# 326 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Saturday January 6, 2007 09:08PM
February 17 - US SAILING BASIC RACE MANAGEMENT COURSE -
Hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club (Deltaville, VA) - this is the
official USSA course required for certification as USSA Club Race Officer.
The certification test will be given to those participants wishing to take
it. $40 / $50 includes morning refreshments, lunch, and materials.
John McCarthy will present the course assisted by Brooks Zerkel, USSA Club Race
Officer, of FBYC. Register on line at US Sailing site www.ussailing.org/racemgt/Seminars
or contact Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or mcbear@earthlink.net
Remember! Murphy Goes Racing, the annual
SBRNYCU racing seminar is coming up fast -
Saturday, January 27, 2007. This year's interactive and
entertaining workshop is designed for all skippers and crew
interested in brushing up on racing fundamentals, to include sessions
on: boat optimization, crew organization, sail trim, starting
techniques, and general tactics and strategy. This is a great opportunity
to re-activate your racing juices, bond with your racing buddies, and hob those
ever-important nobs. John McCarthy, US Sailing Advanced Race Officer,
Judge, and, first and foremost, racer and kindred spirit of those who race, will
conduct the workshop. This year Broad Bay Sailing Association will host the
one-day event at the Old Dominion University Sailing Center, on the Norfolk
campus. The $35 fee includes morning refreshments, lunch, and workshop
materials. For info and/or to pre-register, call (757) 850-4225 or
email mcbear@earthlink.net
(subj: Murphy Goes Racing) Sign up now, as
space is not unlimited. Registrations will be taken on a first come
(paid), first served basis. It's gonna be fun!
2007 NEW YEARS MADNESS RACE - 28 intended to race,
20 appeared on race day skippers meeting / buffet, and 13
actually started out Hampton Creek with the wild and woolly wind on
their noses. Some fell temporary victim to the
exceptionally thin Creek water (and the tide was ebbing), some had too-close
encounters, some sails were not up to the challenge, and, some even had attacks
of common sense or football-itis and came in early, but most got
their very important New Years Day sail in the books.
RESULTS: Spinnaker A: 1.Phil
Briggs, Feather; 2.Christian
Schaumloffel, Mirage; 3.Mike Nestor,
Glory Days. Spinnaker C: 1. Ben Cuker,
Callinectes. Non-Spinnaker: 1.David
Lively, Lively Lady; 2.Steve Ritz,
Excelsior. Cruising: 1.Michael Turner,
Cat's Paw; 2.Raleigh Martin, Second Wind;
3.Bob Gumpwright, Mollie Rose. Race
Chairmen: Steve Lunsford and Dennis Miner.
Dan Smoker came out of retirement yesterday and won Seaford Yacht
Club's New Year's Day Race. Race officials report there was no
rain, but plenty of wind (22-25 knots, gusting to over 30). Smoker's crew
on his Nightwind 35, Smoke, reported one gust of 39
knots. That's cranking!
Top of the World ! The Final 2006 ISAF World Sailing
Rankings are in and southern Bay star, Anna
Tunnicliffe, recently of Old Dominion University, is Number 1 in
the Laser Radial - Women's One Person Dinghy Class. That's Numero
Uno, Folks!
2007 SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE: SOUTHERN BAY
2007 RACING SCHEDULE FOR HANDICAP FLEETS: If you have not
already gotten the official schedule info from your club's racing official, you
can get it by sending a clean email (please do not hit your reply button)
to mcbear@earthlink.net,
Subj: Murphy, I want my
schedule! SBRNYCU will send
it to you via return email.
This coming Sunday, January 7, The Velux 5 Oceans
Race leaves Fremantle for Norfolk, Virginia. After they
get here, they'll do the "R & R" thing and then, on April 15 [probable
date], start Leg Three bound for Biboa, Spain, and the race finish.
FLORIDA BOUND: Two Virginia boats are
headed for the Lauderdale to Key West Race, Jan 10-12.
Sledd Shelhorse and the Meridian crew
are entered in the flying reach race. The boat has already
departed for the start area! John Haracivet,
sailing out of Gloucester, has entered his Beneteau
First 38, Tempest. Entered in Key West Race
Week from the southern Chesapeake Bay and beyond are:
Cash Flow (Hadley 40), , Lloyd Griffin,
Jr, Elizabeth City, NC; EZ (Soverel 33), Paul
Lockwood, Beaufort, NC; Wairere (Thompson 30), Pete
Hunter, Kill Devil Hill, NC; Bone Machine
(J24), Joe Corriher, Charlotte, NC; Rum at
Six (J105), Worth Harris, Beaufort, NC;
Savannah (Melges 32), Walter Kennedy, Charlotte,
NC; Bone Chillin (J80), Alan Simonini,
Cormelius, NC; Outrageous (J80), Michael
Jones, Wilmington, NC; Sweet Baby J (J80), Robin
Team, Beaufort, NC, and John Dodge, former
CBYRA president and Region 4 VP who has deep sailing roots in Fishing
Bay, will be on Farr 40, Yellow Jacket.
