Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

2 Club members are off to the moth worlds in 2 weeks time David Hopper (Cadet) and Danny Clark. The event is from 5th July to 11th July.

I will try to keep you updated with there progress

Steve

A big thank you to all involved in the Nationals.

The weekend started on Thursday night with race run throughs,cleaning and painting slipway etc, right through to Sunday packing away boats and prize giving.

Well done this type of event would not be as successfull without all of your help.

Congatulations to Dan Henderson & Max Duce who are now the 2008 Pico National Champions

Regards Spratty

Many thanks to those who helped with the scrubbing and antifouling on the slip last night especially Sam, Struan, Peter, Liz, Robin, Andrew, Chris and Chris who worked flat out from start to finish, cheers guys.

Dear Hurricane sailors, here’s a listing off all the Association events for 2008 you can find more information on the Web Site:http://www.hurricane59.com

See you on the water soon:

Saturday June 28-29, Rutland Cat Open
Open fleet
www.rutlandsc.co.uk
Results

Saturday, July 05-06 2008, TT Stone
Own start. A Classes attending
www.stonesc.co.uk
Results

Sunday, July 13 2008, Piers Race Marconi
Good oppurtunity to promote Hurricanes to all classes
www.marconi-sc.org.uk
Results

Saturday, August 02-03 2008, TT Canvey Island
Own start. A Classes attending
www.islandyachtclub.co.uk
Results

Saturday, September 20-21 2008, TT/Open Whitstable
Own start. Forts race plus round the cans
www.wyc.org.uk
Results

Friday, September 26-28 2008, TT Brightlingsea
Own start. Spitfires and Shadows attending
www.sailbrightlingsea.com
Results

Saturday, October 18-19 2008, Cat Open Grafham
Open fleet at present
www.grafham.org
Results

Copyright © 1987-2008 Hurricane 5.9 International Class Association. Al

Highest Bid So Far: Paul Palmer £350.00

This is an additional item added to the auction that took place during the Summer Ball, we have already raised £4500 from items generously donated to the club. All monies from the auction items will go into the SLIPWAY FUND.

A Day At Donnington Motor Racing Circuit, Monday 14th July. The top bidder will need to get the day off and be over 16 years old.

A Day at Donnington Race Circuit with Sytner BMW and Howard Warrington.

It is a Track Day where you will be able to take laps in the range of M Power and Alpina BMW’s – if the bidder happens to own a BMW or MINI then they will be able to take it on the track themselves.

I will be going with my CSL and you will be driven to and from the event in this car. The CSL will also be available for rides round the track – which has a “grin factor” of 10!

There will be professional drivers on hand to take you out in the very latest 400 bhp M3’s and 500 bhp M5’s.

The Alpina factory will be there with the latest range of Alpina B3 Biturbo’s and B5’s and they have promised to bring their very special and valuable E30 M3 which was the first M3 to win a major championship and tempted BMW into going racing again.

Frank Sytner is due to be there, if he is you will be able to get out for a few laps with him in a replica of his 1987 BTCC Winning E30 M3.

It would be useful if the bidder could find or borrow a crash helmet but there will be some available at the circuit.

This item was kindly donated by Howard Warrington.

Kindly bid for this item by sending an email to [email protected] with your bid, mobile phone number and full name.

Auction ends Thursday 3rd July at 12 noon.

Happy Bidding.

Entry Forms have been coming in all week and the current estimate looks like we will have over 50 Pico’s out racing. We have a number of visitors attending the Nationals so please give them a warm and friendly TBYC welcome.

You can enter on the morning but it would be helpful if TBYC sailors could get theirs in beforehand, this will help with results & speed up registration.

There will be a briefing by the Race Officer at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday morning with the first race scheduled for 12.55 p.m. start. If you would like a packed lunch these will be available from the club chef but need to be ordered in advance of Saturday (£3.50 for a sandwich, chocolate bar, crisps and a bottle of water). Visitors please speak to the chef as soon as you arrive.

After sailing on Saturday your entry price includes a free meal and Karaoke. If you need extra meals please either note this on your entry form or speak to the Chef (extra meals coat £5.50 each).

