Unfortunately, the webmaster is moving out-of-state and will not be able to continue to update this website.  If a sailor local to the Hampton Roads Area would like to take over the site and keep it updated, email the webmaster ASAP.

This website attracts a lot of traffic from the local area and beyond.  There is always a surge in the number of visits immediately following a local sailboat race when participants look for the race results.  This site has the potential of providing a valuable service to the community, but it has to be run by a person in the local area.

If someone doesn’t step up to take over running the site, it will shut down in a couple of weeks.

With Regrets,

Webmaster
webmaster /at/ sailhr.com

Received this note from Jonathan Romero….

CCV kicked off its Fall Series Sunday, September 18th.  It was a typical Fall day.  Cool, breezy, and overcast.  Although there was a light sprinkle on the course for a short while, “real” rain didn’t materialize.  The racers were treated to two windward-leeward races followed by hot dogs and beer under the HYC tent.  The third race of the five-race series will be on October 2nd.

The results for races 1 and 2, click here

The results for the CCV Moonlight Triangle Race is posted here.

The results for the CCV Founder’s Race is posted here.

Please mark your dinghy racing calendars and save the date for the Portsmouth Boat Club’s hosting of the 3rd, Annual Hampton Roads Sunfish Challenge & Dinghy Distance Race.

This race, held on September 24, 2011, closes out the dinghy racing season.  It is a long distance sprint down the Elizabeth River, past the world’s largest naval base to a finish line at the Old Dominion University’s Sailing Center.  The total distance is just over 8 miles in length.

There will be Sunfish, Laser, Thistle, Snipe, Force 5, HOD, Windsurfer Formula and Longboard, and an Open Class, utilizing the Portsmouth Rating System for scoring.  If we get 4 or more boats of the same type, we will have a separate class for them.

Transportation will be provided for trailer and tow vehicle placement. Breakfast and lunch are also provided, along with a copiously stuffed, “swag bag” of nautical goodies.   This year we have added a raffle of various sailing items to include a new Sunfish Sail.

So check the official racing website at www.hrsunfishrace.com , as well as Portsmouth Boat Club’s website www.portsmouthboatclub.org for more information and updates.

You can register online, so register early.

See you on the water!

Jonathan Romero, Event Chairman

Ok…It’s not sailing, but it’s boating and exciting….this from http://www.fmauthority.com/press/articles/7-28-11-regatta.php

Hampton Cup Regatta – August 5 to 7

This August 5-7, speed into action as the Hampton Cup Regatta, the oldest continuously running hydroplane boat race in the country (since 1926), returns to Mill Creek in Hampton, Virginia. Join over 30,000 spectators for a weekend of on-the-water thrills, chills, and racing excitement. Over 75 hydroplane boats and Jersey Speed Skiffs from the United States and Canada are expected to compete!

This year, the Hampton Cup Regatta plays host to some of the fastest watercraft in the world. At 19 ft. long, these nautical rockets often reach speeds of 150 mph, setting both national and world records. Best of all, the Hampton Cup Regatta is one of the last remaining boat races in the country free of charge!

In 2011, Hampton welcomes 10 classes of the fastest hydroplanes in North America. Considered the loudest piston-powered racing boats in the world, these hydroplanes are sure to have on-lookers marveling at their warp-like speed. In addition, the ever popular J-Stocks (youth class, ages 9-14, competing for national points) are set to return. continue reading…

The Langley Yacht Club ran its annual Veterans Cup Regatta yesterday, Saturday, 9 July in the waters off of Buckroe Beach and Fort Monroe.  Although the weatherman predicted foul weather, Mother Nature was generous and provided a beautiful, sunny day with plenty of breeze.  Principle Race Officer John Ritter and his race committee crew did a fantastic job of running a first class racing event!

The Club chose L. “Armie” Armstrong, Colonel, USAF, Retired as its honored veteran.

Race results are as follows:

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In an earlier post, we reported on the boating safety education requirements that will be phased in for Virginia boaters.  On July 1, 2011, another requirement went into effect.  The following is an excerpt from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries website:

As of July 1, 2010, all PWC operators 35 years old and younger must complete a boating safety course. This is the next phase-in of the Education Compliance Requirement for all Virginia boaters. Beginning July 1, 2011, all PWC operators 50 and younger must take a boating safety course and Boat operators ages 20 and younger need to take a boating safety course.

