[gpsbug] Re: FW: #198 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
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> Date: 2004/04/26 Mon AM 06:30:47 CDT
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> Subject: [gpsbug] FW: #198 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
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> From: McCarthy [mailto:mcbear@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 6:57 AM
> To: Southern Bay Racers
> Subject: #198 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
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> For additional information contact: Lin McCarthy, (757) 850-4225
> Southern Bay Racing News You Can Use #198
> SBRNYCU is an independent weekly publication of southern Chesapeake Bay
> racing happenings.
>
> Kahuna, Cheryl Lea, Movin' On, and Checks in the Mail romp in CCV
> Spring Series #1: Mother Nature lured the fleet out with promise of a
> 10-15 knot southerly, let things get underway, and smashed everyone's
> plans with a 90 degree shift to the East, and winds building to the low
> 20s. At one point the wind at the leeward mark was at 085, and at the
> same moment at the windward mark it was 165. A good first spring race
> test for the 37 boats (of 55 registered) on the course. RESULTS: PHRF
> A: 1. Sanford Richardson, Kahuna (Farr 395); 2. Sledd Shelhorse,
> Scherherazade (Taylor 40); 3. Dave Eberwine, Sea Star (J/36); PHRF B:
> 1. Ben Weeks, Cheryl Lea (J/29); 2. Rusty Burshell, Cool Change
> (J/30); 3. Bill Chandler, Rhumb Line (J/30); PHRF C: 1. Mike
> Austin, Movin' On (Beneteau FC8; 2. Bill Peach, Surprise (Alerion 29
> Express); 3. Ben Cuker, Callinectes (Cal 30-3). PHRF Non-Spin: 1.
> Jim Williams, Checks-in-the-Mail (Catalina 38); 2. Ed Andrews, No
> Problem (Pearson 26); 3. Tom Peddy, Impulse (Catalina 34). PRO: John
> McCarthy; Signal Boat Skipper: Dick Boykin; Mark Boat: Bill Gibbings.
>
> The Movin' On crew, which included Dan Smoker (Smoke), came out of
> Wormley Creek to win PHRF C in yesterday's CCV racing. As if the gang
> from the York River couldn't satisfy their sailing itch with a day full
> of racing, they jumped back in the Mike Austin's Beneteau FC8 and sailed
> back home before the coals on the hotdog grill had cooled.
>
> There were reports of some "tea bag" action in yesterday's southern Bay
> CCV racing: one of the boats in the PHRF C fleet dunked two crew at
> the same stress-filled moment on the way downwind when a 20+ knot gust
> slammed 'em. No harm done; the crew stayed attached to the boat.
>
> NEXT SUNDAY, May 2 - the beat goes on - CCV Spring Series Race #2. For
> info contact John McCarthy, (757) 850-4225.
>
> Remember: Racing crew wanna-bees or wanna-bee betters - CCV "Learn to
> Crew on a Racing Sailboat Program" begins Tuesday, May 4 and runs every
> Tuesday and Wednesday evening throughout May. For info contact Neal
> Garrett at (757) 727-0742.
>
> The very popular Women's Dinghy Sailing Clinic will run June 12 and 13
> at Hampton Yacht Club. This is a great opportunity for women of various
> levels of sailing skill, to learn, refresh, and/or improve. There is
> some classroom time, but the vast majority of the time is spend in the
> boats on the water (the best place to learn)! The clinic is OPEN TO
> WOMEN WITH BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE SAILING SKILLS; an opportunity to
> learn the basics or just hone driving skills. For info contact Leigh
> Morgan at (757) 726-9640. Do not wait to decide on this - the course
> will fill up fast.
>
> BBSA's Little Creek SA opened their Wednesday Night Series last week
> with a record number (17) boats on the line.
