# 302 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday June 12, 2006 05:37PM
BUMPS EBERWINE, CHRISTIAN SCHAUMLOFFEL, BOB ARCHER, MD
RILEY, and RODNEY PAICE are fleet winners at 2006 HOMETOWN REGATTA.
A northwest wind at 18 knots with gusts over 20, sent the 2006
Hometown Regatta boats flying around the courses in Hampton Roads and the
lower Elizabeth River. The event is sponsored by Portsmouth Boat
Club and Portsmouth Yacht Club. Bumps
Eberwine, in his Olson 25, Spray, took line
honors for the shorter course (8.48) and first place in the PHRF C
Fleet. MD Riley won PHRF Non-Spin 1 and
Rodney Paice won PHRF Non-Spin 2, both non-spin fleets also
sailing the shorter course. On the 12.20 mile course, Christian
Schaumloffel, Hobie 33, and Bob Archer, Pearson Flyer,
won PHRF A and PHRF B respectively. The Garland
Culpepper Trophy, awarded annually to the boat that wins its fleet by
the greatest corrected margin, went to Rodney Paice, in his Morgan 26, Wiki
Wiki, sailing in PHRF Non-Spinnaker 2. PRO: John McCarthy;
Official Scorer: Dick Boykin; Event Organizer: Larry Bryant.
Additional Hometowne Regatta award recipients:
PHRF B: 2.Graham Field, Independence, Islander
36; 3.John and Ben Ritger, Blew J, J/30.
PHRF C: 2.Butch Patterson, Small Potato,
Capri 25; 3.Randy Pugh, Elusive, San Juan
27. PHRF Non-Spin 1: 2.Bobby Burnell,
Solas, Tartan 37; 3.Ron Primm, Echo, Ericson
38. PHRF Non-Spin 2: 2.Roy Weisert,
Arete, Watkins 32; 3.Steve Waters, Scarlott
Waters, Catalina 27. P.F.A., Michael
Arel, won the cruising fleet.
Southern Bay Race Week Photos
Info: In between crewing duties on a Venue 1 mark boat
(Black Dog / Hamilton), Bill Samuelson snapped himself
silly taking pics of racing boats. He and Karen have now filtered the more
than 1,500 shots down to a manageable number and are getting ready to mail out a
complementary CD of their efforts to each spinnaker fleet skipper. Bill
and Karen are also working on the idea of a website where pictures can be
"dumped" for racers in the future.
HYC ANNUAL "Big Boat" REGATTA - this coming
Saturday, June 17. Next up on your "stay tuned up
for Screwpile" list is HYC's Annual Regatta this weekend. The racing venue
is located off Norfolk's Ocean View, in the same general vicinity as SBRW's
spinnaker venue. This is a CBYRA sanctioned regatta and starts are offered
for all PHRF fleets. The warning signal is set for 1155. For info
contact Kathy or Malcolm Brady at (757) 723-3244. Entries are due
by 1200 hours on Friday, June 16. And, there's a post-race social for
racers et al on the HYC dock - keg and crabs! A summertime
delight.
Totally unsubstantiated dock
rumor: Mumblings concerning interest in rejuvenating the much
loved Down the Bay Race for the Virginia Cup. Hampton YC
holds the deed to the Cup. There is said to be an Annapolis area yacht
club interested in hosting the start with HYC hosting the finish. So, the
ingredients are there (maybe), but the two host clubs have to open discussion
for the cake to bake.
Lightnings Strike! Of the 16 Lightnings
racing Saturday and Sunday in the Dixie District regatta hosted by Hampton Yacht
Club, there was one that ran away with 1st place. A. Terhune
took a bullet in each of the first 5 races and threw-out his last
race 2nd place finish for a total of 5 points. S. Constants took 2nd for
the regatta (10 pts) and B. Foreman finished 3rd (20 pts). PROs: Malcolm
and Kathy Brady.
When the 100th Newport to Bermuda Race
hits the starting line this Friday, June 16, the southern Bay will be well
represented by 3 area boats: Orion, "Pat"
Patterson's Taylor 41, sailing out of Hampton Yacht Club;
Conrad Hall's Morris 40, Shearwater; and,
Frank Stewart's Beneteau 405, Resurgence. Both
Shearwater and Resurgence homeport at Norfolk Yacht and
Country Club and will include several NYCC crew members - on
Shearwater, Bill Wheary and Mark
Shaw, and on Resurgence, Carl Bryant
completes the compliment of the all-NYCC crew. Orion plans to
compete in 2 Onion Patch races in Bermuda and already has taken a 2nd
place in her class in the NYYC Annual Regatta races which are part of the
OP. Kudos to all the southern Chesapeake Bay racers competing in
this prestigious event!
YRYC York River Cup - Saturday, June
17. Up on the York River, sponsored by York River Yacht Club,
here's a CBYRA sanctioned regatta with starts for all PHRF fleet racers as well
as a cruising class. For a race special on dockage ($10/boat) contact York
River Yacht Haven at (804) 642-2156. Note: YRYC, race headquarters and the
site of the post-race social, is right there at York River Yacht
Haven. Race awards will be presented at the barbecue social
dinner. For info contact Dan Fox at (757) 564-5888. Entries are
due by this Friday, June 16.
So, who has been holding the original Bermuda Race
Trophy, presented in 1906 by Sir Thomas Lipton for the race?
Well, our Mariners' Museum picked it up in an auction at
Christie's in 1982... and nobody's saying how it got on the auction
block!
Talk about a stable platform for
photos: Peter Jurewicz is the new
owner of Thimble Shoal Light, yep, that would be the Lighthouse
itself. Peter has been, among other things, snapping a
few photos of sailboats that happen by while he is at the TSL. His shots
are awesome. You might want to contact him and arrange a
sail-by!
Watch out - June 23-24, weekend after this coming, is
the 19th Annual Cock Island Race. Break out your Hawaiian
shirt, your hula skirt, and/or your chicken suit! This is a fun-fun-fun
event aimed at racers and legendary for it's party. Go up the river
the and party on Friday, race and party on the river Saturday, and ride the
current home on Sunday. For info contact City of Portsmouth Parks and
Recreation at (757) 393-8481 or PRO Dick Boykin at (757) 890-0093.
100th Newport-Bermuda Race factoid: On
Friday, when the 270, plus or minus, entries ranging from 32 feet to 98 feet,
cross the starting line in Narragansett Bay, they will be beginning a 635 mile
journey that ends within sight of Bermuda's St. David
Lighthouse.
Got a full head? Call (757)
460-4253 and the good folks at HRSD / Virginia Department of Health,
Boater Education will COME TO YOUR BOAT (in her slip) and do the pumpout for you
- FREE. The service is available every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during
the boating season, but you must call ahead and SCHEDULE YOUR
APPOINTMENT.
MURPHY'S LAW: It occurs to
Yrs Truly that those Department of Health pumpout people
really could have helped this beagle's schnozz this spring during the
sinusitis season! /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing
spirit in us all.
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