PWC Age Restriction: No person under the age of 14 may operate a PWC. Those operators 14 and 15 MUST show proof of completing an approved and accepted boating safety course either in a classroom or online. The challenge exam or other provisions of the Education Compliance Requirement do not meet the requirements of the age restriction law.

The 24th Annual Cock Island Race was conducted on June 17-18.  For the un-initiated, this is a two-day party interrupted by a sailboat race sponsored by the City of Portsmouth and the Portsmouth Boat Club.  The actual sailing took place on the Elizabeth River beginning at mile marker Zero of the Inter-coastal Waterway  and going up the river towards Hampton Roads.  There was plenty of food, spirits, friendship and camaraderie.  It was hot at the boat basin where most of the competitors were docked,  but that did not deterred the participants from having fun!

Race results are here

The party is just getting started

The Broad Bay Sailing Association conducts races in Willoughby Bay on Thrusday nights.  This small body of water has Willoughby Spit to the east and Naval Station Norfolk to the west.  Yesterday’s race (June 9, 2011) started under a mild breeze with the air temperature close to 90 degrees…it was hot, humid and hazy.  Half way to the windward mark, a MH-60S from HSC-2, the Fleet Angels, appeared on scene to practice picking up and dropping off Sailors from the water. 

Although this is not a new sight for veteran Willoughby racers, can you imagine the surprise look on the faces of those faced with a helicopter hovering low over the race course for the first time?

Among other missions, HSC-2 is a Fleet Replacement Squadron and is charged with training new pilots and aircrew and often perfom these manuvers in Willoughby Bay which is adjacent to their hangar at Naval Station Norfolk.

If you haven’t heard, the Hampton Block Party in downtown Hampton started again last Saturday.  The block party will take place in Queen Street every Saturday from 1800-2300 until September 2.  It’s free to get in and you can buy beer and food from  various vendors.  The beer sales tent is usually run by volunteers who are raising money for the organizations they represent.  There is always a band providing music and plenty of people to meet.  It’s a high-energy, peaceful, fun filled event.  Many of the local sailors attend.  If you’ve never been to the Hampton Block Party, put it on your calendar.  You’ll have a great time! Check out this article for a list of bands that will be playing.

The third race of the CCV 5-race Spring Series was conducted yesterday, 17 April, with winds in the teens gusting to lower twenties.  It was sporty to say the least.  Everyone enjoyed the exciting racing and the hot dogs and beer afterwards!

For the race results click here

According to my calculations, the series standings (with two races to go) are as follows:

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Like the Phoenix, a symbol of rebirth and renewal, arising from its ashes, the J-105 Flying Colors has returned to the race course in the Southern Chesapeake!

After suffering a collision with a submerged obstruction last year, Flying Colors was returned to her “nest” in Rhode Island to be reborn.   Can you see the smile on skipper Rich Payne in the picture below?

CCV Spring Series races 1 and 2 are in the books!  It was a beautiful day for racing.  Results are here:

Race 1 Race 2

This from Sailing Scuttlebutt:

GADHAFI GOLD LOCATED
An estimated $30 billion in Libyan gold has been found and efforts are
underway to freeze the assets. It turns out that for years, Libyan
strongman Mohamar Gadhafi has been storing gold in the most unlikely
places. Sailboat keels.

It was a perfect place to hide gold procured from oil revenue, an anonymous
NATO intelligence source stated. Once cast and painted, they are virtually
identical to lead keels. He would move from larger to smaller boats as the
price of oil went up and down. He was currently working on a 7.4 ton bulb
keel for the first Libyan Volvo Ocean Race 70 entry, thinking that he could
strategically move the gold around if things got hot at home.

A savvy measurement team at the Saint Barth’s Bucket regatta noticed a
retro schooner had slightly more stability that it should. “At first we
thought they might be using spent uranium for added weight, but when we
scraped off several layers of bottom paint it turned out to be gold,” noted
PRO Peter Craig.

Rumors are rampant that the Middle East revolts are due to the America’s
Cup format. Said Russell Coutts, “This explains why Gadhafi went ballistic
when he heard of our plans to race multihulls for the next AC instead of a
larger version of the IACC monohull.”