#190 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday March 1, 2004 10:55AM

It is MARCH!  There are pre-season things ya gotta do!   (1)  Tend to your alphabet paperwork, i.e.  apply for your PHRF rating (new or renewal);  join CBYRA and join CCV (ya gotta be a member of each to compete for their annual High Point awards);  join US SAILING  'cause it's the right thing to do.   (2)  Find or order from your sailmaker your set of class flags.   (3)  Dig out your foulies,  burn your socks, and  make the final payments to the boat yard, the sailmaker, and the insurance guy. 
 
One last reminder, the USSAILING Advanced Race Management Seminar is this coming weekend ' hosted by Hampton Yacht Club - contact Bob Thomas at (757) 898-9407  or  (757) 864-3913 for info.  Also, this weekend, NORTH U Racing Tactics Seminar in Norfolk at Old Dominion University Sailing Center - check the web at http://www.northu.com 
 
And, CCV - HYC Annual Race Management Workshop is set for 9:30 am, Saturday, March 27 at Hampton Yacht Club.  Participants will receive the 2004 seminar Race Management Handbook along with various presenters' handouts.  Bring your Racing Rules of Sailing with you - there will be a limited number of the RRS available for purchase. The workshop is FREE and OPEN TO ALL.  For info contact John McCarthy at (757) 850-4225.
 
If you have a hankering to leave the Bay for Memorial Day Weekend, think about this - the North Carolina Yacht Racing Association Championships will be May 29-30 in Beaufort, NC.  In addition to spinnaker classes, event organizers offer Non-spinnaker as well as  Cruising classes with a separate triangle course (common windward mark).  There is no racing on Monday, May 31, which is the actual, official holiday. So, you can be back in time for Black Seal Cup-Southern Bay Race Week in Hampton Roads the following weekend, June 4-5-6.   
 
Last Tuesday morning, around 8:30, Steve Bardwell, 42,  died as his car crashed into a cement roadside sign near Annapolis.  He was alone in the car.  A witness administered CPR, and paramedics treated him at the scene, but Steve was pronounced dead at a medical center.  Police suspect he  experienced a medical emergency that caused the car to crash.  "Bardo", as most of us knew him, had many, many racing friends, and he was well known and well liked around the southern Chesapeake Bay racing scene.  He was a treasured member of a number of crews during his time with us.  Gone too soon and too suddenly.
 
Old Dominion University sailors were well represented at the recently finished Olympic Trials.  Anna Tunnicliffe (finished 4th in the Europes), Sally Barkow and Debbie Capozzi (along with Carrie Howe) were 3rd in Ynglings.
 
Learn to Sail Opportunity!  The Hampton Roads Community Sailing Center has established a location at the downtown Hampton Public Piers which will be fully operational in early spring.   HRCSC offers both Adult and Youth Sailing Programs along with an Adaptive Program.  The Adult Program starts in the spring and runs through the fall; the Youth Program runs during the summer only. For information, call (757) 651-4273  or go to the HRCSC web site at  www.sailhamptonroads.com   Pass this info along to your neighbor, who stands and shuffles his feet in the driveway, glancing longingly over at you as you "head out for the boat and the water" every weekend!
 
A Magnificent Seven spent their entire weekend taking the USSAILING Powerboat Instructor Training Course that prepares participants to instruct others on operating small boats as part of regatta support (i.e. safety boats, etc.).  Among those participants were Buddy DeRyder, Malcolm Brady, Carolyn Grant, and Emory Morgan.  Once they had finished on the water training, they retired Sunday afternoon to take a lengthy written exam.  Kudos to all of the participants, organizers,  and the US SAILING instructors for their time and efforts.
 
2004 CCV Racing Guide is almost ready. CCV Board members completed final assembly of the CCV Guide this past weekend.   All is on track for initial distribution at the CCV Racing Rules Seminar, April 6, at the Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Virginia).  Well known international racer and clinician Tucker Thompson will be on hand to talk tactics, rules, and strategies with racers and friends.  The Seminar is FREE and OPEN TO ALL.  For info contact:  John McCarthy at (757) 850-4225.
 
Traditionally March is the Month of the Spring Winds - "...comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb...." etc.  Good time to practice up on your knowledge of wind force levels (Beaufort Scale).  In MPH:  Force 1 = 1-3;  Force 2 = 4-7 mph;  Force 3 = 8-12 mph;  Force 4 = 13-18 mph;  Force 5 = 19-24 mph;  Force 6 = 25-31;  Force 7 = 32 - 38;  Force 8 = 39-46;  Force 9 = 47-54;  Force 10 = 55-63;  Force 11 = 64-73;  Force 12 = 74-82.       
 
Some Critical Early Season Dates: 
March 27   Saturday  CCV-HYC Race Management Workshop,  HYC
April 6       Tuesday   CCV Annual Racing Rules Seminar,  The Mariners' Museum
April 18     Sunday    CCV Tune-Up Races 
April 24     Saturday  FBYC Spring Series 1
April 25     Sunday    CCV  Spring Series #1
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  Racers have a special scale based [kind of] on the Beaufort Scale.  Beaufort 1-2 = WHINE Level (Aw man, I coulda been cutting the grass!);  Beaufort 3-4-5 = EL PRIMO Level (Let's stay out all day!);  Beaufort 6-7 = ADVIL Level ('Cause I'll Need it in the Morning!);  Beaufort 8  = YIKES! (Where did this come from?!); and,  Beaufort 9-12 = FAGETABOUTIT! (Let's hang out in the bar!)  Living to race, racing to live.  /s/ Murphy the Racing Beagle
 
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