#481 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Wednesday February 24, 2010 11:27AM
Word is, from a reliable source (even though
he is a sailboat racer), that Travis Weisleder, who races
his J105 out of Fishing Bay, has
acquired Layline. Sounds like we will have another
top quality equipment supplier with a local connection.
USNA sending INTEGRITY
and DEFIANCE to SBRW 2010. The United States Naval
Academy has entered two of their offshore race boats, both Navy 44 MK2's, in
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK. Integrity and Defiance each carry
a rating of 81 and will race in PHRF A. The likely skippers of the boats
crewed by Academy Midshipmen, are Midn Alex Dolan
(Integrity) and Midn Emily Frost
(Defiance). Other Early Birds who
have tossed their caps into the SBRW ring include Phil Briggs'
J/36, Feather, Rusty Burshell's J/30, Cool
Change, and Graham Field's Islander 36,
Independence. For SBRW 2010 info www.blacksealcup.com
or contact Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or email mcbear@earthlink.net
MURPHY 2010 "Rules Around the Race Course" drew 95
attendees (SRO) to host Norfolk Yacht and Country Club Saturday for
a day long look at racing rules in specific situations on the course.
"The racing rules of sailing can be tough, and this group of skippers and
crew were determined to understand the nuances of the rules in given
situations; they were a great group," said John McCarthy, who
led the presentation. NY&CC kept the coffee, pastries, etc. flowing,
so there was plenty of sustenance for everyone. Racers renewed racing
friendships, twisted their brains on some knotty subjects, and generally
welcomed Spring a few days early. Gettin' ready to go racing!
MIRAGE took 2nd in the St Petersburg
National Offshore One Design (NOOD) regatta last week.
Christian Schaumloffel brought his Hobie 33 in 2nd in the 6
boat gathering of Hobie 33s with a string of 4-3-1-2-2-3. The Mirage
crew picked up a last minute fill in at the regatta, Jim
Williams who sails his own Hobie 33, Treaty of Ghent, in the
southern Bay. Jim and his wife Barbara were vacationing at St Pete Beach,
when Christian rang his cell phone!
PDQ the nice, quick
SR-21 that raced in the southern Bay PHRF C fleet late in the 2009 season
will be back in 2010, but she has changed her name. Louisiana man,
Mike Klopf has new-named her SWAMP
RAT. Not only fast, but fierce, too!
NUTS & BOLTS RACE MANAGEMENT - March 20th,
Saturday morning (9:00am - 12:30pm) at Hampton Yacht Club - FREE.
Sponsored by CCV. This is a Basic Primer that will get you
through your annual race committee assignment. This is NOT "inside race
management" material. It is designed to keep you out of trouble when you
go out to run club races. Registration opens at 8:30am; coffee and breakfast
goodies are courtesy CCV. Please do PRE-REGISTER, so plans can be made for
adequate beverages, goodies, and seating, Pre-register by email to mcbear@earthlink.net and say you
want to attend the RC Clinic, or call Lin McCarthy at (757)
850-4225.
Trailer Sailors - here's good
news! Southern Bay racer Rodney Moore
sends a special recon report. He says that the public boat ramp off
of Ivy Home Road/Marina Road (Hampton, VA) is open again. Rod also
says to be aware since "...they did not post any "End of Ramp"
signs".
An almost new comer to PHRF C this season is
Gay LaRue and Tom Wood's Sonar 23, Sereda.
Sereda broke into PHRF C racing at the end of 2009, as did Kathy
and Mike Barber with their Merit 25, Figaro. Both will
be nice additions to a growing fleet.
More for southern Bay racers to be
weather-thankful about. Doug Savage,
who races his S2 10.3, REPRISAL, out of the Washington DC
area shares the following info: "News from DC is that our
record snow (26") managed to overload and sink no less than 9 boats in our
marina. All were centerboard/swing keel boats between 19 and 26 feet, and
it appears the snow forced them down deep enough that they flooded through the
centerboard trunks or retraction cable exits. Most have been refloated. I was
happy that my boat is on the hard." Be careful out there.
Mamma Nature can be tough!
Watch Anna closely as she prepares
for the next Olympics. US SAILING has announced the 2010 US
Sailing Team AlphaGraphics. The team is packed with medalists
and rising talent. Anna will be match racing in Elliott 6Ms.
Women's Keelboat Match Racing: Anna Tunnicliffe
(Plantation, Fla.), Molly Vandemoer (Redwood City, Calif.) and Debbie Capozzi
(Bayport, NY) and Genny Tulloch (San Francisco, CA), Alice Manard (Charleston,
SC., and Karina Vogen Shelton (Watsonville, CA).
Town Point Yacht Club is
pleased to host Nauticus Executive Director, Hank Lynch, to
discuss development of a youth training/community sailing program to be
operated from Nauticus. The meeting is scheduled
for tomorrow, Tuesday, February 23rd,
beginning at 5:30 PM at Mo O'Malley's Restaurant on Granby St. in downtown
Norfolk. The meeting is open to everyone, no reservations required.
For additional info, please contact Dave Wilbar at (757) 480-7245 or
dwilbar@sailtime.com.
MURPHY'S LAW:
Yrs Truly, the Racing Beagle, is going out on a limb (picture that!)
and packing away both pairs of snow boots. Ya gotta
believe! /S/ Murphy the
Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.