Murphy Tuff Award: The first Murphy
Tuff Racer Award for 2007 goes to Brian McFadden and his crew of
Osprey for their performance at the 2007 New Year's Madness
Race. The valiant trio spent more than an hour in
the mud on the banks of the Hampton River before eventually being pulled
off by a friendly power boat. The entire race field was long gone by
the time the rescue was complete. Not to worry - our heroes gathered
themselves and sailed the course, appearing at the finish area in time for the
post-race party. Now that is tuff!
Don Barfield and Steve Smith are giving their
MacGregor 26, Checko, a sabbatical from the race course while they
immerse themselves in crewing on local J24s in 2007. Fleet 71 skippers,
are you listening? The plan is to try to have their own J24 for the 2008
season! Now, that is a plan, and a good one!
OPCYC remains undefeated in the post-race party
competition for 2007. After yesterday's NYM Race, along with a
number of assistant cooks, beverage procurers, and event helpers, Linda
Williams set a record for most grilled cheese sandwiches made at one
party, and Buck Rogers again claimed the title for best
racers' chili available in the southern Bay.
Sailing World's 2007 Boat of the Year - Overall
Winner is the Esse 850. And, southern Bay racers have
already seen the BOY up close and personal in the form of Pam
Burdett's, Psycho Tiller. The 28 foot, open transom,
sport boat has been zipping around the course for several months and is getting
her "feet under her". PT finished 2nd in her class and 3rd
overall in the early December Gaboon Race.
"You are no Einstein!" To a racer,
this intended "insult " is actually a compliment. Word is
the top genius mathematician and physicist , Albert Einstein, was a
sailor. He took up the sport as a teenager and sailed throughout his
life. HOWEVER, he saw sailing as his chance to relax - totally
relax. Legend has it that he spent a lot of time aground, mainly because
he was in the "dreamy" gear whenever he was out there.
Early Warning for Sleepyheads: Daylight Saving Time
comes even earlier this year! Be ready to SPRING AHEAD on MARCH 11,
2007. And, Fall Back on November 4, 2007.
A word to the wise: As you check out
the 2007 race notices, you'll see that more and more organizing authorities
(OA) are requiring EARLY registrations and that usually
there are early registration incentives, i.e. breaks on the entry fee, or
special "goodies". This trend has come about, generally, because OAs are
trying to provide racer benefits, like on-line registration, timely
results, adequate social provisions, etc. All these good things require
advance planning and race officials need to know how many are racing. So,
when the time comes, enter early and enter often!
Check out the January issue of BoatU.S. Magazine (page 45) for a
piece on the C&C 99. For a "real" owner's opinion, talk
with Dixon and Mary Wilde, who race their beautiful
Kingfisher in the PHRF A fleet on the southern Bay.
A Good Thing for Small Boat Racers: Broad Bay
Sailing Association (BBSA) is offering up a mid-week gift this racing season for
the dinghy racers. The racing will take place Tuesday
evenings (beginning at 6pm) in Norfolk's Willoughby aka Little Bay. To
race you must have at least an associate membership ($10 annual) in BBSA which
includes the entry fee for the series. To race, each boat must have
at least one person over 18 years old on board, must be a monohull, and must be
between 20 and 9 feet long. The Portsmouth Yardstick will be used for
rating and scoring. For info contact (Race Coordinator) Fred
Emory Nemeth (757-549-1788).The racing begins on May 29, 2007. Git on
over to the Willoughby 13th View boat ramp. No launching or parking
fee.
February 24 - North U Sail Trim and
March 31 - North U Racing Tactics - both hosted by
Yankee Point Yacht Club . One day seminar basic cost is $175 with
discounts for attending both courses and/or bring additional crew. Lunches
are $10 additional. For details, check out the web site at www.NorthU.com Shawn
McCartney is the POC for YPYC at Shawn.McCartney.ctr@mda.mil
MURPHY'S
LAW: It's a good omen - wind on New Year's
Day! As they say, it blew like stink. It blew dogs off
chains. It even blew away New Year's Eve party fuzzies!
/S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle,
the sailing spirit in us all.
SailTime Virginia Beach is pleased to offer
the ASA-Certified course "Coastal Navigation", beginning January 21, then
running Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6:30 to 8:30, thru February 22.
Class location is Willoughby Harbor Marina. Cost is $350 per person, with
a 15% discount for multiple registrations. Please call SailTime office @
Bay Point Marina @ 757-362-3002.