#503 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Tuesday August 10, 2010 11:19AM

SOUTHERN BAY KIDS ARE OUT AND ABOUT!
During the past week -
OPTI Nation Update:   Hanna Finishes 4th Overall at 2010 USODA New England Championships Hosted By Sail Newport.  The Fishing Bay Yacht Club Opti Team traveled to Newport  a short week after hosting the 2010 Opti Nationals.  Alexander Hanna posted a 4th overall in the 311 boat championship fleet.   Kendall Swenson finished 6th in the Opti Girls Fleet (103 racers) and 30th overall in the championship fleet.  Also sailing for Fishing Bay at the event were:  Gray Kiger,  Will Whitmore, Jack Whitmore, Hannah Steadman, Erin Jacob, and Jed Londrey.
US SAILING Youth Sailing Championships:  Graham Landy wins C420 Fleet. The best-of-the-best were on display at the 2010 U.S. Youth Sailing Championships, hosted by the Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club (San Pedro, CA). The team of Graham Landy (Norfolk Yacht & Country Club) and Colin Murphy (Shelter Island Yacht Club) trounced  their 26 competitors over 9 races at this national championship youth regatta.  Also from the southern Bay and finishing in the middle of the highly competitive C420 fleet, was the team of Alex Jacob and Ben Buhl, 12th overall, from Fishing Bay Yacht Club.  Kyle Swenson sailed for FBYC in the Laser fleet and finished tied in points for 10th, but 11th overall.
 
CAPE CHARLES CUP - August 14 - 15, Saturday and Sunday. Entries for the 2010 Cape Charles Cup close TODAY,  Monday, August 9, at 1500 hours.  A point to point to point race for racers  and cruisers.   This is certainly one of  the best two-day southern Bay summer regattas.  There are two races.  On Saturday, race from Norfolk's Little Creek area to Cape Charles, party and spend  the night  at the lovely Bay Creek Resort and Marina (or dock at Cape Charles Harbor), and then race on Sunday from Cape Charles to Buckroe.   Broad Bay Sailing Association pulls it all together.  Event Chair - Jim Williams; PRO - John McCarthy.   For information and entry, please contact Scott Almond at (757) 471-2663 or CCCup@broadbaysailing.org
 
2010 SAP 505 World Championships - Southern Bay 505 racer,  TYLER MOORE, of Hampton, VA, and GEOFF EWESON, of Annapolis, finished in the Top 20  (16th overall) of 126 at the 505 World Championships in Denmark last week. Extreme and unpredictable conditions were the topic of the day at the regatta.  Tyler and Geoff had their best day  on the next to last day of the regatta,  when they registered two thirds.  Also, racing at the 505 Worlds were father Chris and teenage son Tom Rasmussen .  This was the Rasmussen's first venture into the 505 Worlds;  they finished 110th and sailed in all but the two races (30+ knots) on the first day.    The 505 East Coasts Championships will be hosted at Hampton Yacht Club next month, September 24-25-26, 2010.  This will be a great opportunity to watch great sailors racing really, really fast two-man dinghies in Hampton Roads.
 
FEATHER  MASTERS THE MASTERS -  Phil Briggs' J36 Feather and her all-star Geritol@ crew won the annual Tom Brady Master's Race hosted by Hampton Yacht Club Saturday.  On Feather, toiling at the winches and hauling on the halyards were Stan Morris, Glenn Giles, Judy Cotton, Dave Revill, Jimmy Shoemaker, and Phil Briggs, while Bill Peach had the helm.  The finish was up Hampton River at the HYC docks and that is where Rusty Burshell and the Cool Change gang made up enough time on Andy Armstrong's Virginia H to grab 2nd place among the 7 competing boats.  Race Committee - Bill and David Gibbings
 
DON'T TELL BUMPS!   There will be a surprise  Birthday Party for Bumps Eberwine on Wednesday, August 25th, at Hampton Yacht Club after the Wednesday Night Racing.  Stop by for Birthday Cake and Beer; drink a toast to  "The Bumpster" on his 85th!  Graham Field is organizing this surprise party and he can be reached at (757) 488-3931.  Donations toward the cake and beer are appropriate and will be greatly appreciated. 
 
CCV FOUNDERS RACE -  MERIDIAN,  GREMLIN,  ROUNDABOUT, and  MIDNIGHT MISTRESS win fleets.  This was the second of the two CCV races that come in the middle of summer, The Moonlight Triangle being the other.  The boats raced off of Ocean View in 5 to 6 to 7 knots from the NorthEast.  RESULTS:  PHRF A - 1. Sledd Shelhorse, Meridian;  2.Dave Eberwine, Sea Star;  3.Phil Briggs, Feather.   PHRF B - Greg Cutter, Gremlin;  2.Dave McConaughy, White Boat;  3.Dave Taylor, Wham Bam.  PHRF C - 1.Alan Bomar, Roundabout;  2.Justin Morris, The Hunter.  PHRF Non-Spin - 1.Jake and Pat Brodersen, Midnight Mistress; 2.Leo Wardrup, Black Widow; 3.Jerry Lotz, Faith.  [NOTE: Protest pends in the Non-Spin Fleet.]   Principal Race Officer - Bob Thomas 
 
