Apr 10 2008
Roy Shipton died suddenly at home on Saturday 29 March. He will be sadly missed by his brother Brian, sister-in-law Barbara and his many friends. Roy was for many years Secretary at TBYC as well as Interclub and a very active member of the Cruising Section.
The funeral will be at Southend Crematorium on Monday 28 April at 3.20 and afterwards at TBYC. No flowers but donations to Thorpe Bay Yacht Club slipway fund or Fairhavens.
Apr 10 2008
David Hopper’s early days on his Moth.
This is just one of the features on the new site, the video was taken on Steve’s mobile phone.
If you have any interesting content please email me.
Martyn Eyre
Apr 05 2008
Natalya Eyre and Laura Sanders finished a creditable 25th in the 29er fleet, a pretty good showing considering the time they have spent in the boat.
Oliver Herve crewing for Joshua Pistol finished an incredible 12th in the 420’s.
Well done to all the cadets representing our club.
Mar 27 2008
On Friday 4th April, we will have the third night in the Friday Themed series:
There will be two sitting times –
Menu:
Mixed olives accompanied by an olive oil & balsamic vinegar dip with fresh bread Italian Spicy Meatballs in a tomato sauce served on a bed of spaghetti
(Vegetarian option – ricotta and spinage lasagne)
****************
Coffee & biscotti
Tickets are priced at £11.50 and are available from Theresa Ryall on 07803 247582 or via e-mail: [email protected]. Please also see posters on the Club notice boards.
Mar 27 2008
Dear Hurricane sailers, Just a reminder that our Nationals are held at Stokes bay on the last bank holiday in May. Racing over three days which should be great fun. At the moment, Wayne & myself on 272 plus Pete Sherwin & Chris on 307 are representing TBYC. It would be great to get at least another two boats from the club to join in. Take a look at the web link for more details, http://www.hurricane59.com/nationals/entry.htm. A full list of open events are posted in the Fast cat section in the club. Regards, Struan.
P.S. Why not join us at Eurocat 2008 at Carnac, all fast cats welcome: http://www.yccarnac.com/
Mar 27 2008
I need a swap for this coming Saturday 29th March.
For some reason Chris thought I sailed with Earnie Faulkner. I dont I sail with Struan. Which means we would have 8 ocassions where we cant sail instead of 4.
So I have to swap them all.
Apart from that I need to get off water quick and get on with cruiser fixing!!! its the last weekend.
Regards Wayne A Miller 07799 704 524.
Mar 25 2008
We finally got to race for the first time on Monday, althought not to many turned out, the one’s that did had a great race. We re ran the Spencer Cup which was eventually won by Nick Elmore and Kyle Stoneman, special mention to these two who stood by a stricken competitor untill help arrived.
I would like to say the race got underway after an uneventful start, but i cant as it was my fault we managed to wack into Peter and Steves brand new sandhopper, in the process of making the whole fleet tack “sorry”still it give’s Mr H new ammo for this year, anyway once started the fleet sailed of into the distance in a nice 3-4 enjoying the 1st race of the season.
Mar 20 2008
We are proud to be holding three major National Championships
this year for the following classes:
21st – 22nd June 2008
Laser Pico National Championships
5th – 6th July 2008
Finn National Championships
16th – 18th August 2008
Sprint National Championships
More details to follow, watch this space!
Mar 17 2008
Many thanks to all those who made lift in a success on Sunday, special thanks to Tony, Toby and Peter for helping with everyones mooring connections, Roger, Jason and Spratty for their help with the co-ordination which made the day run so well, shame the weather was a bit unkind however it was a good laugh.
Looking forward to a good easter weekend.
If you click on the link you can view the lift in photo’s, thanks to peter thompson.
Mar 11 2008
The Sandhoppers will be holding the ‘first breath’ race on Saturday 22nd March.
The Wetsuit Outlet has sponsored a meal in the clubhouse straight after the race for all sandhopper entrants. The course will run along the shore to enable all those walking along the front to enjoy the spectacle, please make the effort to enter and lets kick the season off with a bang.
The race will also count for the 1st Spring Series Race – we managed 22 boats for the last gasp, so it would be nice to beat it.
