# 442 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday May 4, 2009 12:43PM

Remember, this coming Sunday (MAY 10)  is Mother's Day.  Wine her and dine her and then... take her sailing!
 
 
Fishing Bay Yacht Club Spring Series Leaders:  After 3 days of series racing, the fleet leaders in the FBYC Spring Series are: PHRF A - Brad Davis, Bladerunner;  PHRF B/C - Allan Heyward, La Maga; and PHRF Non-Spin - Paul Cross, Battlewagon.   Race Officer for Spring Series Race Day 3 this past weekend was Dale Chesser.  FBYC will run their Spring Series Day 4 on this coming Saturday,  May 9.
 
RESERVE A SLIP FOR SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK.   Here are two options - make ressies NOW!
Downtown Hampton's Piers  dockmaster, Greg Harrison at 1-866-556-9631.  Slips are within site of and a very brief walk from Hampton Yacht Club, SBRW Event Headquarters.  Greg says he'll take real good care of the racers who decide to stay at his facility (located right next door to the Crowne Plaza waterfront hotel (previously the Hampton Radisson), and... this year he guarantees no "harassment"  by pirates!!!  The Hampton Annual Pirate Festival is the weekend after  SBRW this year and the good side of that is more el primo slips available for SBRW racers.
Bluewater Yachting Center dockmaster,  Ian Bates at (757) 723-6774.  Full service marina (and on-site restaurant,  boaters'  "watering hole" and more).  Bluewater is  within site of SBRW event headquarters at Hampton Yacht Club.   Four minutes through neighborhood by car, about the same by boat, and certainly walkable.   Excellent place to stash your boat 'tween the finish of the Down the Bay Race (May 23) and throughout Southern Bay Race Week (May 28 (check-in) 0 May 31). 
For additional docking, accommodations, marine/racing services, sailmaker contacts, directions, etc, go to www.blacksealcup.com, or www.hamptonyc.com and click on SBRW or DTB logo, or call Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or email Lin at mcbear@earthlink.net.  
CCV SPRING SERIES - It's a wrap!  CASH FLOW,  ROCKETTE,  SPRAY, and  KINGFISHER  top fleets.  Racers made the most of a break in the weather yesterday to  slide in two  races and finish the 2009 Spring Series.  After a brief (half-hour) delay while waiting for the breeze to arrive from up the James River, Race #4 was completed.  The RC turned the finishes over and got a short second race completed just in time for racers to bust for the safety of the docks as a downpour and crummy weather hit the Hampton Roads area.  "Got all the wind there was to get and a free wash-down at the docks," commented one post-race party attendee.  SERIES RESULTS:  PHRF A (10 boats entered): 1. Cash Flow (1-1-1-2), Lloyd Griffin;  2. Sea Star (2-3-3-1), Dave Eberwine;  3. Voodoo 2 (4-2-2-3), Leroi Lissenden;  4. Cyrano (3-4-4-5), Bob Mosby.   PHRF B (17 boats entered): 1. Rockette (1-1-1-4), Chuck Monsees;  2. Bad Habit (8-3-2-5), Bob Archer;  3. Cool Change (9-6-3-1), Rusty Burshell;   4. Midnight Mistress (3-4-7-8), Jake Brodersen.  PHRF C (14 boats entered): 1.Spray (6-2-2-1), Bumps Eberwine;  2. The Hunter (1-3-5-2.5), Justin Morris;  3. Roundabout (15 dnc), 1-1- 2.5), Alan Bomar;  4. Wiki Wiki (5-6-6-6), Rodney Paice.  PHRF Non-Spin (9 boats entered): 1. Kingfisher ((1-1-1-1), Dixon Wilde;  2. Fins Up (3-4-3-3), Tom Connors;  3. Sur Le Vent (4-5-4-4), Rick Carroll.  Principal Race Officer - John McCarthy;  Official Scorer - John Ritter;  Mark Boats - Bill Gibbings and Tom and Jane Fowler.   Series Trophies will be presented at the annual CCV Awards party in November.
 
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK ENTRIES HIT 50 - J105 One-Design Fleet Makes.  SBRW 2009 entries have hit the 50 mark  and the J105s will have at least the required 5 boats on the line.  With entries running comparable to 2008 at this point, event organizers are looking forward to another great year at SBRW.  For information and entry forms check out the event website at  www.blacksealcup.com   or contact Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or email to mcbear@earthlink.net
   
Race Boat Dance - the beat goes on!  Two southern Bay skippers have new rides this month:  Louie Lewis and wife Barb now have [formerly owned by Craig Olson]  the  Olsen 30, INCENTIVE +,  formerly known as Namesake.  Incentive +   did some shakedown racing yesterday in the CCV Spring Series PHRF Non-Spin Fleet.    And, Dennis Hannick has a Tripp 26, Goin', which he is bringin' to Southern Bay Race Week.  Dennis has put his el primo T750, LOLA, on the block in Annapolis.  Southern Bay racers remember Dennis brought his previous Tripp 26, Radio Flyer, to SBRW a couple of years back and tore up his fleet.  Congratulations to both new skipper/owners!
 
Cape Henry Cup Race is coming up Saturday, May 16.  The Cape Henry Cup offers starts for all PHRF Fleets (PHRF NS is limited to single headsail only) as well as a non-sanctioned Cruising Fleet.   This is a great race that has been around for a number of years.  For details and entry info, please contact Scott Almond at (757) 471-2663 or check out the Broad Bay Sailing Association website at www.broadbaysailling.org.  And, this race is part of the 2009 Chesapeake Bay Distance Racing Series. 
 
SBRW wants YOU!  Join the  Regatta Team for Southern Bay Race Week - sign on  as a volunteer  Please do call Woody Woodcock at (757) 723-0818 to help with raising and/or striking the event headquarters regatta tent.   If learning or refining  bartending skills is up your alley, contact Suzanne Hamilton at suzanneshamilton@gmail.com.  And, contact Suzanne, too, if you want to help sell drink and/or meal tickets in the big party tents - you'll meet and greet lots of smiling racers'  faces!    Come on and get involved - consider yourself invited to help!    Be part of the magic that makes tents appear and then disappear, facilitates feeding and watering of hungry and thirsty racers,  and/or  helps with serving the party libations.  You can do any and/or all of the three and still race and party your brains out! 
 
Need to know how to crew on a racing sailboat?  CCV Classroom and On-the-Water sessions begin Tuesday, May 26.  For info contact Dave Taylor at (757) 344-5292.
 
Remember, this coming weekend,  York River Yacht Club is having a special blessing of the fleet festival,  May 8 - May 9 (Friday and Saturday), at Crown Pointe Marina to raise money for the Abington Volunteer Fire Department.  OPEN TO ALL boaters, watermen, and those with an interest in the sea.  The Festival opens at 4:30 on Friday, May 8 and a full day of activities begins with breakfast on Saturday, May 9.  Advance registration is required and tickets are limited.  For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.yryc.org or call 804/684-2492.  
Also, up on the  Rappahannock "Rivah", this coming weekend, Rappahannock River YC and Yankee Point YC will be going head to head in their Spring Regatta on Saturday, May 9.   YPYC is the host club for this RRYC-YPYC event.  Their race is OPEN TO ALL.  Point of Contact is John Henley at (804) 435-6550.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:   Getting caught in Sunday's downpour was a lot like that time Yours Truly, the Racing Beagle,  having partaken of post-race party celebratory toasts, inadvertently strolled through the car wash without my foulies!   It  worked out ok , though - made a clean getaway!   /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
 
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