#245 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday April 18, 2005 11:01AM

PHRF RACERS - Do Yourself a Favor: Check YOUR listing on the PHRF Valid List.  Go to the web site www.phrfchesbay.com and follow the directions for viewing the Valid List.  Check your rating and your equipment category.  If you are 4P you are good to go just about anywhere in the Chesapeake.  'Nuff said.    
 
Fishing Bay Yacht Club kicks off their "big boat" racing season this coming weekend.  Opening Day is Saturday, April 23, and FBYC Spring Series #1 is set for Sunday, April 24.  Contact Offshore Division CDR Eric Powers at (804) 706-1427.
CCV SPRING SERIES -  Leaders of the Packs:  Meridian, Bad Habit, roundabout, and Midnight Mistress  The weather callers had 10-15 from the NE booked for Hampton Roads yesterday, BUT less than 15 minutes before the scheduled first warning, the lovely breeze went from NE to SSW (eventually).  At one point, boats were arriving at the race area from opposite directions, all flying 'chutes.  Fairly quickly the SSW light winds won and racing got underway.  Of the 9 boats racing in PHRF A, Meridian (previously named Scherherazade), Sledd Shelhorse's Taylor 40, took the lead and held it through the corrections, finishing 00:1:35 (corrected) ahead of Dave and Bumps Eberwine's J36, Sea Star.  Christian Schaumloffel's Hobie 33 took 3rd.  Bob Archer's Pearson 30, Bad Habit, won the PHRF B fleet (7 boats racing) convincingly with a 00:3:11 (corrected) finish over 2nd place Strega, Neal Garrett's S2 9.1.  Movin' On, Mike Austin's Beneteau FC8, bumped up to PHRF B by virtue of the split changes in the region, finished 3rd.  In the 10 boat PHRF C fleet, Alan Bomar's roundabout, J/24, finished in top spot less than one minute (55 seconds corrected) ahead of 2nd place finisher Incentive, Louie Lewis' O'Day 27.  John Blais' Pearson 30, Stardancer finished 3rd.  In PHRF Non-Spin (9 boats racing), Jake Brodersen, Midnight Mistress (C&C 35) took first, Tom Peddy's Impulse, Catalina 34, finished 2nd, and Bill Peach, Surprise, Alerion Express 29 was 3rd.  PRO: John McCarthy; Official Timer/Scorer, Dick Boykin; Mark Boats: Glenn Giles, Bill Gibbings.
 
CCV SPRING SERIES RACE #2 - Same Time, Same Place, Same Bat Channel this coming Sunday, April 24!  It's not to late to join the fun - for info call John McCarthy at (757) 850-4225. 
 
Hey, Omar!  Whether you share a name with the famous Omar the Tentmaker or not, you can have a good time and perform a valuable service by signing on with the Southern Bay Race Week Tent Team.  The regatta party tents will be raised Wednesday, June 1, at regatta headquarters (Hampton YC) and struck on Monday, June 6.  Join up - previous tenting experience is not required.  Call event chairman Leigh Morgan at (757) 726-9649 to volunteer  your time.
 
BBSA Willoughby Racers began their first of three Thursday Night Series this past week.  Recall Thursday - windy enough to make empty trucks creep on the CBBT and, damp, damp cold. About half  (15+) the WR fleet went racing anyway.  As Dave Bettis said, "That shows just how smart we are!"  It's a tough bunch over there by the aircraft carriers.
 
2005 CCV Racing Guides - In case you were not able to pick up your copy during the CCV Racing Rules Clinic earlier this month, you may pick it up at the HYC office.  You must be a member of CCV to get a copy of the Guide.  Club membership is $25 (the Guide is free to members) and you may join at the HYC office and receive your Guide on the spot. 
 
It's official - ODU Sailing All American  Anna Tunnicliffe has been named to the 2005 US NATIONAL TEAM in the Laser Radial class.  Anna is listed as #2 (of 5) in Laser Radials.  US SAILING High Performance Director Gary Bodie (Hampton, VA) introduced Anna to the southern Bay racing community in early April at the CCV Racing Rules Clinic.
 
Any race boat named for a "very good type of dark rum" has got to be good - right?  Scott Almond, BBSA Racing Captain, explained his name for his Catalina 25, Anejo, which he races in  the BBSA Willoughby Racers Thursday Night Series in Little Bay during the summer. 
 
The Movin' On (M. Austin, Bene FC8) skipper and crew have picked up where they left off last season.  They travel by water from Yorktown to Hampton and back for every race in the Hampton Roads vicinity.  Sunday, they launched and departed Wormley Creek at 0700, arrived at the starting area, did the race, dropped off some crew at the post-race "Dogs and Brew" gathering, and headed back to home.  Don't even consider anyone else for the "race commuters" award this week!
 
When Southern Bay Race Week event chairman Leigh Morgan announced the name of the first 2005 entry, she had one of those name-face dyslexic moments.  Leigh knew the first entry came from LEROI LISSENDEN (Voodoo Chile), but her face memory file flashed up Larry Preddy.  Better yet, imagine Larry's confusion, as he searched his memory banks (and probably check book records) to recall entering!  On hearing of the error, Larry Preddy, of course, was chagrinned.  "Just when a fella gets his hopes up to be first at something...  kicked to the curb again," Larry lamented.   
 
One of the area's notable young racers, Brett Baker, has been accepted to The US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point.  He'll be a member of the Class of 2009.  Not too long ago he was an ankle-biter sailing in the Green Fleet at the OPTI Nationals at Strawberry Banks (1999).
 
If you need a boat show fix, there's one coming this weekend (Friday - Sunday) to the downtown Hampton City Docks.  Sail and power dealers are expected.  The Downtown Hampton In-Water Boat Show opens at noon, Friday, April 22.
 
This coming Friday, April 22, Portsmouth Boat Club kicks off their Barnacle Friday Night racing 3 weeks ahead of the original date.  For info contact Rodney Paice at (757) 971-0202.
 
On The Rivah (Rappahannock, that is) Racing: Yankee Point Yacht Club, actually on the Corrotoman, opens their 2005 Wednesday Night racing May 4.  And, three days later, May 7, comes the Yankee Point Spring Regatta.  For info on either, contact YPYC Fleet Captain Joe Urban at (804) 462-6164.  
 
Yesterday's CCV Spring Series Race #1 hotdogs, for the traditional post-race "Dogs and Brew" on the HYC flag deck, were prepared by the crew from first-to-finish Meridian.  The Meridian Gormet Team did a great job of cookin' ...  and eatin' too!  Kudos!
 
Wannabe Valuable Crew on a Race Boat? - Consider the CCV Annual Crew Training Class.  Classroom sessions are every Tuesday (6:30 - 8:30 pm) throughout May at Hampton Yacht Club, followed by the on-the-water sessions every Wednesday (5:30 pm) throughout May on a race boat sailing in the HYC Wednesday Night races.  The course runs May 3 - May 25. For details and to sign up, contact Neal Garrett at (757) 245-2665 or (757) 727-0742.  Do it today - it's time to climb aboard!
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  I understand the Marty Steffans is heading up the Beer Pouring Crew at Southern Bay Race Week.  I plan to sign on immediately, of course, as Marty's chief tester-taster. After completing those duties each day,  I plan to take up the vestments of official Snooze Meister!  A lot of responsibility, but your Racing Beagle is up to it!    /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
 
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