#333 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday February 19, 2007 11:03AM
More than 30 race managers interested in becoming
certified Club Race Officers filled the Fishing Bay YC clubhouse
Saturday for the US SAILING Race Management Course. John
McCarthy and Brooks Zerkel presented the course to the SRO crowd.
COMING UP IN MARCH:
March 16 - Gary Jobson will be speaking at
the University of Richmond on Friday, March 16th,
7-9pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students (Yes,
college kids are considered students!) Fishing Bay Yacht Club is
sponsoring Gary's presentation and you may make reservations on line at the FBYC
website or call Sue Willis at 800-866-4483 to make "pay at the door"
ressies. Seating is limited, so if you plan to go, get on it
now!
NOOD Blown Out on Day 3. Two Southern Bay (and Beyond)
Boats won their classes in St. Pete NOOD Regatta.
Racing was abandoned the final day (Sunday) of the 3 day event due to
high winds. Gusts of more than 30 knots were reported. More
than 190 boats sailed at St. Pete.
MIRAGE 1st in
Hobie 33: Christian Schaumloffel's (Virginia
Beach/Hampton) gray, 33 footer won the Hobie 33 class at the St. Petersburg
NOODs this past weekend. The Mirage team included
Jorge Ortiz, Ethan Rule, Steve Smith, Paul Kaylander, and Chris
Leemann. The Hobie 33 fleet ( 6 boats) was comprised of two
boats from Michigan, one from Oklahoma and two from Florida, in addition to
our southern Bay team.
RUM at SIX , # 1 in J/105
fleet. Worth Harris' (Raleigh, NC) took the top spot in two
days of racing at the NOODs. There were 18 boats in the J/105
class.
Also in St. Pete enjoying the NOODs
were Dennis Hannick, Radio Flyer, (King
George, VA), who finished 3rd, and Skip
Hildebrand, Huntin' Tripp, (Cornelius,
NC), who finished 5th in the Tripp 26 class (6 boats);
Bill Hope, Thin Ice, (Edenton, NC),
who finished 13th in the 24 boat J/24 fleet; and, Craig Olsen,
Namesake (Williamsburg/Hampton), who finished
5th in the 6 boat Olson 30 fleet. Don Corey,
Antics (Cornelius, NC) finished 3rd among 14 Ultimate 20s
and Pete Marriott, Zulu (Charlotte, NC) was
5th.
RACERS AND THE RULES QUIZ: At her
starting signal a boat is 5-6 lengths over the line. The race committee,
however, makes and error and forgets to display Flag "X" and/or sound a
signal. The boat does not go back and clear. After the race, the
boat discovers she has been scored OCS (On Course Side). Can the boat
request redress? (answer below in this issue).
TICK-TOCK: Time to get ready for
racing. Remember, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME kicks in early this year:
Leap ahead one hour on Sunday, MARCH 11.
For the FAST CATS. In this case we are
talking CHEETAHS, not multihulls. The revamped Veteran's
Cup, open to all and a CBYRA sanctioned event, has taken up the cause of
the Kenya Cheetahs. Proceeds from the race will go to the support of
the Cheetah Conservation Fund. The connection with the spotted beauties
has stirred interest in the Vet Cup. Already a NY 36
plans to make the trip to Hampton Roads for the race; CHEETAH is
owned by Marc Briere and sails out of Solomons,MD.
For event info contact John Ritter at (757) 329-6992.
March 24 -
SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS ANNUAL
RACING WORKSHOP, "Murphy Goes Racing" - Saturday, 0900-1530 -
hosted by Pasquotank River Yacht Club at the Museum of the Albemarle,
Elizabeth City, NC - $35 includes morning refreshments, lunch and
workshop materials. This is the same "Murphy Goes Racing" that
was hosted by Broad Bay Sailing Association at the ODU Sailing Center in
January. "Murphy Goes Racing" is OPEN TO EVERYONE.
Info or register
by contacting Lynn Jolley at (252) 771-2511
or email LJolley@albemarlenet.com
Answer to R/R Quiz Question:
Absolutely. All God's children can request redress. However, getting
it will be the problem. RRS 62.1 says that to get redress a
boat's score must have been made worse "through no fault of her own". The
race committee certainly erred by not flying Flag "X" and/or not sounding the
required horn. However, since the boat was so far over the line at the
gun, the protest committee will likely find that she should have known it
with or without the "X" Flag or horn and should have gone back. It would
be unfair to the boats starting properly (i.e. not over early) to have the
OCS boat "get away with it", when she was so obviously over.
MURPHY'S LAW: It's
c-o-l-d. Cold as a keel bolt in the bottom of a frozen bilge. Even
the racers at St. Pete were cold. Imagine, "wind chill" talk on the
docks of St. Pete Yacht Club.
/S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us
all.
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