Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

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great fun race yesterday and fantastic to see so many cadets taking part in the windy conditions, the sandhoppers were out in force with Nemesis taking first place in our class, well done Paul and Toby.

I would like to point out that one of the sandhoppers was taking part in a different race, Sand  Star helmed by our commodore and crewed by a man with his own fleet of boats thought it was the Queenborough race and headed for the kent shore, yes messers saunders and Hopper made a massive school boy error and went the wrong way, to make matters worse, upon rejoining the pursuit race all be it a country mile behind, they decided to retire and go fo an early bath.

with all the experience that hopper has sailing around the Uk and the commodore who has just returned from a sailing holiday in Greece, you would expect them to be able to navigate to mark Y.

next time boys follow the cadets, they seem to have better idea of where to go.

Fellow members, when you see either Steve or Gordon dont forget to talk to them about their school boy error.

RobinI seem to have left TBYC without one of my boots yesterday evening. Identifying features – wet and smelly. Any information leading to its recovery much appreciated.





Robin

Enjoy the film, Camera work by Glen.

Don’t forget the RNLI Pursuit Race this Sunday, first start 4.00 pm.

For the uninitiated, the start seqence begins with the slowest boat and gradually works through in decreasing PY order so that the fastest boats start last.  The race will be run for 2 hours and the first over the line wins.  It’s a great spectacle watching the faster boats working their way through the fleet and trying to work out whether they can overtake the early starters.  It’s also a great way of raising money for the Lifeboat as the entry fees go the the RNLI.

RNLI Pursuit SIs 2008

RNLI Pursuit Race Starts 2008

49er, 29er, B14 and Musto Skiff Open Meeting to be held on 13th and 14th September 2008. All necessary documents listed below (in Microsoft Word .doc format) for download.

49er, 29er, B14 and Musto Skiff Open Meeting Entry Form

49er, 29er, B14 and Musto Skiff Open Meeting Parents Declaration

49er, 29er, B14 and Musto Skiff Open Meeting Notice Of Race (NOR)

49er, 29er, B14 and Musto Skiff Open Meeting Sailing Instructions (SI)

49er, 29er, B14 and Musto Skiff Open Meeting Course Diagram

Our yacht Moon Dancer won the overall class 6 title and mid-week class 6 title at this year’s Burnham Week, registered as a  Thorpe Bay Yacht Club entry.

Next year we are moving into the more difficult world of Spinnakers in class 5. We will need to add a couple of crew to compete in this class. The yacht is a small 24 foot Malbec cruiser racer and if anyone wants to crew let me know.

Brian Browne

A big “thank you” to the Cadets who took up the challenge of being RO assistants last Sunday. I thought you all did an excellent job:

Alex Thomason
Athina Duce
Isabella Allard
Isabelle Duce
Madeleine Thomason
Robyn Farrall and
William Thomason

You worked really well as team and I enjoyed your company.
Chris

Hi All cat sailors and interested parties, I’ve posted some Hurricane videos and Nicks F20 shot by Glen on youtube, have a look.

Can any Race Officer please swap with me to do Saturday 20th September duty. I am available to do any Saturday after that date.

We are away at the Forts Race for the whole of that weekend.

Thanks

Nick

I’ve just put some sailing videos on youtube, have a look.