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Southern Bay Racing News You Can Use # 409
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BOOMERANG wins Halsey Trophy at Stingray Point Regatta: Saturday's wind saved itself for Sunday. The racers got one race done on Saturday, after a lengthy delay, but made up for that on Sunday, with three races in the mid-teens wind range. Jerry Latell (Boomerang, B-25) won the overall regatta trophy, The Brent Halsey, Jr Memorial Trophy , and won PHRF B with a string of 2-1-1-1. RESULTS: PHRF A (8 boats) - 1. Lloyd Griffin, Cash Flow (1-1-1-2); 2.Leroi Lissenden, Voodoo 2 (3-2-2-1); 3.Ben Weeks, Rumble (2-3-4-2). PHRF B (8 boats) - 1.Jerry Latell, Boomerang (2-1-1-1); 2.Robert Bowles, Strokin (1-2-3-1); 3.Allan Heyward, La Maga (3-3-2-3). PHRF C (7 boats) - 1.Drake Johnstone, Cat's Pajamas (2-1-1-1); 2.Collins/Dennison, Kobayashi Maru (1-2-2-2); 3.Brad Miller, Schiehallion (3-3-3-3). J/105 (7 boats) - Will and Cyane Crump, She Crab Soup (4-2-1-1); 2.Mike Karn, Inevitable (2-3-2-4); 3.Strother Scott, Loose Cannon (5-1-5-2). PHRF Non-Spin (10 boats) - 1.Frank Murphy, Last Boat III (1-1-1-3); 2.Steve Smith/Don Barfield, Checko (2-5-2-1); 3.MD Riley, Turbo's Tub (4-2-5-5). Event Chair - Mike Dale; PRO - David Lee.
Bill Johnson sends along this preliminary report on the Gloucester (Massachusetts) Schooner race: "Schooner VIRGINIA, trailing AMERICAN EAGLE for at least half of the race, slips past for a 36 second lead to win!!" That's our schooner!
Southern Bay 505-er, CHRIS BEHM , Wins Big at 2008 CORK Regatta: Chris Behm, along with crew Andrew Buttner, mangled the 505 Canadian Class in Kingston at the 2008 CORK Regatta. Chris (Hampton, VA) finished the three day, 9 race regatta with a total score of 9 [dropped a 4th place finish in the second race], 11 points ahead of the 2nd place overall team. Another Hamptonian, Henry Amthor, and crew Dustin Romey took 4th overall in the 15 boat fleet. CONGRATULATIONS! to both skippers and their crew.
POS SAIL SKIPPER RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE TOTAL NET
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 POINTS POINTS
Fri. Fri. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. AFTER
1221 1328 1439 1212 1312 1412 1509 1112 1217 1 DROP
1 8830 BEHM, CHRIS Andrew Buttner 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 13.00 9.00 USA MA Westwood,
2 USA8722 NELSON, MACY Parry Barclay 4 1 2 3 2 2 4 4 2 24.00 20.00 USA ,
3 CAN8264 BOYD, JEFF Steve Adolph 2 2 4 1 4 5 2 3 4 27.00 22.00 CAN ON Kingston,KYC
4 USA8012 AMTHOR, HENRY Dustin Romey 6 5 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 32.00 26.00 USA VA Hampton,HAMPTON YC
5 8696 ASHBY, DEBORAH David Adams 3 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 45.00 37.00 CAN ON Ottawa,NSC
6 8410 BUSH, CLARISSA Chris Gillies 8 3 11 9 10 6 7 8 8 70.00 59.00 CAN QC gatineau,NSC
7 US8194 KIVNEY, THOMAS Thomas Kivney 7 6 6 10 6 9 6 9 11 70.00 59.00 USA MA Hingham,HYC
8 8610 WELDON, SHONA Michael Wonnaco 10 9 9 6 8 12 8 13 7 82.00 69.00 CAN ,NSC
9 CAN8535 HURLEY, MARG Jon Preston-Thom 5 10 7 12 13 7 9 7 13 83.00 70.00 CAN ON Ottawa,NSC
10 8850 WATSON, DOUGLAS Gabriel Watso 9 7 10 8 11 11 12 10 9 87.00 75.00 USA ,WEST RIVER SAIL
11 CAN7099 DECHAMPLAIN, CHRISTIAN Jeremy DNF 11 14 7 9 10 10 11 12 100.00 84.00 CAN ,NSC
12 7605 GESING, RENKA Adam Gesing DNF. DNF. DNF. 11 7 8 DNF. 6 6 102.00 86.00 CAN ON Tecumseh,SPSC
13 USA8351 BURCHFIEL, DAVID Jay Smith 13 12 8 DNF DNF. DNF. DNF. 12 10 119.00 103.00 USA NC Raleigh,CSC
14 CAN8587 WARE, PAT Nick Ware 12 14 12 DNF 12 13 DNF. 14 DNF. 125.00 109.00 CAN ON Kingston,
15 CAN8910 JANIDLO, ALISON Tom Janidlo 11 13 13 DNF. DNF. 14 11 DNF. DNF. 126.00 110.00 CAN ON Ottawa,NSC
Hopping into the Soup - another J105 joins the southern Bay fleet: The sister-brother act of Cyane and Will Crump has purchased hull number 210, which they have renamed She Crab Soup. They are based at Fishing Bay Yacht Club and racing with the J105s. This past weekend, they won the J105 class at Stingray Point Regatta.
