Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

We need volunteers to help with the following Club Racing duties this weekend please

PLEASE NOTE RACING MAY BE CANCELLED IF NO ONE VOLUNTEERS FOR RACE OFFICER – CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE?

Sat 01 Sep 2018 14:30 Autumn Sat (2 races) – Race Officer – volunteer please or swap with Duncan

Sat 01 Sep 2018 14:30 Autumn Sat (2 races) – SS2 crew – volunteer please or swap with Bev

Sun 02 Sep 2018 15:00 Club Long Distance – Benfleet Shield – Race Officer – volunteer please

Sun 02 Sep 2018 15:00 Club Long Distance – Benfleet Shield – SS2 Crew – volunteer please or swap with Alex Burling

Sun 02 Sep 2018 15:00 Club Long Distance – Benfleet Shield – SS7 Helm – volunteer please or swap with Lewis Brake – COVERED thanks Nick

Sun 02 Sep 2018 15:00 Club Long Distance – Benfleet Shield – SS7 Crew – volunteer please or swap with Tom Holmes – COVERED thanks Nick

If you have a duty coming up and want a refresher on what to do please come along to any race and let the Duty Officer know if you would like to join a displacement or the committee boat to help / observe.

Don’t forget you can swap a duty with a VOLUNTEER PLEASE duty
If you can help please volunteer / swap in the usual way via Dutyman or email [email protected]

Many thanks

The Hurricane Nationals are taking place at Stokes Bay SC this Friday to Sunday. The TBYC fleet have a fantastic 6 boats representing the club this year so please join me in wishing the following crews the best of luck:

315 Paul and Rob Palmer
112 Simon and Sophie Boygle
102 Adrian and Jess Bunting
450 Conrad Stevenson & Harry Boygle
487 Nick and Charlie Elmore
455 Julian Reichert & Jeremy Sandford

With a strong squad, winning the Team Trophy could be a real possibility!

Dear Members,
The kitchen will be closed Wednesday 29th August reopening Thursday 30th August for lunch. I hope to see you then.
Kind Regards H

Dear All
the menu below is on offer competitors, their families and the members of TBYC.
Breakfast Buffet (daily) bacon, sausage egg served with baps/bread available from 7.30am £4.25
Lunch (daily) sandwich, bottle of water and a packet of crisps available to order for competitors and families collected from the club. £3.00
Thursday –Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes with a selection of seasonal vegetables. Available from 6pm until 8.30pm. To help with numbers please pre-order if you can £10 adults/ £6 Cadets
Friday – BBQ of jumbo hot dog, homemade beef burger, chicken drumsticks, salad and chips. £10 Adults/ £6 Cadets Available from 6pm
Saturday – Dinner • Roasted Chicken breast wrapped in pancetta served with a creamy tarragon sauce with season vegetables and new potatoes or mushroom risotto for main. • Followed by Fresh Strawberries and cream or ice cream. Please pre-ordered upon registration £12.50 Adults /£7 Cadets
Sunday – Lasagne, garlic bread and salad. £7.50 Adults /£5.50 Cadets
Monday – Lunch will be available prior to prize giving consisting of chicken Goujons or Scampi both with salad and chips. Kitchen closed after prize giving. £8.80 Adults /£5.40 Cadets
Vegetarian and Gluten Free options available upon request, all dietary requirements will be accommodated when notified at registration or beforehand via email (see below)
For those on shore and members a daily Club Lunch menu will be available from 12.00 to 2.30 pm Thursday – Sunday.

Booking is essential during this busy period as we are expecting 100 cadets and their families.

I hope to see you all sometime over the weekend.
H

The talented James Fox will be back with us on Friday 24th August for the Cadet Nationals social event, music from 6.30pm. Food available details below.

Dear Cadets and Parents,

I will do a session on Starting tomorrow.
All sailors welcome.
This is going to be the focus of Nick’s cadet race training on Sunday as well.
Andras

There will be Cadet Race Training on Sunday for 11+ year old boys and girls. The training will cater for all abilities. The minimum requirement is to be able to sail a beat, reach and run.

Sunday 19th August – Meeting/briefing (changed and rigged) 16.00 hours in the Sail Training Room – On the water at 16.30.

Focus: Starting and Buoy rounding; tactics and rules.

Parental help will be most appreciated to help on ‘Polly’ with Safety and Scoring etc.

Also, for those who have not done Stage 3 training, sign up now. Click here for details.   There are only 5 spaces left.

Nick Alston

Dear Members,
The kitchen will be closed on Wednesday 15th August for the day reopening Thursday for normal lunch service.
Regards H

TBYC runs 3 levels of training courses to get members sailing and racing. (This is in addition to Cadet training).

The Stage 3 course is open to any adult or cadet who has already completed their Stage 2 and has continued to improve their skills or are an intermediate sailor who would benefit from more guidance (See TBYC Sail Training Stage 3 syllabus – click here).

Dates: Friday 31st August 19.30 (Shore based), Sunday 2nd September 14.30 (On the water),  Friday 7th September 19.30 (Shore based), Sunday 9nd September 10.30 (On the water).  

The Club has 6 Picos for Sail Training , however members can use their own boats.

There is no charge for the Sail Training Courses and Log Books. Spaces are limited to 12 persons. To apply, complete an application form which can be found here Sail-Training-Application-Form

Please send it to [email protected]

TBYC are hosting the Hornet Europeans & Kestrel Nationals from Saturday August 11th – Tuesday August 14th.

On Saturday night, Aug 11th, ‘Old School Syndicate’ will be playing from 8.30pm-11.00pm. All members welcome, including children. NO CHARGE!!!