Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

The culmination of the main sailing season is the Annual Prize Giving which takes on Saturday 12th November 2016.

This prestigious event starts at 7.00pm and all members are welcome.

An optional supper is available and will be served during the prize giving ceremony. Full details of the menu, priced at £9 per person, are below. Tickets for the supper are available behind the bar & menu choices required by Wednesday 9th November.

DD’s @ TBYC
PRIZE GIVING DINNER – SATURDAY 12th NOVEMBER 2016
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Steak Ale & Mushroom Pudding
with Crushed Minted New Potatoes + Glazed Carrots & Minted Petite Pois
or
Vegetarian Puff Pastry Parcel
with Crushed Minted New Potatoes & Glazed Carrots

Followed by

Lemon Meringue Tart & Home Made Lemon Ice Cream
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£9 per Head – Pre-booked Ticket Sales only

As I look at WindGuru 7:00 pm Friday evening, it looks like we can expect 48 hours of stormy conditions/gales over the weekend (mainly Northerlies) with a further 36 hours of windy conditions (a mixture of Northerlies & Southerlies) during the week.

Given the number of boats moved as part of the lift out process, I’m concerned that not everything is tied down as well as we might hope.

If your unsure, please take the opportunity to check your boat’s ties. Also please pass on this message to any of your friends at the club or do them a favour – check their boat as well and let them know.

Kind Regards
Rear Commodore ‘don’t come running to me if your boat blows over’ Racing

Although the 2016 main season is over, it is this time of year when your Class Captains and the Sailing Committee start to work hard behind the scenes putting next year’s programme together.

The Dinghy AGM is your chance to help by telling us what aspects of the 2016 programme you enjoyed this year and sharing any good ideas you think we could incorporate into next year’s Sailing Programme.

This year’s Dinghy AGM will be held on Wednesday 9th November 2016 at 20:00 in the Commodores Bar.

We hope to see you there.

Gary Burrows and the 2016 Sailing Committee.

Agenda

The Supplementary Sailing Instructions for the TBYC 2016-17 Winter & Icicle Series are attached to the link below.

The most notable change is a requirement to use boards instead of flags for the start sequence.

You are also reminded that average points can be claimed by those doing duties.

Winter and Icicles 2016-17 Supplementary Sailing Instructions

All of the following people have won prizes this year during club racing, please come to the prizegiving on Saturday 12th November to collect (or send somebody else) your hard earned prizes, you deserve them.

Prizegiving starts at 7.00pm with the meal being served later in the evening, but is optional. This is a great night for all sailors to get together and celebrate the year, so please come along even if you aren’t listed.

Anybody that hasn’t returned prizes from last year, please can you do so as soon as possible.

Many of us use different weather Apps for our Smartphones but I came across this the other day and thought you maybe interested. Windfinder supply weather station equipment which feeds readings into Windguru which is already popular with many of us.

So without surprise the forecasts on the Windfinder App are the same as Windguru. Initially however the App shows a summary screen with different stations (that you select) either with the forecast or a report if a real weather station (this is the case with Thames Estuary Yacht Club which has and uses the Windfinder kit and can be added). Overall the main screens seem easy to read.

From the Screen image on the right you can see that it gives most of the usual information but also shows the state of the tides and the expected height and timing of the swell. I haven’t seen that before in a weather app.

For more information https://www.windfinder.com/apps/

Our annual fireworks event is taking place this Thursday 3rd November at 7.00pm.

Food will be available to purchase before the fireworks.

This is a free event, so come down and enjoy the display with family and friends – please bring your best ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ voices with you!

We are proud to announce that Peter S. won the Matt Trophy at the Thames Estuary Yacht Club in his Laser, last Saturday. Moreover, our younger Cadets; Adam, Sam, Luke, Tom, Dominic and Daniel, aged between 10 and 14 years, also performed very well in a large fleet of dinghies from local clubs. 

It was so good that our club was represented at this event, organised by The Matthew Dear Foundation, which was set up to help educate and inform others about the dangers of A.P.E.D’s (Appearance & Performance Enhancing Drugs). More information can be found here: http://www.matthewdearfoundation.co.uk/

Our thanks go to Andras for organising the Picos, Lewis and his crew for the Safety boat cover and parents for supporting this event. Also a big thank you to the organisers at TEYC.

Well done Cadets!

It isn’t normal to advertise a commercial service on this website. However Dry Suit arm neck seal and sock repair is something you normally have to travel far to get done, although many may not realise the service is available in Southend just near the football ground.

They don’t really sell anything that we would want to buy (diving not sailing), however they do the repairs that we probably now need at this time of the year.

This year’s party will take place on the Friday of half term, 28th October, from 5.30-8.00pm.  Tickets are on sale from Sunday lunchtime from behind the bar, priced at a bargain £5.00 each!

Party snacks will be served from 5.30-6.00pm, at which time the brilliant Tony Robinson (also known to us as DJ Groovy Tunes) will take over to entertain us with a disco and games.  So, dig out your scariest Halloween outfit and come and have fun with us!

P.S.  The boring bits:-

Due to limited numbers of tickets available, we are unfortunately unable to welcome any non-members to the party.  This will be a strictly MEMBERS ONLY event.  Children’s full names will therefore be required at the time of purchasing tickets.

No reservations – please note that we are unable to save tickets for future payment.  Tickets must be paid for at the time of request.