seminar, you may go to the Hampton Yacht Club website at  http://hamptonyc.com  and click on the seminar icon, or contact Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or email at mcbear@earthlink.net 
 
BABY'S BOTTOM:  If you plan to do her bottom this spring, you might want to check right now with your paint salesman.  Rumor has it that some of the paint companies will be increasing their prices ... very soon. 
 
Southern Bay Race Week officials have added for 2009 a PHRF Non-Spin 1 fleet  which will be for racers who choose to race with a single headsail only.  This is an official PHRF fleet and racers must have a  current valid rating certificate from PHRF of the Chesapeake.  The first boat entered in the fleet is BOBINSKI, skippered by Bob Hausmann (BBSA).    (Note: for non-spinnaker racers, SBRW also offers fleets for PHRF Non-Spin 2 (double headsail is allowed) and Cruising (non-PHRF, one headsail only).

 

DOWN THE BAY (May 22 start) notes...  Add three more to the 60th running of the DTB fleet:  Joining Meridian 2 (Sledd Shelhorse, Virginia Beach) are:  Pursuit (Norman Dawley. Lusby, MD); Scheihallion (Brad Miller, Hanover, VA) and Callinectes (Ben Cuker, Hampton, VA).  a number of the boats doing DTB  are planning to stay in Hampton to race in SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK (May 29-31) - SBRW is a CBYRA "wild card" event and points earned there will count toward everyone's (any home region)  CBYRA High Point standing.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:   Yrs Truly, the Racing Beagle,  recommends Dove chocolate for Valentine's day.... or  chocolate squirrels.  That's good stuff!   /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
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