# 377 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday January 21, 2008 09:45PM
This past year the southern Bay was graced with some
wonderful visiting racers. One of them has been named Rolex Yachtsman of
the Year. Jeff Linton won the Flying Scot North American
Championship, hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club in June, and
the Classic Moth National Championship at Elizabeth City, NC, this past
September. Rubbing elbows with the very best in the sport is always
a good thing. By the way, Jeff is 45 years old and often sails with his wife
Amy. In 2007 he "owned" the Lightning Class, too - won the Lightning
Worlds, South American, and Winter Championships. Yikes!
KEY WEST RACE WEEK OPENS TODAY! Keep a
watch on southern Bay boats Meridian (Sledd
Shelhorse), Horizon (Bob Fleck),
Wairere (Pete Hunter), Teamwork
(Robin Team), and Rum at Six (Worth
Harris) at the event website www.premiere-racing.com
You do have a privacy screen on your office computer, don't you??
Two Chesapeake Bay boats (Annapolis) collected a
trophy on their way to Key West Race Week. Flying
Jenny V, J120 owned by David and Sarah
Askew, and L'outrage, Beneteau 34, skippered by
Bruce Gardner, each finished 3rd in fleet in
the 2008 Lauderdale to Key West Race.
MURPHY GOES RACING -
2008, The Murphy Clinic is FULL, registration is
closed. - The popular annual Southern Bay Racing News You
Can Use racing clinic, "Murphy Goes Racing" is full 2 weeks ahead of
its scheduled date, Feb 2nd. "BBSA is hosting this year's clinic at
the ODU Sailing Center and we have maxed out their capacity," John McCarthy,
clinic presenter and organizer, said. "I wish we could squeeze everyone in, but
we are just plain out of room." Info: (757) 850-4225, mcbear@earthlink.net
Doyle Sails puts the grab on Hampton
Roads sailmakers Jim Miller and Eddie Williams. Miller's
loft , located in Hampton on Kecoughtan Road, was previously associated with
Quantum Sails.
Joyon Brakes Ellen's Record: Francis
Joyon has broken the singlehand, 'round the world, non-stop, speed
record by 14 days, 44 minutes and 27 seconds. He reclaimed the record from
Ellen MacArthur. Joyon sailed a 97 foot trimaran
and took 57 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, and 6 seconds to round off Mother
Earth.
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK 2008 - Scheduled for
May 30-31, and June 1 - Preliminary Notice of Race and 2008 Entry
Form are available at the event website - www.blacksealcup.com
Speaking of favorite regattas, the SCREWPILE
LIGHTHOUSE CHALLENGE REGATTA is showing support of our sport's
governing body by requiring each owner or skipper entering the regatta be a
member of US SAILING. websites: www.splc.us
www.screwpile.net
www.screwpile.com
US SAILING Judges Clinic - February 9-10, Saturday and
Sunday, at Hampton Yacht Club. Cost = $65, includes breakfast and
lunch for both days. This clinic meets part of the requirements to
become a US SAILING certified judge. It is NOT a rules
clinic. It is open to anyone interested in learning about
protest procedures, etc. For details on registration and information,
contact Dave Pyron at (757) 593-4876. Registration will close February
1.
Save the Date: CCV Race Management
Clinic - Saturday, March 15, 0900-1200 at Hampton
Yacht Club - FREE, open to all.
Double Negative Makes a Positive -
No, it's no longer the Not Smith Point Race. CCV has
revised the race format and changed the name to the MOONLIGHT
TRIANGLE RACE (July 26) The start will be late in the day with
the finish probably around midnight after sailing a mid-distance course within
the area between the mouth of the York River, Buckroe Beach and Ocean
View. The Moonlight Triangle Race will join Hampton Yacht Club's
Plantation Light Race (Aug 15) to make two races on the
southern Bay offering summer night racing.
If you just have to hug some sailboats, consider
Sailfest Baltimore. The show opens at the Baltimore
Convention center this Wednesday and runs through Sunday, the 27th. Check
the website for details - www.strictlysail.com
There's a new gizmo under development for sailboat
racing - a man named Mike Reifer has a prototype set of gizmos
that will measure the two boat length circle at the mark. As designed, the
gizmo on the mark will talk to the gizmo on the boat and indicate the distance
of the boat from the mark. There will be audible sounds too. How
does it measure the bowman hanging off the boat or other equipment in its normal
location...? Will the game be to fool the gizmo?
OOOPS! CCV says that the organization
address show on their membership renewal form is incorrect (by one block).
Please address your checks and forms to: CCV, 520 21st Street, Suite
G2-186, Norfolk, VA 23517. (not 20th
Street).
February Southern Bay Racers Calendar:
Do groundhogs ever sail?
February 2
Saturday MURPHY GOES RACING - "It's All About the
People" - call (757) 850-4225 for info
February 9-10 Sat - Sun US
SAILING Judges Clinic - part of certification requirements - call (757)
593-4876
February
15-17 Fri-Sun St Petersburg NOOD
Regatta
February 22-23 Fri-Sat
Fishing Bay Yacht Club hosts Dave Perry at special program in
Richmond
Feb 22-Mar
1
2008 Worlds [for Olympic Classes] Tornado Worlds - Takapuna, NZ (Charlie
Ogletree)
CCV welcomes Cruising Class to their racing
program. The organization is offering an incentive to Cruising Class
racers who join CCV (Club membership = $25) - they will be able to
race FREE in any CCV race during the season (with the exception of
SBRW). Save some $$$$ by racing!! (Info? Contact John McCarthy,
(757) 850-4225)
Save this date: CCV Rules Clinic and
distribution of the 2008 CCV Racing Guide, Tuesday, April 1,
at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia. There is a new editor
for the Guide this year - Jake Brodersen, skipper and
owner with wife Pat, of Midnight Mistress.
MURPHY'S LAW: A device
that measures the two boat length circle? What's
next? A big voice that says, "On further review, you there, you must
go do a penalty turn for overlapped gizmos ! " And, will
we be able to call time outs at the mark roundings to think about our next move
or to "freeze" that other guy's spinnaker douse? /S/
Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.