Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Dear Cadets and Parents,

Third Pico race of the season coming this Sunday.
Dress warmly, forecast suggests that it could get windy.
Offshore wind is expected, will be sheltered near the beach.
Put on many layers, winter hat, scarf.

Proposed meeting in dinghy park at 12:00
Short dry practice – optional
Rigging, changing
Briefing at 13:00
Race start: 13:20
Two races
Free sailing, games
De-brief and prize giving in the dinghy park after washing the boats.

Short dry practice:
Revision of previous session:
Where to sit in the boat?
Tiller extension – hold it like you would hold a microphone or an ice cream
Hiking
New topics:
main sheet
Double handed sheeting

Race course: like last week, two gates, reach both ways.
Hopefully with more stable wind this time.
YouTube channel: TBYCPicofleet
I plan to post the course on YouTube soon.
In the meantime see video “Race plan for 10 04 2016”. The new course is more simple, just with 2 gates, one gate is wider and serves as start line as well.

See you on the water.

Andras

Andras Gal
Pico fleet captain

Congratulations to Alan Burrell, Duncan De Boltz, Chris Boshier, Jim Bowie, Daren Fitchew, Michael Marriot and Mike and Alex Thomason in winning their class in the Winter or Icicle series of races.

Prizes will be awarded by the Commodore in the main bar after racing on Sunday (approx 2:00pm)

On behalf of the committee; Many thanks to all those who gave their time and effort for the work party on 2nd April.

Cadets, parents, family and Friday diners, Dave will be serving food from 17:30 till 20:00 again this friday.

Dave’s menu for this week:

• Jumbo Saveloy Baguette+ Fries £5.
• Scampi + Fries+Salad (£6 or £3 )
• Chicken Nuggetts+Fries+ Salad(£6 or £3)
• Spicy Chicken Pilaff£6
• Baked Jacket Potato £3.50p..Add fillings…cheese 75p….beans…75p…Tuna mayo £1…Coleslaw…75p
• Bacon Baguette… £3.50p…sausage Baguette £3.50p …
• Chips…£1.50p…Cheesy Chips £2.25p

No other menu items will be available on Friday evening.

Remember, Cadet Week forms are now available to down load and need returning by Monday 2nd May.  Why not bring it down with the cadets on Friday.  You can post it through the letter box or pass it to me directly. 

of everyone who uses Club premises and facilities are of paramount importance.

There have been some incidents recently where children have been quite boisterous in the club house and in the vicinity of the kitchen in particular. This does present safety issues which we must address.

Children playing and running around in the proximity of the kitchen and the pool table pose a very real risk of injury to a child or member of the kitchen staff. The club has a duty of care to all its members and those people employed by the club and for this reason we would ask that children do not play in the area immediately in front of the kitchen or around the pool table.  The playing of ball games in the club house is prohibited (except table tennis and pool).

Parents and carers are reminded of the Parents Charter, a copy of which may be downloaded here:

http://www.tbyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Child-Protection-Parent-Charter.pdf

The charter points out that parents/carers always take the ultimate responsibility for their child/children and any other child left in their care. It is the sole responsibility of the parents to supervise their children whenever they are on the Club premises, surrounding areas and using the Club facilities.

Bev Warrington

Commodore

Cadet Week Registration pack 2016

If you are interesting in your Cadets participating in this years Cadet Week, please download the pack, print out, complete and return to me by 2nd May 2016.

Parents please remember; Members only, all groups apart from Stingrays need their own boat and you need to be at the club for the week and volunteer to help in some way.

Thank you for your support

Jeremy

The 2016 Sailing Instructions are attached. These apply to all club racing for the season 26 March 2016 to 16 October 2016.

There are very few changes  compared with last year. For series racing the same fleets, courses and starting sequence applies.

Two changes to note are:

1.   The Cadet Fleet will race in all series racing ( instead of just a few as last year). This means that the Cadet Special Mark ( their windward mark), and which is usually marked with a ‘C’, will be placed in every series race. Other fleets should note this and not confuse it with any other special mark which may occasionally be used.
2. The outer distance mark on the start line may be moved after the start. ( i.e. the start line, which becomes the gate/finish line, may be shortened after the start)

Happy racing.

TBYC SI’s 2016 – final

Our new look Cadet & Family Night continues this Friday!

Our chef, Dave, will have food available from 5.30pm until around 8.00pm.  The usual snack and children’s menu will be available, but from this week there will also be some ‘Specials’ to tempt you – this week’s are:

Jalapeño Chilli Beef & Rice    £6.00 (very hot, not recommended for children!)

Chicken Korma & Rice    £6.00 for Adults; £3.00 for children

Why not get the weekend off to a great start – come and join us for food, a drink or two and some fun with friends.  Jeremy Sandford, your Cadet Rep, will be there and will be happy to chat with you about sail training, cadet week or anything else you’d like to ask about.

Even if you don’t have any cadets in tow, please feel free to come down – everyone is welcome!

We use RYA Portsmouth Numbers for our race results. Each year RYA review these PNs using results data from sailing clubs around the country – including TBYC.

New PNs were published by RYA last month and are being used in TBYC Race Results with effect from 25 March 2016.

A list of changes to boats used at TBYC are listed below. Other TBYC boats remain unchanged.

Dear Cadets and Parents,