#518 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday November 22, 2010 01:44PM
Well worth noting
is the US SAILING announcement recognizing the southern Bay's Fishing Bay Yacht Club as a recipient of the One-Design Regatta Award, one of only three One-Design national awards given each year. US SAILING said, "...Fishing Bay Yacht Club (FBYC) of Deltaville, Va. won the 2010 Regatta Award for the excellence in development, promotion, and management performed by organizers and sponsors of the 2010 USODA (United States Optimist Dinghy Association) Layline Nationals on July 17-25, 2010. Co-chairs Noel Clinard and Jay Buhl, along with webmaster Jon Deutsch were recognized for demonstrating extraordinary individual creativity and contribution to the year’s most innovative one-design event of national significance. The regatta attracted broad national and international participation of 317 boats through persistent marketing and communication efforts. The small club located in a village maximized their resources through their entrepreneurial promotions, sponsorship development, community involvement, shore activities and creative dissemination of housing, tourism, historical and racing information." Amen to all of that!From the Annual PHRF Meeting: Your PHRF delegates and officials met Saturday and decided that our 2011 southern Bay fleet splits for both Southern Bay (Virginia) divisions will remain the same as in 2010. The new president of PHRF of the Chesapeake is our own former VP, Mike Dale. Replacing Mike at the southern Bay PHRF VP spot in 2011 is Steve Taylor. Steve sails Insolvent out of Hampton in the PHRF C Fleet. Christian Schaumloffel remains Chief Handicapper for our area. 2011 SOUTHERN BAY FLEET SPLITS: SOUTH DIVISION (NC, Hampton Roads, York River): PHRF A - Up to 109; PHRF B - 110-163; PHRF C - 164 and up; PHRF Non-Spin: all. NORTH DIVISION: (Fishing Bay, Rappahannock River north to Potomac): PHRF A - Up to 112; PHRF B - 113-160; PHRF C - 161 and Up; PHRF Non-Spin - all. For meeting details, etc., check out www.phrfchesbay.com or, better yet, talk to your club PHRF delegate (every member club has one).
2011 SCHEDULE FOR SOUTHERN BAY "BIG BOAT" RACING: Well over 50 southern Bay club and event officials have worked directly, and many more indirectly, to complete the 2011 racing schedule. It is ready and available for distribution. You may contact your club racing officials or you may click on "reply" to this issue of SBRNYCU and on the subject line put, "Send my 2011 schedule, please" and it will be sent to you by return email, courtesy of SBRNYCU. Believe it or not, Spring 2011 will come, and most likely sooner than you think!
From the 2010 Caribbean 1500 website. "Tuesday, November
16
Update: Noon ---- Steve Black has been notified by the Bahamas
Air Sea Rescue Association (BASRA) today that “the conditions are not favorable
for finding Laura Zekoll [age 46, Atlanta] alive.” The
search and rescue mission involving the US Coast Guard, the Bahamas Defense
Force, BASRA, and local efforts since Saturday night has resulted in “no
findings.” The US Coast Guard has suspended its activity. The BDF
will suspend its activity today. BASRA will continue aerial surveys of the
vessel and area. Our thoughts and prayers are with Laura's friends and family as
well as the crew of Rule 62." Rule 62,
Jeanneau 46DS, owned by Richard and Debra Ross, was part of a fleet of
65 that departed Hampton, VA, on November 8, 2010, in route to the island
of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. On Saturday, in heavy conditions,
Rule 62 diverted to the Bahamas. It is reported
that Rule 62 hit a reef off Avaco Island. The
four on board launched the lifeboat in an attempt to get to shore. The
lifeboat did not sustain them. In the water, Laura became separated for
the other three, who eventually washed ashore alive.
Additional information available at the Caribbean 1500 site, www.carib1500.com