#273 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday November 7, 2005 12:55PM
2006 Racing Schedule Dates Already
Set: The dates listed here are as close as it gets to being
set in stone for the coming year. The responsible clubs have confirmed
their intention to hold the event on the date shown. It's OK to put them
on your 2006 racing calendar - use a #1 pencil !
Jan 16-18 Key West Race Week
Jan 28 SBRNYCU
RACING RULES SEMINAR, hosted by HYC
Feb 18-19 US SAILING BASIC RACE MANAGEMENT COURSE,
hosted by HYC
Jun 2-4 SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK
(Black Seal Cup) (racing on Fri - Sun)
Jun 9-11 Harborfest (Norfolk's downtown
waterfront festival)
Jun 10 TOWNEBANK HOMETOWN
REGATTA, PBC
Jun 24 COCK ISLAND RACE,
City of Portsmouth and PBC
Jul 16-18 Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge,
SMSA (Solomons, MD)
Sep 2 DINK-VAIL LABOR DAY
(weekend) RACE, NYCC
Oct 6-8 TURKEY SHOOT HOSPICE
REGATTA, YPM / YPYC
JUNIOR SAILING REPS: CBYRA JUNIOR
DIVISION TOWN HALL MEETING, Saturday, November 12, 0900-1200, Tred Avon Yacht
Club, Oxford, Maryland. Contact: David McClatchy, (410)
849-2419
VETERANS DAY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
11th. "... Land of the free and the home of
the brave..." because of the brave.
The 2005 Caribbean 1500 fleet leaves Hampton
today!!! 51 beautiful boats headed for Tortola - and blue water
adventure.
Frostbite Race #2 - The second of the five
race series enjoyed Florida like temps and great racing breezes, gusting into
the twenties all afternoon long. Twenty-nine boats enjoyed the day.
RESULTS: PHRF A (8 boats): 1.Christian Schaumloffel,
Mirage; 2.Bob Mosby,Cyrano, ; 3.Phil
Briggs, Feather. PHRF B (5 boats):
1.Graham Field, Independence; 2.Rusty
Burshell, Cool Change; 3.Archer/Beahr,
Bad Habit. PHRF C (5 boats): 1.Ben
Cuker, Callinectes; 2.John Blais,
Stardancer; 3.Louie Lewis, Incentive.
PHRF Non-Spin (9 boats): 1.Karl Petersen,
Valkyrie; 2.Tom Peddy, Impulse; 3.Bob
Nunn, One o Five. Cruising (3 boats):
1.Dave Lively, Mascot. PRO: Dick
Boykin
Frostbite #3 - Next Sunday, same time and
place.
CCV Annual Awards Presentation and Party - Friday,
November 11 - Make you Ressies Now - the party
is this Friday night and OPEN TO ALL! You
do not have to be a trophy winner to have a great time, dance your pants
off, and see your racing buddies all duded up! You do not want to miss
this. For info contact Karl Petersen at (757)
440-8772.
Shedding More Light: Wolf Trap Light
(see SBRNYCU issue #272) is not the only Chesapeake Bay lighthouse sold
recently to individuals. Thimble Shoal went for
$65,000 to Smithfield resident Peter Jurewicz and Middle Ground
was purchased by Robert Gonsoulin (Williamsburg) for $31,000. David
McNally bought Smith Point Lighthouse for $170,000.
Diane Tennant, a writer for The Virginian-Pilot wrote
a blow by blow account of the auction of Smith Point that is a great read
in the October 27, 2005, issue of The Pilot.
The 5o5s are coming to the Hampton Yacht Club Fall
Regatta this coming weekend - Nov 12 & 13. For info contact
Tyler Moore at (757) 726-2130.
In the collegiate War Memorial Regatta last
weekend, Old Dominion finished 7th, Christopher Newport 17th, and the Hampton U
team did not sail in this regatta.
MURPHY'S LAW: The weekend
racing was dirty dawg perfect. The frost did not bite, the wind howled
just right, and there was nip in the rum to get the job done!
/S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us
all.