# 318 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday October 23, 2006 02:08PM
MIRAGE, VIRGINIA H, AMARYLYN,
BLACK WIDOW, EXCELSIOR, MY AMY and MUTHA OF PEARL
win fleets in 'Round the Lights: 57 boats started the
2006 RTL and 39 finished. Most chose to round Middle Ground Light first -
they went right - and finished before or very soon after the wind died out
in mid-afternoon. RESULTS: PHRF A (11 boats) -
1.Christian Schaumloffel, Mirage (Hobie 33);
2.Phil Briggs, Feather (J36);
3.Sledd Shelhorse, Meridian 2 (Farr 36). PHRF
B (4 boats) - 1.Andy Armstrong, Virginia H
(Soverel 30); 2.Bob Archer / Chris Beahr,
Bad Habit (Pearson 30). PHRF C (6 boats) - 1.Dana
Dillon, Amarylyn (Catalina 30); 2.Justin
Morris, The Hunter (Hunter 26.5); 3.Larry
Bone, Small Potato (Capri 25). PHRF Non-Spin 1(8
boats) - 1.Leo Wardrup, Black Widow (Irwin 38);
2.Tom Peddy, Impulse, (Catalina 34); 3.Barry
Wise, Destiny (CYC 32). PHRF Non-Spin 2 (7 boats)
- 1.Steve Ritz, Excelsior (Cal 30-2); 2.Rodney
Paice, Wiki-Wiki (Pearson 26); 3.Bob Wagner,
Sea Slipper (Catalina 25). Cruising 1 (10 boats) -
1.Jonathan Romero, My Amy (Hunter 31); 2.John
Lones, Ali-Ru (Morgan 36T); 3.Victor
Carreno, Tackful, Beneteau Ocn 370. Cruising 2 (11
boats) - 1.Keith Carson, Mutha of
Pearl (Morgan 24/25); 2.Stephen Rodes, Elysium
(Morgan 34); 3.James Gordon, Allegory (Morgan
30).
ROCKETTE Winner of Pamlico
Cup Hospice Regatta: Chuck Monsees and the crew of
his J/29 Rockette have earned the right to represent the Pamlico
Cup Hospice Regatta in Annapolis next year. The Hospice
Regattas National Championship will be sailed in J/105s on May 11-13,
2007. Chuck won the 2005 Pamlico Cup too. Finishing 2nd
in the top fleet was another North Carolina boat that frequents the Chesapeake,
Lloyd Griffin's Cash Flow. Also sailing in
the championship regatta as Hospice winners will be Mike
Veraldi, representing the Greater Hampton Roads Hospice
Regatta, and Joe Waters representing the Turkey Shoot
Hospice Regatta.
2006 FROSTBITE SERIES BEGINS SUNDAY, OCTOBER
29. Sponsored by Hampton Yacht Club. This is a great series
for kicking back a notch or too (non-sanctioned and crew number limitations do
not apply). It's a good time for introducing new crew to the boat and the
team, and it is great for honing racing skills of seasoned crewbies and
skippers. The Series runs for 5 consecutive Sundays in Hampton Roads
harbor. Be sure to take your 2006 CCV Racing Guide on the boat,
because usually the course is around aids to navigation (see page 35 of the
Guide for mark listing). Contact Dick Boykin at (757) 890-0093
for info.
J/24 Fleet 71 Wraps Up the Year: Alan
Bomar's Roundabout won two of the three races and the
one-lap, sudden-death, tie-breaker to finish first for the day
Sunday. Midmorning Buzz, David Taylor's boat,
finished the first three races tied with Roundabout, but lost the
tie-breaker.
HOT BUTTERED RUM - Always a good thing when
Old Man Winter is in the neighborhood. So, the Willoughby Racers, the BBSA
Thursday Night racing crowd, will host their annual Hot Buttered Rum
Race on Saturday, November 4. This is a race with a
warmmmmmmmmmm tradition. Non-spinnaker, single headsail only.
Contact BBSA's Scott Almond (757) 471-2663 for
information.
The Christopher Newport University sailing
team finished 4th in the Washington College Open weekend before
last in Chestertown , Maryland. The Captains finished well ahead of
Princeton, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ocean City College, UMBC, and
Drexel.
"Do not forsake me, oh my
darlin..." Tom and Catherine Ryan
brought their J24, HIGH NOON, to the race
course for the first time Sunday. The boat itself is a real beauty - deep
red with gold leaf lettering.
Really cool websites for racers: Go
to http://coastalpredictioncenter.chesapeakebay.net
The information is especially helpful to racers who want to improve local
knowledge. Thanks to Pete Morrison, skipper of Liberty
(J/109), for sharing this info. Along these same
lines, Bob and Jim Englert swear by another
NOAA site. Check out http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov
Both sites are full of wind, current, tide, etc. charts, graphs, and automated
displays. All for free and well worth a look-see.
MATADOR, WHISPER, FEATHER, and
M3 win fleets in the Albemarle Challenge Cup
series: The ACC is sponsored each year by the Albemarle
Sound Sailing Association. Chris Elliott won the
spinnaker fleet in Matador, Archer Farmer won
Non-Spinnaker A in Whisper, and Wayne Mathews was
first in Non-Spinnaker B in Feather. Sailing in the Cruising
Class and finishing all four of the qualifying races was Lance
Harger in M3.
Go back to visit your "old" college sailing coach
- Christopher Newport University has set November 4, as the date for the
CNU Alumni Regatta. Head Coach Dan
Winters says the sailing gang will gather at 0900, and "golden
oldies" will be mixed with current team members for the two (morning and
afternoon) sessions of races and fun. If you plan to go, contact
Coach right away at cnusailing@aol.com
Mark your 2007 calendar: The dates for
the 2007 SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE CHALLENGE REGATTA are July 22,23, and 24,
2007.
Update on Solomons Island waterfront:
The Lighthouse Inn [and restaurant] has not yet been rebuilt
and there is no clear indication that it will be. The site has been
cleared, but no pre-building activity is in evidence. For years and years
the Lighthouse was a landmark for those arriving at Solomons for
Screwpile. It was totally destroyed last winter by fire.
Drysail your baby: Dock mumblings
indicate that some smaller keel boat owners (22' - 26') are thinking of reducing
slip fee costs by drysailing their boats. The J/24 sailors are a good
source of information on this topic. There is an initial out-lay though -
most storage yards require you to bring your own trailer. Used trailers
have good resale value this time of year.
MURPHY'S LAW: There's a lot
of computer "stuff" out there for racers, but... Yrs Truly, The
Racing Beagle, would just as soon have the database Bumps
Eberwine has in "the seat of his pants" and Jeff Rogers has in his
paper notebook of current
data. /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing
spirit in us all.
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list. Call or email for info. Closest offer to $40K gets you into a
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race ready. See http://members.cox.net/cduer for
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