# 375 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday January 21, 2008 09:40PM
TONIGHT!!! PHRF FLEET SPLITS
MEETING - JANUARY 7, 6:30 pm.
PHRF members from Region 4 SOUTH are invited to attend this
PHRF delegates meeting, the singular objective of which is to determine the
fleet splits for use in 2008 in Region 4 SOUTH. Attendees
may offer comment and discussion. The meeting will be held in Meeting
Room B at the Hampton Public Library, 4207 Victoria Boulevard, Hampton.
(That's a couple blocks down from the cannon at HYC. The Library is
at the corner of Victoria and Kecoughtan). Get there early to get a
good seat!
SBRNYCU MURPHY GOES RACING -
2008: "Going Faster - It's All About the
People" February 2, 2008, hosted by Broad Bay Sailing
Association at the Old Dominion University Sailing Center (Norfolk)- OPEN TO
ALL. The fee, $35 ($25 for accompanying family member),
includes morning refreshments, lunch, and all clinic materials including the
course workbook. Register by calling (757) 850-4225, or by email
to mcbear@earthlink.net (include your name,
address, and phone number and on the subject: line put MURPHY
CLINIC). Course instructor, John McCarthy, will cover a variety of
topics including Skipper-Crew Communication, Crew Recruitment, Training, and
Retention, Reaching Techniques, The Dreaded Double-Headsail, and
more. This clinic is ideal for both skippers and people who
crew. Pre-registration is
required.
"Whatever LOLA wants, ..."
Radio Flyer, the Tripp 26 until recently owned by
Dennis Hannick, is in Pensacola, Florida, earning her way with
a new owner, Carlos Melville, who lost his previous Tripp to a tornado and
no doubt is delighted to have Radio Flyer. Dennis and the
RF crew have another ride for the coming season - LOLA is a
Thompson T750. Look for her on the PHRF A starting lines at Southern Bay
Race Week, Screwpile, and other events on the southern Bay and elsewhere.
IT'S ANNA AGAIN! Former ODU All
American Anna Tunnicliff has been named the 2007
Scuttlebutt US Yachtswoman. Mentioned in addition to her
racing accomplishments is her commitment to the sport and the sailors,
especially the young ones, in it. Scuttlebutt, among other
comments, said, "...she is very well liked."
Hobies Head South - Both Hobie 33s from
the southern Bay PHRF A fleet plan to head to St Petersburg for the NOOD
Regatta, February 15-17. Christian Schaumloffel
(Mirage) and crew are going with hope of defending the class midwinter
trophy and, Jim Williams and Will Roberts (Treaty of
Ghent) will be there with designs on regatta hardware too.
The good news and the bad news: The
good news is Butch Paterson actually has taken delivery on his
Santana 30/30 GP, Schock Full-a-Nuts (she came over the road from
Kentucky). But, now he is "working her bottom", all 30 feet of it,
in the January cold. If you go by Cobbs boat yard to see Butch and
the boat, take something warming to drink.
2008 CBYRA REGION 4 SCHEDULE The
"big boat" racing schedule is ready. Email SBRNYCU
at mcbear@earthlink.net ,
on the subject: line put "I need the 2008 Racing
Schedule", and you'll get the whole schedule by return
email.