Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Why not come and join us on Tuesday 14 April at 8.30pm to hear a very topical talk. Although titled “FINANCE FOR THE NAUTICAL LADY – HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN DIFFICULT TIMES” it is intended for everyone. All members and their guests will be most welcome.

Can anyone swap with Ian Abbott and Graeme Ward who are on SeaSafe 3 Sunday 24th May please?
If you can help please contact me on 07896676148
Chris

Do you sail a Laser Pico? Getting too big for it? Wonder where to go next?

A laser with a 4.7 rig could be ideal. The 4.7 is the smallest of the 3 rigs designed for use on a one design Laser. The sail is smaller than a Pico Race main but the boat is much faster – particularly off wind when it really flies.

We have several younger members sailing the Laser 4.7 already and it looks like 2009 will be the year when we really take off.

When you outgrow the 4.7 you can stay with a Laser by moving up to the Radial rig.

The Laser Centre are loaning us 6 boats for use at Thorpe Bay over the end of May bank holiday weekend – 23/24/25th. Please email me at [email protected] to add yourself or your child to my list of those interested.

Parents.  A secondhand Laser need not be expensive and if you are selling a Pico the difference could be a lot less than you think. Laser have sold over 190,000 Lasers since the early 1970’s so choice and availability is excellent. Provided that you buy sensibly you won’t lose money when it’s time to sell either.

Email me at [email protected] or call me on 07768 571768 for buying advice.

Robin

RS 500 Sail No 554
Grey hull, black chute. Trailer/Trolley, Under and Over Cover, Foil Bag, Lots of Spares and Extras. VGC. No use in past year. £4400 ono.
Tel 07799674217

The echo have offered to print our results and race reports which is nice of them and they’ll even include a picture or two if they’re good or qas they put it “Any pix from digital cameras (wel captioned) appreciated and almost
certainly used…. especially iof they are mad or creative and not just
stock shots. We like close up action for newspaper not Beken-style
portraits.”
so if you’ve got a safety boat duty take your camera and see if you can get a picture in the paper.
They’d like any reports or pictures by 11am on a Monday so if you do get any good pictures then you’ll need to get them to me sharpish.

mail them to at [email protected] and I’ll forward on with the results.

This Sunday is the slipway appeal day. As you can see from the banner advert above it is £15 to get a pitch for the day, all this goes directly towards funding the slipway which is extremly important to the club. Even if you only have one item to sell, get in the spirit of the day and hire a pitch. It would be great to see the Dinghy park stuffed to the rafters with would be salespeople. Make it a fun day, and check out what your sailing pals are trying to flog!

Please come along to the working party this Saturday 4th April. The main tasks are to clear out and tidy the Dinghy Park. Then clean the concrete outfall near the slipway, as this will be used for picking up safety boat crews etc when we have no slipway.

Chris

Homemade Soup

or

Fried king Prawns with a sweet chilli dip

Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding

or

Roast Loin of Pork with Apple Sauce

A choice of delicious desserts

Adults                                       Children under 10

2 courses for £10.00                 2 courses for £6.00

3 courses for £12.50                  3 courses for £8.00

I have sailed a Hornet at Thorpe Bay for the last 7 years. I am looking for a new regular crew for week-end club racing, Saturdays and/or Sundays. If you would like to join me for a bit of trapeze and spinnaker work in this fast monohull racing boat please contact me on 07946 413923 or email grahamdare@ blueyonder.co.uk.

Alternatively – if there are no offers to crew with me I may be looking to crew for someone on a regular basis – any boat and any offers considered.

Graham Dare

Please note that I have cancelled the 27th March supper. The Sandhopper Launching dinner is on 21st March, Mothers Day Sunday Lunch is on 22nd March and the Cruisers Launching supper on 4th April.and in these hard pressed financial times members can only afford so much on eating out! My apologies to those who were intending to go to the supper on 27th March.