DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDED YESTERDAY - SUNDAY MORNING.  If you are at work an hour early, they probably will not pay overtime!

THANK A VET - THIS COMING FRIDAY,   NOV 11th,  is  VETERANS' DAY.

SEA STAR,   COOL CHANGE,   ROUNDABOUT,  and  VIRGINIA  H   are 2011 CCV High Point Champions.   The party's over. . .  for 2011 and Saturday night at the Cruising Club of Virginia's annual  year end bash High Point trophies were handed out.  This year CCV based their awards on  7 days of racing scattered over the entire season.  HIGH POINT AWARD RECIPIENTS:  PHRF A - 1st: Dave Eberwine, Sea Star;  2nd: Phil Briggs, Feather.    PHRF B - 1st: Rusty Burshell, Cool Change;  2nd: Bob Archer, Bad Habit;  3rd: Dave Taylor, Wham Bam.    PHRF C - 1st: Alan Bomar, roundabout;  2nd: Justin Morris, The Hunter.    PHRF Non-Spin - 1st:  Andy Armstrong, Virginia H II. 

Special CCV Awards for 2011.   The Commodore's Award, presented for contributions to the sport of Sailing, was presented to Pete Wallio.  Pete sailed Not So Blue in the PHRF C fleet and also is often invited to handle the helm on boats at regattas outside the southern Bay.  He can tell some tales about cruising  in the Caribbean too!     The Sportsmanship Award was presented to Alan Bomar.  Alan is the epitome of  the person this award recognizes - "This award goes to an individual who conducts himself as a gentleman and distinguishes himself by his concern for fair competition both on and off the course."     The  Clyde Winters Race Committee Award  was presented to John McCarthy and the Race Committee team he led for the Spring and Fall Series races for CCV.

Tomorrow morning, Tuesday, November 8, the skipper and crew of Mirage  will hit the road (literally), towing the Hobie 33 to Coral Gables Yacht Club for the start of the 78th Nassau Cup Ocean Race.   Christian Schaumloffel along with crew members Matt Smith, Mark Kawa, Ethan Rule, Morgan Silverman, and Lia Altenbuchner will race the Hobie 33 over the 176 nm course from Miami to Nassau.  The start is on Thursday, Nov 10th, north of Miami Harbor, and racers must reach the finish line at Nassau Harbor no later than 1100 on Saturday, Nov 12.  There are 16 boats entered in this race sponsored by Nassau Yacht Club and managed by the Southern Ocean Racing Conference (SORC).   

Giuditta Di Laghi of Hampton University  finished 12th among the top 18 collegiate women competing at the  National Women's Single-Handed Championship  in Chicago.  Giudetta had a 6th place finish in the last race of the regatta when the fleet battled 30 knot winds yesterday.

USCG Marine Event Permit Workshop,  Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, 4000 Coast Guard Boulevard, Portsmouth, VA.,  0800 - 1200.  The event permit process has changed and the Coast Guard invites marine event sponsors, managers, officials, etc. to attend this informative workshop.  Deadline for registration is November 13, 2011.   Call (757) 668-5580 or email HamptonRoadsWaterway@uscg.com  

Special for One-Design Racing Sailors and Supporters.  US SAILING is presenting the 2011 One-Design Sailing Symposium at Bay Head, New Jersey (BHYC) this coming weekend, Friday, Nov 11 - Sunday, Nov 13.  Registration fee is $150 ($195 for non-USSAILING members).  There will be experts, panels, seminars, and workshops galore.  US SAILING One-Design Awards will be presented Saturday night and Gary Jobson will be the keynote speaker.   You can find details about the Symposium and you can register on line at http://racing.ussailing.org/One-Design/ODSS/2011_ODSS.htm

Frostbite Series Race #3 - same time and bat channel next Sunday.  For information and entry, contact Dick Boykin at (757) 890-0093.

CCV names 2012 Officers and Board:  Commodore: Bob Thomas; Vice-Commodore: Steve Taylor;  Secretary-Treasurer: Gina Mynes;  Board Members: Tom Connors, Christian Schaumloffel, Rusty Burshell, and new to the Board Jay Matteson, John Ritter, and Dixon Wilde.

MURPHY'S LAW:    There are lots of reasons a racing beagle might need the "fall back"  time brought on by the end of Daylight Saving Time on  Sunday morning.  Yrs Truly, the Racing Beagle,  needed the extra time to repair dancing holes in the souls of  the four dancin' shoes worn to the CCV bash.  Like the song says, "Put on your high heel sneakers and your wig-hat on your head. . ." , and the Murphster did!   /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.

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