SBRW in a nutshell – 89 big boat skippers and crew sailed their brains out for three days in beautiful weather, partied their brains out with rockin’ bands and Gosling’s rum, partook of the downtown pirate festival street skirmishes and swashbucklin’ fun, tried out vendor standup paddle boards, laughed, sang and danced with one another, watched fireworks from the host yacht club lawn and raced, and raced, and raced.  The courses were different each day and to take home an award was no easy task.  The challenges were in the harbor (triangles – multiple races), off Buckroe in the Bay (a distance race) and off Ocean View in the Bay (windward-leewards – multiple races).  The winds were moderate to light on opening day, perfect 10-15 for the distance race, and 12-18 on the final day.  For the best accounts ask a racer wearing a Black Seal Cup hat or an SBRW shirt – he or she was there.

SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK 2013 RESULTS SUMMARY:

BLACK SEAL CUP WINNER -  BOB AND LISA FLECK, MAD HATTER

OVERALL CLASS WINNERS:

•             PHRF A1          -           SEA STAR,  David Eberwine  (HYC)
•             PHRF A2          -           CYRANO,  Bob Mosby  (HYC)
•             PHRF B1          -           INCOMMUNICADO, Tracey & Polk  (MRSA)
•             PHRF B2          -           MAD HATTER,  Bob and Lisa Fleck  (FBYC)
•             J70 OD             -           USA 68,  Ron Thompson  (HYC)
•             J24 OD             -           ROCKET J,  Neil Ford and Lis Biondi  (HYC)
•             PHRF C            -           SPRAY,  Bumps Eberwine  (HYC)
•             PHRF Non-Spin -           MIDNIGHT MISTRESS,  Jake and Pat Brodersen  (HYC)
•             Cruising A         -           SURELY BOO,  Dave Bettis  (BBSA)
•             Cruising B         -           TURBO’S TUB,  M.D.Riley  (BBSA)

Boat of the Day Course Winners:

                                        Friday, May 31      Saturday, June 1             Sunday, June 2

Red Course                       CYRANO               DEFIANCE                      RUMBLE

(PHRF A1, A2, B1, B2)     Bob Mosby             Midn Aaron Dougherty      Weeks & Cochran

Blue Course                      SPRAY                  MIDNIGHT MISTRESS      NOT SO BLUE

(J70, J24, PHRF C & NS)  Bumps Eberwine    Jake & Pat Brodersen       Pete Wallio

Cruising A and B              not scheduled          SURELY BOO                  QUANTUM LEAP

                                         to race                  Dave Bettis                       Jay Rickles

COMPLETE FINAL STANDINGS AND ALL INDIVIDUAL RACE RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.BLACKSEALCUP.COM  or call 757-850-4225

Remember:  Norfolk’s Harborfest (no race) is this coming weekend and after that comes the Cock lsland Race (June 14-15) weekend in Portsmouth, and the Leukemia Cup and the LYC Veterans Cup (July 13-14)   And, the next upcoming, main attraction is Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge, with racing July 21 through 23.  Details will follow in future SBRNYCU issues.

MURPHY'S LAW: Yrs Truly, the Racing Beagle, believes the memories from this  SBRW will outlast the ones from last year.  As one event official so succinctly put it, “ Screw the tornado!”  /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.