Century Club: Alan Bomar

Fort Wool is a third system fort built on the south side of the channel to enter Hampton Roads opposite of Fort Monroe.  It was never completed as a 19 century Fort nowe er it was well fortified during the 20th century.  It is a wonderful place to visit as it includes fortification from the pre civil war, the Civil war, World War I and World War II.   Most recently it is closed as it is used by the Virgina department of natural resources for rare nesting terns displaced by the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel expansion.  

On September 25th and 27th I was lucky enough to take with Robert Kelly, Mike Cobb an expert on on Fort Wool and Terry McGovern an expert on  Endicott Period Fortifications to Fort Wool for the day. 

On September 25th, we did an exploratory trip prior the Monday trip.  On this beautiful day we went with Jan Clapp Bomar, Abigail Bomar, Robert Kelly and Robert's father Dr. Robert Kelly.

It was two great days on the water.

Another great day on the water.  We sailed to 2nd in the combined B/C fleet.

From SBRNYCU

HAMPTON ANNUAL MIDDLE GROUND LIGHT RACE. Wind in the high teens and steady SW, choppy seas throughout the mainly windward-leeward race around government marks. It was a “go big or go home” kind of day. And, as a whole, this bunch, without a doubt, went big. Racing was a brawl across the course and up and down the fleets. Of the 25 entries, only 2 did not attack the course (one lost her rudder before the start and the other was absent altogether). The race marked the true beginning of the southern Bay fall / winter season and will be crucial for establishing braggin’ rights from now through the end of the year. RESULTS: PHRF A (11 boats – 12.7 nm course)1.WAIRERE, Peter Hunter; 2.RIFF RAFF. Don DeLoatch; 3.DANGER PAWS, Neil Ford & Lis Biondi. PHRF B/C (6 boats – 10.7 nm course)1.CALLINECTES, Ben Cuker; 2.ROUNDABOUT, Alan Bomar; 3.BAD HABIT, Bob Archer. PHRF Non-Spin (5 boats – 7.1 nm course)1.ALI RU, John Lones; 2.RARE VOS, Dan Fox; 3.PEGASUS, Bob Howell, VIPER (one-design) (3 boats – 12.7 nm course) 1.SALTY CREW, Vir Menon; 2.TEAM ROOSTER, Jane Moore. PRO: John McCarthy; Signal Boat: Alan and Sandy Johnson, Escalation; Official Scorer: John Ritter. Hampton Yacht Club holds this race annually for all comers.  

For her birthday, Jan and my daughter Abigail wanted to go on the Spirit of Norfolk dinner cruise.  It was a beautiful night.

A great new race in Hampton Roads.  It was great to win our fleet going away.  Third overall.

From SBRNYCU

TRIPLE TUNNEL TERROR inaugural event - quells the terror in fine fashion! Danger Paws (Melges 24, Neil Ford and Lis Biondi) finished first overall. Wairere (Thompson 30, Pete Hunter) was second overall, and Roundabout (J24, Alan Bomar) was third to cross the finish line of the 22 nm, stagger start/pursuit race. Thirteen (13) of 16 starters finished the race (7 PHRF A, 3 PHRF B, and 3 PHRF C). In a pursuit race the individual boat start times take into account the boat’s handicap rating; thus, fostering the theory that all the boats (no matter their class) will finish at the same time. The TTT race allows racers the choice of order and direction of mark roundings. Saturday morning brought “slick as glass” conditions in the start area (Hampton Roads harbor), but patience was rewarded when eventually a nice breeze filled in early-mid afternoon. For most, if you got up the [Elizabeth] River early on, you were just that. . .up the river. Of the three top boats, the M&M was the first mark rounded by Danger Paws and by Roundabout. Wairere chose to go to the Midtown Tunnel mark first. All three left the HRBT as their last mark before finishing. TTT visionary, event chairman, and race chairman: Greg Cutter. Kudos! Look for CCV Racing to add TTT to their schedule of races next year (2022) and probably beyond.