#481 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Wednesday February 24, 2010 11:27AM

 
Word is, from a reliable source (even though he is a sailboat racer), that Travis Weisleder, who races his J105 out of Fishing Bay,  has acquired  Layline.  Sounds like we will have another top quality equipment supplier with a local connection.
USNA sending INTEGRITY and DEFIANCE to SBRW 2010.  The United States Naval Academy has entered two of their offshore race boats, both Navy 44 MK2's, in SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK. Integrity and Defiance each carry a rating of 81 and will race in PHRF A.  The likely skippers of the boats crewed by Academy Midshipmen, are Midn Alex Dolan (Integrity) and Midn Emily Frost (Defiance).   Other Early Birds who have tossed their caps into the SBRW ring include Phil Briggs' J/36, Feather,  Rusty Burshell's J/30, Cool Change, and Graham Field's Islander 36, Independence.  For SBRW 2010 info www.blacksealcup.com  or contact Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or email mcbear@earthlink.net
MURPHY 2010 "Rules Around the Race Course"  drew 95 attendees (SRO) to host Norfolk Yacht and Country Club Saturday for a day long look at racing rules in specific situations on the course.  "The racing rules of sailing can be tough, and this group of skippers and crew were determined to understand the nuances of the rules in given situations; they were a great group," said John McCarthy, who led the presentation.  NY&CC kept the coffee, pastries, etc. flowing, so there was plenty of sustenance for everyone. Racers renewed racing friendships, twisted their brains on some knotty subjects, and generally welcomed Spring a few days early.  Gettin' ready to go racing!  
 
MIRAGE took 2nd in the St Petersburg National Offshore One Design (NOOD) regatta last week.  Christian Schaumloffel brought his Hobie 33 in 2nd in the 6 boat gathering of Hobie 33s with a string of 4-3-1-2-2-3.  The Mirage crew picked up a last minute fill in at the regatta, Jim Williams who sails his own Hobie 33, Treaty of Ghent, in the southern Bay.  Jim and his wife Barbara were vacationing at St Pete Beach, when Christian rang his cell phone!
 
 
PDQ  the nice,  quick SR-21 that raced in the southern Bay PHRF C fleet late in the 2009 season will be back in 2010, but she has changed her name.  Louisiana man, Mike Klopf  has new-named her SWAMP RAT.  Not only fast, but fierce, too! 
 
NUTS & BOLTS RACE MANAGEMENT - March 20th, Saturday morning (9:00am - 12:30pm) at Hampton Yacht Club - FREE.  Sponsored by CCV.  This is a Basic Primer that will get you through your annual race committee assignment.  This is NOT "inside race management" material.  It is designed to keep you out of trouble when you go out to run club races. Registration opens at 8:30am; coffee and breakfast goodies are courtesy CCV.  Please do PRE-REGISTER, so plans can be made for adequate beverages, goodies, and seating,  Pre-register by email to mcbear@earthlink.net  and say you want to attend the RC Clinic, or call  Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225.
 
Trailer Sailors - here's good news!   Southern Bay racer Rodney Moore sends a special recon report.  He says that the public boat ramp off of  Ivy Home Road/Marina Road (Hampton, VA) is open again. Rod also says to be aware since  "...they did not post any "End of Ramp" signs".
 
An almost new comer to PHRF C this season is Gay LaRue  and Tom Wood's Sonar 23, Sereda.  Sereda broke into PHRF C racing at the end of 2009, as did Kathy and Mike Barber with their Merit 25, Figaro.  Both will be nice additions to a growing fleet.
 
More for southern Bay racers to be weather-thankful about.    Doug Savage, who races his S2 10.3, REPRISAL, out of the Washington DC area shares the following info:   "News from DC is that our record snow (26") managed to overload and sink no less than 9 boats in our marina.  All were centerboard/swing keel boats between 19 and 26 feet, and it appears the snow forced them down deep enough that they flooded through the centerboard trunks or retraction cable exits. Most have been refloated. I was happy that my boat is on the hard."   Be careful out there.  Mamma Nature can be tough!
 
Watch Anna closely as she prepares for the next Olympics.  US SAILING has announced the 2010 US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics.   The team is packed with medalists and rising talent.  Anna will be match racing in Elliott 6Ms.  Women's Keelboat Match Racing:  Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.), Molly Vandemoer (Redwood City, Calif.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, NY) and Genny Tulloch (San Francisco, CA), Alice Manard (Charleston, SC., and Karina Vogen Shelton (Watsonville, CA).
 
Town Point Yacht Club is pleased to host Nauticus Executive Director, Hank Lynch, to discuss development of a youth training/community sailing program to be operated from Nauticus.  The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, February 23rd, beginning at 5:30 PM at Mo O'Malley's Restaurant on Granby St.  in downtown Norfolk.  The meeting is open to everyone, no reservations required. For additional info, please contact Dave Wilbar at (757) 480-7245 or  dwilbar@sailtime.com.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:   Yrs Truly, the Racing Beagle, is going out on a limb (picture that!) and packing away both pairs of snow boots.  Ya gotta believe!   /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
 
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