# 461 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday September 21, 2009 08:35AM
Good Grief! It will officially be
FALL tomorrow, September 22nd! Better get in all
the racing you can before 2009 expires!
RACERS AND THE RULES QUIZ:
If you miss a mark of the course and no one protests, did you
break a rule? (Answer follows in this issue of
SBRNYCU.)
FBYC Fall Series got in two
short races Sunday with LOOSE CANNON and HORIZON
winning their fleets. Loose Cannon, Strother
Scott, and Blade Runner, Brad Davis, tied for
first for the day in PHRF A, but Loose Cannon won the tie
breaker by virtue of his first place in the second race.
Sam Michener's Double Eagle took
third place with a first and a fifth. In the PHRF B/C (combined)
fleet Robert Fleck's Horizon had a
third and a first to win the day. Denton Roberts'
Ardent took second place and Allan Heyward's La
Maga was third for the day. Principal Race Officer - Lud
Kimbrough
RUMBLE rambles to 2009 YORK RIVER
CUP win! Ben Weeks' J/29, Rumble,
won the York River Cup on Saturday. Weeks took first in the
PHRF A/B fleet, followed by Mike Austin, Movin' On
(2008 YRC winner) in second, and Brian Gregory's
Hornet in third. Gary Van Tassel,
Bellatrix, and Steve Bowen, Dream On,
finished first and second respectively in the PHRF C fleet. First
and second respectively in the PHRF Non-Spinnaker fleet were
Shenandoah, Mastracci / Fox, and Jade,
owned and sailed by Barry Campbell. (Jim Bordeaux - YRYC
Race Captain)
Every day is a good sailing day,
but... there has never been a better day than yesterday for the
CCV Fall Series middle distance race. The 35
race boats spent from just short of 3 hours to almost 4 hours (depending on
the fleet and boat) to negotiate the course laid out among fixed marks in
Hampton Roads harbor. Both the PHRF A and the PHRF B fleets went just
over 15 miles and the PHRF C and PHRF Non-Spinnaker Fleets went just over 11
miles. The challenge of the harbor currents and sometimes
subtle wind shifts made the day a welcome change from windward - leeward
courses. RESULTS: PHRF A (9 boats):
1.David Eberwine, Sea Star; 2.Sledd
Shelhorse, Meridian 2; 3.Lloyd Griffin,
Cash Flow. PHRF B (11 boats): 1.
Rusty Burshell, Cool Change; 2.David
McConaughy, White Boat; 3.Bob Archer,
Bad Habit. PHRF C (11 boats): 1.Mike
Veraldi, Quicky; 2.Bumps Eberwine,
Spray; 3.Justin Morris, The
Hunter. PHRF Non-Spin (4 boats:
1.Dixon Wilde, Kingfisher; 2.Leo
Wardrup, Black Widow; 3.Tom Connors,
Fins Up. Principal Race Officer - John McCarthy. Official
Scorer - John Ritter. PLEASE NOTE: There is a break
before the final weekend of CCV Fall Series racing. The final races
(#4 and #5) are scheduled for Sunday, October 4. Same time of day
and place.
Dave and Angela Bettis have an even bigger
Boo. The Bettis' have a "new to them" boat.
As of this date, Dave and Angela have not settled on a name for the
Pearson 39 which they plan to bring to the race course in the 2010 season.
This, of course, puts the Bettis' Boo Nasty (Ranger 33) on
the market.
On the Rapp River this coming
weekend. The Rappahannock River Yacht Club will be hosting
the RRYC COMMODORE'S CUP regatta (two races) on Saturday, September
26th. This is a sanctioned regatta OPEN TO
ALL. RRYC offers PHRF spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker classes.
The racing will be on drop mark courses on the Rappahannock River between the
Rappahannock River Bridge and Towles Point. Awards and refreshments at the
RRYC clubhouse (Irvington, VA) following the racing. A valid 2009 PHRF
Rating Certificate is required to enter. For info
please contact Ron Mihills at (804)
438-6111. Also on
Saturday, September 26, is Fishing Bay Yacht Club's Fall Series Day
2. For info and entry go to the FBYC web page at www.fbyc.net.
2009 NEPTUNE'S REGATTA, sponsored by Broad Bay Sailing
Association, is THIS Saturday, September 26. Deadline
for entries is TOMORROW, Tuesday, September 22. OPEN TO ALL.
