# 294 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Tuesday April 18, 2006 09:56AM
FBYC Opening Day and Spring Series
1: Up on the "Rivah", at the mouth of the Rappahannock, that is,
Fishing Bay Yacht Club will run their Opening Day regatta on Saturday, April 22
and the first race of their Spring Series on Sunday, April 23. For Info
contact: Brooks Zerkel.
CCV SPRING SERIES OPENS SUNDAY: CCV
Spring Series Races #1 and #2 are set for this coming Sunday, April
23. They also mark the beginning of the 15 races, season long,
CCV High Point Championship Series. The Warning flag for race
#1 is scheduled for 1000. Both races will be in Hampton Roads
Harbor. There are starts for all PHRF classes. Deadline for
entries is 1300 hours on Saturday, April 22. Awards presentation
social follows the racing - FREE hotdogs, soda, and beer at the HYC flag
deck. Racers who took a CCV RACING Membership do not have to submit
any additional forms or fees - all others must submit standard entry forms with
fee (for the day, $20 for USSA members / $22 for Non-USSA members). For
info contact: John McCarthy at (757) 850-4225.
The Volvos are coming!
Southern Bay racer Christian Schaumloffel (Mirage,
Hobie 33) has devised a way to estimate their arrival time (at the Virginia
Capes and further up the Bay) and has Volvo and NOAA sites he recommends
using for your calculations - you can check out the info with Christian by
calling him at (757) 496-3590. Christian estimates that
the first two boats will have passed through The Capes close to the
wee hours this morning, with others hot on their heels later today and
early Tuesday morning. If there is any breeze, you better have a really
hot sport fisher to keep up with these babies!
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK EARLY
BIRDS: 55
boats made the Early Bird Entry deadline. Pushing the
deadline envelope were Phil Briggs,
Feather; Craig Olsen,
Namesake; John Lones,
Ali-Ru; Greg Cutter; Gremlyn;
Dave McConaughy, White Boat; Butch
Patterson, Small Potato; Martin
Casey, Bow Movement; Anker Madsen,
Stephanie; Bob Cummings,
Quicksilver; Neal Garrett,
Strega; Dave Bouchard, Ganar!;
Alan Bomar, roundabout; D. Barfield / S.
Smith, Checko; Larry Bryant,
Whisper; Sonny Smith, Restless
VIII; Matt Haskell, Dutch
Courage; Tom Connors, Fins Up;
and Rodney Paice, Wiki Wiki ; along with a
couple of others whose entries are between delivery and processing.
Good on them. There is a scientific study that shows that he/she who
enters in a timely manner usually does well on starting lines! Go
figure! Get entered - the sooner the better. Entries
should go to; Leigh Morgan, 140 Meredith Avenue, Hampton, VA
23669 Fee: $90 (for US SAILING members); $100 (for
non-US SAILING members) - make check payable to SOUTHERN BAY RACE
WEEK. For additional info check out the web site: www.blacksealcup.com
2006 SBRW: Ya'll come! 6 great
races and 3 great parties!
The sailing / racing bug has bitten Keith
Carson and Marci Brown but good! The dynamic duo already have
Pearl (Morgan 24) which they will be racing in the PHRF fleet in 2006.
Now, they have doubled the size of their fleet by purchasing Checks in
the Mail (from Jim and Barbara Williams), which will be essentially
their cruising craft. Godspeed!
CCV's "Learn to Crew on a Racing
Sailboat" course (classroom and on-the-water, Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings) begins Tuesday, May 2 and runs for 4 consecutive Tuesday /
Wednesdays. For info contact David Taylor at (757) 344-5292. Do
it now, though, since the class is filling fast.
Who's NOOD-ing ? The Annapolis NOOD
Regatta (National Offshore One Design) entry list is long. Racing
begins Friday, April 28 and goes through Sunday, April 30. From the
southern Bay, Martin Casey and the Bow
Movement team will be racing in the Catalina 27 Division, and
Dave Taylor and the Midmorning Buzz gang in the J/24
Division and could be a local J22 going - waiting to confirm.
If you didn't make the SpinSheet Crew Listing Party -
South, at Marker 20 (downtown Hampton) this past Saturday, you can still make
the original version of the event this coming Saturday (April 22), but
you'll have to drive to Annapolis. SpinSheet's 2006 Crew
Listings Party information along with info on how to list through the
web can be found at www.spinsheet.com.
It's reported that there were so many SBRW
last minute Early Bird Entries mailed to
event chairman Leigh Morgan that her mailbox fell off the house while she
was out-of-town for 2 days! YIKES! (The mailbox is
back up now - get your entries in - this is going to be something!)
Kudos to James Madison University student
Peter Anoia, who crews with the JMU Sailing Club, and is
involved with Kent Glover in starting up a Sea Scout Ship (909)
in Virginia Beach.
Here are some MAY RACING OPPORTUNITIES:
The birds are tweetin' and the bees are bumblin' - YOU should be racin'
!
May 6
Saturday YPYC Spring Regatta
May 6
Saturday FBYC Spring Series 3
May 7
Sunday RRYC Flying Scot Spring
Series 3 Jerry Latell
May 7
Sunday CCV Spring Series Races #3 and
#4, John McCarthy - (757) 850-4225
May 7
Sunday The Volvos begin Leg 6 of the Volvo
Ocean Race (start-Bay Bridge - Annapolis)
May 13
Saturday FBYC Spring Series 4
May 13
Saturday CCV "New Racing Skipper Training Course"
Ben Cuker - (757) 727-5884
May 14
Sunday MOTHER'S DAY (You already know who to
call!)
May 20
Saturday Cape Henry Cup BBSA, Scott
Almond - (757) 471-2663
May 20
Saturday RRYC Spring Regatta Jerry
Latell
May 21
Sunday CCV Spring Series Races #5 and
#6, John McCarthy - (757) 850-4225
May 21
Sunday RRYC Flying Scot Spring Series
4
May 21
Sunday FBYC Piankatank
Regatta
May 27
Saturday FBYC Race to Urbanna
May 27
Saturday Merrimac Memorial
Regatta PBC, Claude Nix - (757)
572-7180
May
28 Sunday
RRYC/FBYC River Races
June 2-4 Fri-Sun
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK HYC, OPCYC, CCV - www.blacksealcup.com
More weekday evening racing begins:
Portsmouth Boat Clubs Barnacle Series begins Friday, April 21, and York River
Yacht Club's Wednesday Nights begin April 26th.
MURPHY'S LAW: Yours Truly,
the Murphster, was targeted by a gang of neighborhood squirrels who took a
bucket of jelly beans that Somebunny had left for me yesterday morning.
Life on the wild side in the fast lane is not easy.
/S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us
all.