#485 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday March 22, 2010 07:13AM
SPRING HAS SPRUNG! THE GRASS HAS RIZZZ! WONDER WHERE
THE RACERS IS?! Wonder no more - racers are jamming
boatyards, attending seminars, burning socks, flipping the pages of their
Layline@ catalog, surfing the web for parts, and haunting the
aisles of West Marine.
Fishing Bay Yacht Club offers the
FBYC Safety-at-Sea Seminar on March 27 (0815 - 1530) at
FBYC, Deltaville, VA.. This seminar is OPEN TO
ALL. The Seminar will cover electronics, electronic interfacing,
weather, medical emergencies, and sea sense (man overboard techniques, warps and
preparation for helicopter pick up). Cost of $10 includes a lot of instruction
and lunch. Kevin Fay, Mayo Tabb, and Dr. Sterling Ranson will lead
the seminar. A fun and informative day. For info and/or
to register contact event chairman Joe Schott (804) 776-6004 or go to www.fbyc.net. (NOTE: While this seminar is
not intended to meet the US Sailing sanctioned Safety-at-Sea Seminar
required for the Newport-Bermuda Race, it would be a good preparatory
course.)
Spring has sprung. Get ready to
get racin'! You'll need to be part of a crew on a race
boat. Start by being at the SpinSheet
Crew Listing Party - South, on Saturday, April 3, (5pm - 7pm)
at Marker 20, a racers' restaurant/bar/grill, in downtown
Hampton. This event is OPEN TO ALL. Here is a golden
opportunity for crewbies to find skippers and vice versa.
Find your ride or find your crew for the 2010 season. Check out
crew and check out skippers! Racers, experienced and newbie, also will be
able to look at offerings of various southern Bay yacht clubs and sailing
organizations which will have representatives at the party. All you
have to do is show up - no sign-up required. OH, and wear socks you can
burn! If you have attended a sock burning already, it's ok;
racers may attend multiple sock burnings and make numerous sacrifices to the
"Racing Gods"! SpinSheet Magazine is the organizer of
this event. For specific information please contact event
liaison Dave Taylor at (757) 344-5292.
Race Committee members gettin' ready.
Forty (40) attended the NUTS & BOLTS Race Committee Clinic Saturday
morning at Hampton (HYC) Yacht Club. Experienced hands as well as
new-comers gathered to get into the nitty-gritty of on-the-water procedures,
requirements, and "can-you-believe-this!" situations. John McCarthy
led the clinic which was sponsored by HYC and Cruising Club of Virginia
(CCV).
SCHOONER VIRGINIA - A chance to help put
the wind back in her sails. Schooner Virginia Spring
Fling! April 24th (noon to 6pm), at Rebel Marina,
Bayville Street, Norfolk (the tip-end of Willoughby Spit). Joe
Maniscalco, Bob Zentz, Elton Williams Steel Drum, and the Tanners
Creek Whalers will perform. Pig-picking with all
the trimmings, soft drinks and two beer tickets are included in the ticket cost
- $45 in advance, $50 at the door. Here's a special message
from "volunteer organizer" Sarah Murphy, ".
. .[this] fund raising event has been organized by a handful
of Schooner Virginia volunteers. We have been organized since the
laying of the keel; I have been the volunteer coordinator since 2003. .
. Because the volunteers have a dream to have
VIRGINIA sailing by Summer, we have been renamed the
"Dream Team" by Capt. Stefan Edick!" For info and tickets, call
(757) 339-8738 or visit Skipjack Nautical Wares, #1 High Street, Portsmouth,
VA. Raise some funds to raise VIRGINIA's sails!
CCV Rules Clinic and 2010 Racing
Guide distribution. Monday, April 5 (6:30 pm) at The
Mariners Museum, Newport News. OPEN TO ALL. CCV members can
pick up their 2010 Racing Guides, non-members may
join ($25 annual) and receive the Guide as part of the membership
package. Brush up on the rules and see your fellow racers in "real
clothes" one last time before the season gets underway. For additional
info contact Jake Brodersen at (757) 875-9797.
PIRATES AND CAPTAINS DO WELL. Hampton University
and Christopher Newport University sailing teams finished first and
second, respectively, at the CNU 2-on-2 Regatta this weekend. Eight
collegiate teams sailed in the event hosted by Christopher
Newport.
Bluewater Racers. The
application for entry deadline for the 2010 Newport Bermuda Race is Thursday,
April 1, at 1700 hours. Already 160 boats have entered. For forms
and info go to www.bermudarace.com Be aware also
that the make-up Safety at Sea Seminar for NBR is scheduled for June 16 in
Newport. Seminar info is also at the www.bermudarace.com website.
APRIL is here - it's gonna be a hot-diggity 2010
season. Use legal size paper for your list, and do as
many as you can.
April 1
Thursday SAILBOAT RACES' NATIONAL HOLIDAY (also April
Fools Day)
April 1
Thursday Newport Bermuda Race, application for entry
deadline - www.bermudarace.com
April
3 Saturday
SpinSheet Crew Listing Party - South - at Marker 20, Hampton - Dave
Taylor (757) 344-5292
April 4
Sunday EASTER
April 5
Monday CCV Rules Clinic and 2010
Racing Guide distribution - at The Mariners Museum, Newport
News
April 8
Thursday Charleston Race Week opens
April 11
Sunday CCV Tune-Up Races - Jake
Brodersen (757) 875-9797
April 17
Saturday SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK , Early Bird Entry
incentive deadline - www.blacksealcup.com
April
17-18 Sat-Sun FBYC Spring Opening
Day and Spring Series Day 1, www.fbyc.net
April 18
Sunday CCV Spring Series, Races
#1 and #2 - John McCarthy (757) 850-4225
April 24
Saturday Schooner VIRGINIA Spring
Fling, Willoughby Spit (Norfolk) - call (757) 339-8738
April 24
Saturday Yankee Point Yacht Club,
Women on the Water Series opens
April 24-25
Sat-Sun Azalea Festival Regatta
- www.norfolknavalsailing.org
or Mike/Kathy Barber (757) 254-3174
April 25
Sunday CCV Spring Series, Race
#3 - John McCarthy (757) 850-4225
April 25
Sunday FBYC Spring Series - www.fbyc.net
April 30
Friday Annapolis
NOOD (National Offshore One-Design) Regatta begins
May 2
Sunday CCV Spring Series,
Races #4 and #5 - John McCarthy (757) 850-4225
The 2010 SOUTHERN BAY (Region 4) Racing
Schedule is available by email, courtesy of Southern Bay Racing
News You Can Use, by replying to this email and saying, "I really need
my schedule!" , OR by sending an email to mcbear@earthlink.net requesting the 2010
schedule.
MURPHY'S LAW: It's time to get
all the required racing paperwork done. Yrs Truly, the Racing
Beagle, will do forms for PHRF, USSA, RBYC, and AKC! Gettin' ready to
race! /S/ Murphy the Racing
Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.