#240 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday March 14, 2005 12:16PM

On Friday, March 25, Gary Jobson will speak at the University of Richmond.  His 7:00pm talk will be in the Moot Courtroom of the T.C. Williams School of Law. If you have ever enjoyed one of Gary Jobson's appearances, you know that his sailing topics know no boundaries.  No matter how many others attend, you will feel like he is a friend stopping by your digs for a friendly chat about sailing.   For tickets ( and price info) call the Leukemia Society in Richmond, (804) 627-0400, ext 15, or (800) 766-0797.  
 
When the National Hospice Championship boats hit the starting line on April 15-17 in Annapolis,  there will be three southern Bay representatives on the list:  Sanford Richardson (Kahuna) earned the right to participate through the Greater Hampton Roads Hospice Regatta and James Covington, Jr is there via the Turkey Shoot Hospice Regatta representing the Rappahannock River area.  Chuck Monsees, who frequently races his J/29 Rockette,  in the Bay, is there from Bath, North Carolina. 
 
 SPRING - It is here - almost:   As Lewis Carroll's Walrus said to those Oysters, "The time has come...to talk of many things..." of shackles, Loop Locks, and breathable smocks, and whether pawls have springs.  Get your racing stuff ready - the season is bearing down on us.  HUZZAH!
 
Seems there's an incorrect date of unknown origin circulating out there.  Be sure you have the correct one for the annual CCV - HYC RACE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP scheduled for SATURDAY, APRIL 2, at Hampton Yacht Club.  Check-in is at 0830 with the start at 0900.  The workshop is FREE and OPEN TO ALL.  Pre-registration is strongly advised - to pre-register call (757) 850-4225.
 
Gary Bodie will be the featured speaker at the annual CCV Racing Rules Seminar (and 2005 CCV Racing Guide distribution gathering) on Tuesday,  April 5.  The event will take place at The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia. 
 
Wannabe racers:  Saturday, April 30, CCV offers a day-long, classroom and on-the-water, clinic designed to help "newbies" learn how to get started racing.  Bring your own boat.  Following a brief classroom session and lunch participants will take their own boats (with a season CCV racing skipper at their sides) and go out and participate in several starts and "mini-races".   Bring at least one crew.  A mere $15 for the skipper and $10 for each crew covers all instructional materials and lunch.  For info contact:  Ben Cuker at  (757) 727-5884  or email  benjamin.cuker@hamptonu.edu 
 
The Smith Brothers - not the cough drops guys - but, Trey and Brooks, sons of Sonny Smith, long time racer out of BBSA's Little Creek Sailing Association,  have interesting sailing viewpoints that range from small to tall.  Trey is a former Mobjack National Champion and Brooks is the skipper of the American Rover, the topsail schooner that plies the waters of Hampton Roads.
 
Leroi Lissenden (skipper/owner of Voodoo Chile) crewed on a friend's Tripp 33, Tripptease, at Miami Race Week.  The boat did well, finishing 3rd overall in a PHRF class of 10.  For detailed results go to the regatta website at www.premiere-racing.com 
 
In spite of threats of another Alberta Clipper,  50-some determined racers and race committee folk turned out for the Racing Rules Seminar and Race Management Clinic  Saturday in downtown Richmond, organized and hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club.  John McCarthy presented the rules seminar before lunch and the race management clinic after lunch.  Sharon Bauer (FBYC) honcho-ed event.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  The first day of SPRING is this coming Sunday, March 20.  Remember to burn your socks!!  Attend a formal burning or have a private ceremony at your backyard grill. Just be sure you attend to this required racers' ritual.  Yours Truly, The Murphster, of course, will burn two pair.    /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
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