Mandatory Skippers Meeting is Friday, September 25, at The Raven Restaurant (in
the parking lot) at the comer of 12th and Atlantic Avenue at the
Oceanfront, Virginia Beach. This is the race that starts just north of
Little Creek inlet and finishes off the Old Coast Guard Station located at 24th
and the boardwalk at the Oceanfront at Virginia Beach. There is a great
post-race party and awards presentation at the Old Coast Guard Station in the
midst of the Neptune Festival. Post-race party begins at 1800 / 6PM and
awards presentation begins at 1915. Complimentary dockage is
available at Lake Wesley (just inside Rudee Inlet) on Saturday
night. So, if you want to sail in the ocean, at least the part just
around the corner of Cape Henry, get entered in this race. For
entry and info contact Scott Almond at (757) 471-2663.
For those who "want to sail alone" there's the HYC
Singlehand Race on Sunday, September 27. OPEN TO ALL.
For info contact Marshall Findley at (757) 722-0433 or (757)
285-8482. Skippers Meeting is set for 1200 hours on race day at
Hampton Yacht Club. Bring your life jacket and plan to wear it at
all times. No spinnakers are allowed and neither are autopilots or whisker
poles. Racers may not make headsail changes. Time for the first
warning signal, starting sequence, and classes will be announced at the Skippers
Meeting. And, you will not have shanghai crew in order to
race!
October Southern Bay Racers'
Calendar:
October 3
Saturday BBSA Willoughby Memorial
Regatta - Scott Almond, (757) 471-2663
October 3
Saturday YPYC Fall Regatta
#2
October 4
Sunday CCV Fall
Series Races #4 and #5 - John McCarthy (757) 850-4225
October 4
Sunday FBYC Fall Series 3
- Ric Bauer (804) 769-4293
October 7 Wednesday CCV
Octoberfest [Wednesday evening] Races begin - Dave Taylor
(757) 344-5292
October 8-12
Thur-Mon U.S. Sailboat Show at Annapolis www.usboat.com , (410)
268-8828
October 10-11 Sat - Sun Turkey Shoot Hospice
Regatta for Classic Sailboats - www.hospiceturkeyshootregatta.com
October
12 Monday
Columbus Day
October 17
Saturday FBYC Fall Series 4 - Tom
Roberts - www.fbyc.net
October 17-18 Sat-Sun RRYC
Rappahannock Cup
October 17-18 Sat-Sun Laser Masters at
FBYC - www.fbyc.net
October 24
Saturday FBYC Staggered Start
Race - Allan Heyward - www.fbyc.net
October 24
Saturday OPCYC 'Round the Lights Race
- Dennis Miner (757) 867-1028 or Mark Wolfe (757) 989-5064
November 1
Sunday HYC Frostbite
Series opens, Race #1 - Dick Boykin (757) 890-0093
November 1
Sunday FBYC
Frostbite Race - www.fbyc.net
Answer to RR Quiz Question: Those
who grasp the essence of our sport already knew the answer. Sailboat
racing is a Corinthian sport, governed by the spirit of honor and fair
play. If you know you broke a rule, for instance, did not round
all of the marks of the course, it is your obligation (not option) to
retire. The Basic Principle of our sport requires anyone who breaks a rule
(whether protested or not) to take a penalty or retire. But, the most
basic principle of all is that character and integrity involve what you do even
when no one is watching.
Wine, Women and
Song! The Schooner Virginia's Second Annual
Celebration and Fundraiser is all set for October 2, 6 - 9
PM, in Downtown Norfolk at Dockmaster's (formerly Black Finns) at
Waterside Festival Marketplace. There will be live music, a silent
auction, and lots of fun. This is a celebration of Virginia's
2009 Youth Sail Training Season and Education Missions. It's a special
affair ($100 per person, and there are special prices for group tables), for a
good cause. Dress is nautical casual. Call the schooner office at
(757) 627-7400 for reservations.
Northwest Passage, Antarctica, Three
Circumnavigations. Here's a chance to meet Roger Swanson
and his wife Gaynelle Templin, who have accomplished all of the
above. Roger and Gaynelle are the first American sailors to complete
an east to west voyage through the fabled northwest passage. They are also
believed to be the first sailors ever to complete the northwest passage in a
singe year (2007). Roger's presentation will include pictures of
the voyage and he will tell us what it was like to sail in the world's most
challenging environments. The yacht is a Bowman 57. The event
is FREE and will be held on Sunday, October 4 from 3pm to
4pm at Norfolk Yacht and Country Club. Call 423-4500 for a
reservation.
MURPHY'S
LAW: Yesterday a racer told Yrs Truly, the
Racing Beagle that, "Nothin' makes a boat go faster
that dollar bills." He's talking about his plan to buy a new sail
for 2010. Now is the time, too. Lots of sailmakers have Fall
and boat show specials. Talk to your Sail Guru now.
/S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing
spirit in us all.