Any other questions please give me a call. Entry forms can be downloaded from this website. Please click on “Pico’s” down the left hand side on the screen.

I look forward to seeing you on Saturday.

Shaun  – mobile 07881 501 675

TBYC Cadets – At Cadet Night this week on Thursday 19th June Rupert will be giving a talk on what to expect and how to prepare for the Pico Nationals.

I would like to apologise to all who competed in the Peter Hayes Trophy on Sunday, particularly Kevin & Lesley Iles.  The published results are wrong and so the worthy winners by over two minutes on corrected time are Kevin & Lesley in their new National 12. 

I would like to thank all those who emailed me over the last couple of days patiently pointing out the anomolies. No doubt the Sandhoppers will want a word with me because I told them they had cleaned up…

The revised results will be published as soon as someone with the appropriate skills can get to the office to upload them.

John finished the solo race from Plymouth in the UK to the Azores at 1145 on Thursday 12th June in third place out of a field of 34. He took just under 12 days to sail 1200 miles by himself.

I have received the following email from him today.

“Lucy did extremely well for a Thorpe Bay mud boat. An extreme French race boat with experienced skipper only got here a few hours before me. He has been onto his designer and they are shocked that I am here so quickly. All is well. Stop dreaming, there is a Centaur in the race and entered for the next race.

Kepp well love to all at Thorpe Bay, John Margarson”

Colin Keeling, Cruiser Captain

I regret that I am unable to carry out my Race Officer Duty on Saturday 9th August (1645hrs) and would be very grateful to swap with someone on one of the following dates:

28th June, 5/6th, 26/27th July, 20th, 27/28th September

Many thanks

Wes (mob 07891 544972)

Dear Finn Sailor

The J.M.Finn & Co. Finn National Championships is fast approaching and takes place over the 4,5, & 6th of July at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club in Essex.

The club would like to extend a warm invitation to you to enter the event that has been generously sponsored by J.M.Finn & Co. stockbrokers. The entry fee includes a free BBQ on the Friday and the Finn Championship Dinner with live music on the Saturday night. Food will be available during the day and on Thursday evening and the club has a great veranda for supporters to watch the racing from. (Handily placed within a short stagger from the bar!)

The club is looking forward to hosting the Finns and has gone to great lengths, re-furbishing the changing rooms, smoothing the beach and laying astro-turf especially to make launching easy for us all!

North Sails and Yachts & Yachting have kindly donated trophies and prizes and our new class sponsor has also provided shirts for every entrant. There will also be trophies for top Junior and each Master’s category so whatever your age group there will be plenty to race for. The Olympic squad have promised to attend so don’t miss your chance to pit your wits against Britain’s finest Finn sailors.

Car Parking

TBYC has ample free car parking and boat storage facilities in the field to the east of the main dinghy park. On arrival you will be given a TBYC car sticker that must be displayed in you car in order to get free car parking.

Accommodation

TBYC is just a couple of miles along the seafront from Southend-On-Sea so has a good selection of hotels and B&B’s. We have listed details of a few local places that are a short distance from the clubhouse.

www.roslinhotel.com

www.beachesguesthouse.co.uk

www.premierinn.com – search for their Thorpe Bay Hotel

If camping facilities are required please contact us. Depending on numbers we can accommodate camping and camper vans at the clubhouse.

If you have any questions regarding the weekend please contact [email protected] or the Club Secretary Lorraine Stevens. The Club Secretary can be contacted between 10am and 2pm Tuesday to Friday.

Address

115 Thorpe Bay Gardens
Thorpe Bay
Essex
SS1 3NW
Tel: (01702) 587563

Email – [email protected]

Entries.

Notice of Race – Finn National Championship

Sailing Instructions – Finn National Championship

Entry Form – Finn National Championship

To avoid the late entry fee, get your entry form and payment in by June 23^rd to Allen Burrell.

We are really looking forward to welcoming as many Finns as possible to the event and can guarantee you great racing and a fun social time…make sure you don’t miss it!

Best wishes from the Thorpe Bay Finn fleet,

Allen, John, Sander, Mark, Keith & Laurence.