ADMIRAL'S CUP goes to RUMBLE -  Ben Weeks and the crew of Rumble persevered in light air for 11 very  loooooooooong  miles on Saturday to win the annual Admiral's Cup, co-hosted by York River Yacht Club and Seaford Yacht Club.  The dearth of air did not deter the racers from  the party hosted by Seaford Yacht Club.  Results:  Spinnaker (4 boats): 1.Ben Weeks&Michele Cochran, Rumble;  2.Jim Bordeaux, Soltice.   Non-Spin (5 boats): 1.Chuck Eldred, Gail Force; 2.Dave Crossett, Gator.
 
Save your navigation and strategy notes from the Cape Charles Cup - the non-stop PLANTATION LIGHT RACE leaves Hampton Roads harbor on Friday evening (first warning is at 1900 hours), August 20, and heads, weather permitting, to Cape Charles Light and back to the finish line in the Harbor.  For details and entry info, please contact Bob Thomas at (757) 898-9407-home  or (757) 864-3913-office.
 
Jeff Neurauter and crew Happy Omstead win the  46th ANNUAL VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S CUP  by virtue of winning the largest fleet  (Buccaneers, 11) at the regatta.  As on the York River , squeezing races out of 4-5 knot zephyrs proved to be quite an accomplishment on the Ware River.  But,  event officials and racers got in two races on Saturday and three on Sunday for almost everyone. One-Design Fleet Winners: Buccaneers (11) - Jeff Neurauter & Happy Omstead;  Albacore (7) - Barney Harris & Lee Mullins;  Hampton One Design (8) - Latane Montague & Travis Dozier;  Laser (6) - Jon Deutsch.  [Portsmouth Class results not available at publication time. ] A total of 40 boats sailed in this regatta.  Organizing Authority - Ware River Yacht Club;  PRO - Rick Klein.
 
SOUTHERN BAY SAMPLER of  LABOR DAY WEEKEND GOODIES:
Friday, September 4 thru Monday, September 6, 2010
    *16th Annual STINGRAY POINT REGATTA , at Fishing Bay Yacht Club,  Saturday and Sunday, September 4 -5.  This is a southern Bay favorite that incorporates all the flavor of Fishing Bay and the Rapp [Rappahannock] River.  Starts are offered for PHRF classes (spinnaker and non-spinnaker) as well as qualifying one-design (big boats).  There are two days of racing (Saturday, and Sunday).  Monday has been left open so racers can have a leisurely sail home or attend the family cook-out or both!  For details and to register on line, go to www.fbyc.net.  If you have questions or comments, contact Event Chairman, Alex Alvis at (804) 370-8241.
 
    *Norfolk Yacht and Country Club hosts the 10th Annual DINK VAIL REGATTA (DVR 10), on Saturday, September 4.  Starts are offered for PHRF fleets (A, B, C, NS).  This is a one race event that includes a welcome reception on Friday at 1830 in the Lounge at NY&CC, a continental breakfast on Saturday at 0800 on the NY&CC patio, and a reception and awards banquet at 1800, Saturday.   For info and entry, please contact Bob Hume at (757) 288-9985. 
 
    *New on the Southern Bay Labor Day list of opportunities, aimed at dinghy racers, is the LABOR DAY CLINIC and REGATTA at the ODU Sailing Center, Norfolk.  The clinic will run Saturday and Sunday, September 4-5, with the regatta set for Monday, September 6.  There is a gang of coaching talent involved in this event.  Look here:  Laser Full Rig - Brad Funk;  Laser Radial - Anna Tunnicliffe and Erika Reineke;  Club 420 - Adrienne Patterson and Michael Collins;  Optimist - Tom Coleman ("Mr. Green Fleet") and Nick Turney; Techno 293 - Alessandro Ambrosi; High School Team Racing - Charles Higgins;  College Racing - Mitch Brindley.    Contact David Tunnicliffe at  david@tunnicliffeconsulting.com  
 
    *Not in the southern Bay area, but if a longer  holiday weekend is in your plans, CBYRA's Annapolis Race Week goes the distance (Saturday through Monday).  The 44th edition of this event will be the first at it's new shore side venue in the heart of downtown Annapolis.  The public also is encouraged to attend shore side activities staged in the City Dock area.   For details and entry info, go to www.cbyra.org/arw.
 
Looking for permanent and/or fill in  crew?  Not to worry - get in touch with Dave Taylor at (757) 344-5292.  Dave still has available crewbies who have completed the CCV Crew Training Course.  A total of 51 folks went through the program and a number of them are looking for a spot on a race boat. 
 
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  When they said "Dog Days", Yrs Truly the Racing Beagle  didn't know they meant  grilled   Dog Days.  Now I have these cooking stripes on me sides from laying on the planks of the dock!  The Murphster is truly sizzlin'!   /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
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