MORNING LIGHT, the Disney feature length film that follows the team of young sailors put together and trained for the 2,300 mile 2007 TransPac Race, is due to premier on October 17, in theatres nation-wide. Real people doing real racing! Sounds good. Southern Bay racer, JD Scott, who sails out of Norfolk Yacht and Country Club, enjoyed a front row seat in the on-the-water filming of the race for the movie. JD's words give a great description of his adventure as navigator on Steve Fossett's Cheyenne, a 125' motor cat (previously Playstation, but now without a mast). JD was the only amateur on the boat and was Mark Featherstone’s number two and watch captain. "We had a Disney film crew aboard and the director of the movie. We followed Morning Light all the way from Long Beach to Honolulu and shot that part of the movie. I had to back out of the Fastnet to do the Disney thing. Steve and Roy Disney cooked it up on short notice as the large boat Disney had originally hired backed out on short notice. I came on short notice. It was a really really fun, beautiful trip, and I got to talk to Steve many times." (NOTE: Steve Fossett has been declared dead as the result of what is believed to have been a crash of his private plane months ago in a mountainous, wilderness region of the western US. No accident site has ever been found.)
It's SRO as 500 plus welcome Anna home: The Olympic Gold Medal winner was warmly embraced by more than 500 folks who, on short notice, interrupted their holiday weekend to welcome her home and offer special congratulations. In a surprise move, host Norfolk Yacht and Country Club announced a new award in their youth sailing program that will be presented annually and is named for Anna Tunnicliffe. The frosting on the cake - Anna presented the award to this year's winner then and there!
Volunteer cooks saved dinner Saturday night at the Stingray Point Regatta. When the contracted caterer unexpectedly did not meet (without any notice, whatsoever) his commitment at the Stingray Point Regatta post-race dinner party, FBYC club members and community grocers swung into emergency action. They got dinner for more than 100 folks prepared in about an hour and a half, and "kept on keeping on" and covered Sunday's breakfast, too! For their outstanding response to the situation, the regatta awarded the group the Sportsmanship Trophy - nice move.
THIS Coming Weekend:
2008 HAMPTON ANNUAL - MIDDLE GROUND LIGHT RACE, Saturday, September 6th - Sanctioned racing - all PHRF fleets - OPEN TO ALL. Racing is in Hampton Roads harbor. First warning is set for 1030 / 10:30AM. Event chair, Mark Wheeler, between 0915 and 1000, will have set up a flare exercise just outside the harbor. There will be a designated area where during this specified time, in a specified area, boaters, whether or not they are racing, may light off their old flares. There are strict USCG requirements which must be followed, so if you plan to do the "flare thing", YOU MUST CONTACT MARK WHEELER (Safety Officer) at mark.m.wheeler@verizon.net And, this is the race where each competitor receives an action photo of his boat. The photos are presented at the HYC Annual Awards Night on December 9, 2008. Entries for the race are due no later than high noon on Friday, September 5th. Contact Malcolm or Kathy Brady at (757) 723-3244 for entry info.
2008 LASER MASTERS ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA , Saturday-Sunday, September 6-7 - hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club. For info contact Jon Deutsch at jon@laserdistrict11.org
From US SAILING comes word that Olympic sailing medalists Anna Tunnicliffe and Zach Railey are scheduled to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Monday, September 8. The show's 23rd season premiere will feature more than 150 Olympic medal athletes of Team USA. The show is scheduled to be recorded, this Wednesday, September 3, at Millennium Park in Chicago and air on September 8. Please check local listings for air times of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at www.oprah.com/locallistings.
4th Annual Virginia In-Water SAILFEST — September 12 – 14, 2008 Virginia’s Biggest In-Water Boat Show returns to downtown Norfolk Waterfront with the 4th annual Virginia In-Water Boat Expo and SAILFEST. The show includes an All-Sail “Show-within-the-Show” featuring the latest in sailboats and daily sailing presentations, plus FREE Discover Sailing sailboat rides. The Expo will also feature live entertainment nightly, interactive exhibits and a Discover Boating pavilion. Things are happening on Friday, from noon to 8 p.m., on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $10.00 for adults and $8.00 for military personnel and their spouses. Children 15 and under are FREE. Tickets are good for same-day re-entry with display of wristband. Take advantage of the $2.00 per ticket discount through Thursday, September 11, when you purchase your ticket online at VirginiaBoatExpo.com. Give it a look-see - this improves each year.
Fishing Bay Yacht Club captures the Potts Trophy. The Potts competition, one that has been around for a long, long time, came down to a contest between FBYC and Hampton Yacht Club again this past weekend. Sailing for Fishing Bay were Brad Davis (J105 class) in Blade Runner and Robert Whittet (PHRF A fleet) in Wavelength and, for Hampton YC, Richard Payne (J/105) in Flying Colors and Christian Schaumloffel (PHRF A) in Mirage. When all was said and done, the FBYC contingent won the Potts in a tie-breaker.
8th Annual Dink Vail Regatta. Sixteen (16) boats turned out to face tough light air conditions and the bad current on top of that. RESULTS - PHRF A&B (combined) - 1.Neal Garrett, Strega; 2.Andy Armstrong, Virginia H; 3.Dixon Wilde, Kingfisher. PHRF C - 1.Louie Lewis, Incentive. PHRF Non-Spin - 1.Harry Tenney, Margarita; 2.Tony Thornton, T.L.Sea; 3.Jerry Lotz, Faith. Cruising fleet - 1.Jim Forrester, Anjalei; 2.Ron Primm, Echo; 3. Bob Hume, Tournesol. Event Chairman - Ron Primm; Race Chairman - Art Robinson. Special congratulations are in order for Jim Forrester who won the Dink Vail Perpetual Trophy.
MURPHY'S LAW: Labor Day is over, so it's back to W-O-R-K, a 4-letter word if ever there was one. Luckily, there's still plenty of time to R-A-C-E, another 4-letter word! /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
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