#253 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday June 13, 2005 10:30AM
Here comes 2005 SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE
CHALLENGE! July 17 - 19 in Solomons, Maryland. Hosted by
the Southern Maryland Sailing Association. THE racing showdown on the
Chesapeake Bay. Get your boat, get your skipper, get your crew, get your
ressies, get your lucky racing duds and your party sandals, and get
entered! This is the regatta you have just gotta do! Check the
web site at www.screwpile.com To save the late entry fee, submit your SCREWPILE CHALLENGE 2005 entry
form now - it must be received by June 29. For additional
info, please call (301) 862-3100.
Annapolis-Newport Update: This morning, shortly
after 5 AM, southern Bay homie Mike Nestor and his crew on Glory
Days were 134 nm from their destination, Newport, RI.
They are mid-pack in the 11 boat PHRF II fleet. Forty-six boats comprise
the Newport-bound fleet that departed Annapolis Friday. The big boat
leaders are either in or very close to finishing. Mike and his guys are
just southeast of Trenton, NJ, and moving between 6 and 7 knots. In the
Atlantic, instead of downtown Trenton, in beautiful weather, racing
to Newport is a good thing.
Mirage, Bad Habit, Cavitation, Slice, and
Pandora win at the PBC HomeTowne Regatta. Portsmouth
Boat Club ran their annual TowneBank HomeTowne Regatta Saturday while Harborfest
was waking up and cranking up for the weekend. Thirty boats took to
the 10+ mile race course that began in the Elizabeth River, turned at Middle
Ground Light (Hampton Roads harbor), and came back to the starting area.
Racers had adequate wind in the river (coming off Craney Island), but were faced
with a flat and breathless harbor at the midway point. Half the fleet beat
the deadline and everyone made the party! Christian
Schaumloffel's Mirage, outdistanced all
comers and, in so doing, captured the Culpepper Cup,
which goes to the boat with the largest corrected margin over the 2nd place boat
in that fleet. RESULTS: PHRF A: 1.Mirage,
Christian Schaumloffel; 2.Polar Express, Pam
Burdett; 3.Valkyrie, Karl Petersen.
PHRF B: 1.Bad Habit, Bob Archer;
2.Independence, Graham Field; 3.Faith,
Jerry Lotz. PHRF C:
1.Cavitation, Chris Duer; 2.Incentive,
Louie Lewis; 3.Bluejacket, "Doc"
Foster. PHRF Non-Spin 1: 1.Slice, "Doc"
Harbour; 2.Impulse, Tom Peddy;
3.Surprise, Bob Thomas. PHRF Non-Spin 2:
1.Pandora, Dave Washbourne. Event
Chairman: Larry Bryant; PRO: John McCarthy; Official Timer/Scorer: Dick
Boykin; Signal boat: Casey and Shirley Garns. PBC hosted the post-race
party and cookout in the new 40' X 20' "party room" addition to their historical
(circa 1900) clubhouse at the end of Portsmouth's Elm Avenue.
Terrific!
Schooner Virginia, having led the
2005 Harborfest Parade of Sail Friday and been the "Rock Star" of the Harborfest
piers over the weekend, will begin her maiden voyage this week. Look for
her to arrive at the Hampton Public Piers around 4:40 pm this coming
Wednesday, June 15. Free public tours
Saturday and Sunday, noon - 5 pm each day. Questions and to confirm
arrival: call (757) 727-1271.
THIS COMING WEEKEND:
2005 HYC Annual Regatta: Saturday, June
18. This is a CBYRA sanctioned event (#411), sailed off Ocean View.
If you raced in SBRW, you know approximately where to go.
DEADLINE for entries is 1200 hours on Friday, June 17. For
additional info check the website at www.hamptonyc.com
Yankee Point Yacht Club Singlehand Race:
Saturday, June 18. Contact: Joe Urban at (804) 462-6164
Bay Key Wins The York River Cup - Movin'
On Wins Spinnaker Fleet: York River Yacht Club got
in 2 races on Saturday for the York River Cup and Dave
Georgianna's Nightwind 35, Bay Key, won the PHRF non-spinnaker
class and The York River Cup with two first place finishes. Mike
Austin's Movin' On won the combined (A-B-C) Spinnaker
Class by taking first in the second race over Nuance (Jim
Bordeaux). RESULTS: PHRF Spinnaker Fleet:
1.Movin' On (2-1), Mike Austin; 2.Nuance,
(1-2) J. Bordeaux; 3.Four Seasons,
(3-3) Mike Mastracci. PHRF Non-Spinnaker
Fleet: 1. Bay Key, (1-1)Dave Georgianna;
2.Delphinus, (2-3) George Jones; 3.Avalon,
(5-2) Helen Quinby.
Dick and Donna Litchfield are planning a
renaming ceremony for their newly acquired Hunter
33. The boat will take on the name of Ninkasi, goddess of
beer. The cleverly designed invitations to the ceremony were delivered as
a note in a bottle - a beer bottle!
The State of Virginia Department of Health
Boater Education folk have teamed up with the
HRSD folk to provide a free service to boaters that
encourages pumping out (rather than dumping in the Bay and beyond). Just
call (757) 460-4253 and follow the automated message prompts to
schedule a FREE pump out, at your boat, any Friday, Saturday, or Sunday
during the summer. Yep - they come to you and the service is 100%
free. And, they take about 20 minutes to do the job! The key is to
call ahead to schedule a head pump out and to be sure to leave
a phone number where they can reach you (cell # is best).
Christian Schaumloffel and the
Mirage crew have had their share of "boat bites" lately. In the
Cape Henry Cup last month, they lost their rudder to the bottom of the Thimble
Shoal Channel and had to sail home with the spinnaker pole jury rigged as a
steering blade. Saturday, in the Hometown Regatta, they broke their boom
in about 8 knots of wind. To a man they claim that it was not the 8
knot wind gust that broke the boom, but that they fell off an 8 foot wave
created by a passing tug. That's their story and they're stickin' to
it! No matter - Christian and his creative crew jury-rigged repairs and
went on, winning the Culpepper Cup.
Southern Bay Boats SCREWPILE
Ready: There are 18 southern Bay boats already entered and
headed for SCREWPILE 2005. Here are the current members of the southern Bay
brigade: Schiellion, Brad Miller; Polar
Express, Pam Burdett; Corryvreckan, David
Clark; Voodoo Chile, Lissenden/Krushelnisky;
Temptress, Robert DeJong; Juggernaut,
Mike Dale; Impulse, Tom Peddy;
Radio Flyer, Dennis Hannick; Cash Flow,
Lloyd Griffin; Bowmovement, Martin
Casey; Patriot, Case Whittemore; Midnight
Mistress, Jake Brodersen; Meridian, Sledd
Shelhorse; Wavelength, Rob Whittet;
Outrageous, Mike Jones; Feather, Phil
Briggs; ; Cyrano, Bob Mosby; Sea
Star, Bumps and David Eberwine. Remember,
save the late entry fee - get your stuff in by June 29.
Returning home from the HomeTowne Bank
Regatta, racers heard an official announcement from the Coast Guard
saying the 100 yard safety zone surrounding the Carnival Triumph
(cruise ship) about to leave Norfolk would be seriously enforced by law
enforcement action, including, if necessary, "deadly force". That got
everyone's attention.
MURPHY'S LAW:
Post-regatta party maladies are sometimes determined according to the
person to whom the "under the weather" racer is
speaking. For instance, when talking to a racing friend, a post-race party
headache is a mega hangover, but to the boss on Monday morning, it's more
likely described as an inexplicable migraine!
/S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us
all.