>
> Friends of Steve Bardwell: There will be a final celebration of Steve's
> life on the Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, May 1. Steve's family will
> depart from Hampton Yacht Club at 1100 aboard John Hanna's Battlewagon
> to rendezvous with all other interested parties in the vicinity of CCV
> Mark "Z" (tall Navy range light) at 1200. Steve's family will welcome
> his friends at a reception at HYC at 1400. For additional information,
> please contact Chauncey Wu at chaunceywu@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> White Shoal Sailing Club, in their first year , ran the 2nd race of
> their spring series up on the James River on Sunday. RESULTS: 1. John
> Edwards, Recovery (Hunter 30); 2. Richard Cassell, Alexis (Cal 330);
> and 3. John Wandling, Rebecca J (J/27). Six boats turned out to race
> non-spin in ESE winds of 10-15.
>
> Jake Brodersen completed the impossible by finishing a major keel
> reclamation project on Midnight Mistress (C&C 33), got her launched, and
> on the race course in less than a week.
>
> Norfolk Yacht and Country Club will begin their OPEN TO ALL Friday
> Night Racing Series this Friday (April 30). It's an 8 race series.
> The committee boat will be stationed at the mouth of the Lafayette River
> on the Elizabeth River. Racing starts at 1830. For info contact Frank
> Stewart at (757) 489-4128.
>
> Greg Cutter has a new pair of dangle earrings for the family boat
> jewelry collection. Both of Gremellyn's
> spinnaker halyards broke during Sunday's racing leaving the Cutters with
> a stunning pair of shackles with preventer balls.
>
> The Annapolis NOOD Regatta is this coming weekend. That's NOOD -
> National Offshore One Design, not the "birthday suit" regatta like your
> non-sailing friends think you are talking about!
>
> HYC went the extra mile and brought in a huge crane Sunday morning to
> launch and retrieve J/24's for the day's action. The brand new J/24
> (and other "big boats") hoist will be ready soon.
>
> One design and daysailor boats under 22 feet - here's a special event
> for you. Portsmouth Boat Club sponsors the Merrimac Memorial Regatta &
> Family Picnic at Portsmouth City Park on Saturday May 29th. Break out
> the lawn chairs and pull the tarp off the family dinghy. This will be
> fun. For info contact Jack Herbert at (757) 934-6766.
>
> Saturday, Cheryl Lea, Ben Week's J/29, looked anything but race ready -
> her running rigging and a lot of the standing rigging was strewn about
> the deck and dock looking like spaghetti when the pasta chef goes
> berserk. Race she did on Sunday, showing her past form by winning B
> Fleet.
>
> Kudos to Bill Rice and staff at HYC for putting together an impromptu
> breakfast buffet Sunday to send well fed racers out to do racing.
>
> MAY Calendar - Some of the top notch sailing available this coming
> month:
> April 30 Friday NY&CC Friday Night Series begins
> Apr 30-May 2 Annapolis NOOD Regatta
> May 1 Saturday Rappahannock River YUCK Spring Regatta
> May 2 Sunday CCV SPRING SERIES RACE #2
> May 2 Sunday FBYC Spring Series 3
> May 4 Tuesday CCV Racing Crew Course begins
> May 5 Wed Yankee Point YUCK evening races begin
> May 9 Sunday MOTHERS DAY!!!!! Take the Moms sailing!
> May 15-16 HYC 505 Invitational
> May 15-16 Covington YUCK (NC) Albemarle 100
> May 15 Saturday Yankee Point YUCK Spring Regatta
> May 15 Saturday Fleet 71 I/24 Regatta
> May 16 Sunday CCV SPRING SERIES RACE #3 and RACE #4
> May 16 Sunday FBYC Spring Series 4
> May 22 Saturday BIBS Cape Henry Cup
> May 22 Saturday FBYC Spring Series 5
> May 23 Sunday Fleet 71 I/24 Regatta
> May 29 Saturday FBYC Race to Urbana
> May 29 Saturday PAC Merrimac Memorial Regatta
> May 29-30 North Carolina YARN Championships (Beaufort,
> NC)
> May 30 Sunday RORY River Races
>
> June 4-5-6 Black Seal Cup-Southern Bay Race Week
>
> MURPHY'S LAW: Living to race, racing to live. /so/ Murphy the Racing
> Beagle
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