Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Saturday 9th December – Now is the time to get your friends together for the party of the season.

More details to follow – tickets go on sale soon, watch this space.

The time has come for change to the catering provided at TBYC. We are moving away from operating the kitchen under a franchise agreement to a model where we employ and manage the staff in-house. This will offer greater flexibility in terms of menu selection and opening hours.

On behalf of the General Committee and the wider club I would like to say thank you to Dave Dowson for running the kitchen for the last two sailing seasons. Dave will be with us for another two months during which time we will look to hire a catering manager and related staff. We hope to have the new system in place as soon as possible to prevent any break in service.

Nick Cotgrove keeps a pair of oars under his Dart 16 (yellow hulls).  The oars have been borrowed. If you used them, would you return them to Nick’s catamaran, please.

If you need oars, each club tender has a pair.

Unfortunately this weeks Friday Cadet activities will need to be cancelled due to a booking clash at TBYC. It is also the Nore Race Prizegiving with BBQ should you wish to attend Benfleet YC. We will attempt to re schedule at a later date.
Thank you
Jeremy

Welcome to the first TBYC Fast cat open, for Tornado’s, Hurricanes, F18’s and A-Class this weekend. Please register in club bar between 8-10am, breakfast will be available from 8:30am, first start is 12:30pm with three races back to back. The kitchen will be providing a BBQ after racing from 6:30pm, extra tickets for family members can be purchase at registration time and a comedian is booked from 8pm, club members welcome to join in the fun.

NoR and SI’s doc’sTornado Nationals & Fast Cat Open 2017 Notice of Race Tornado Nationals & Fast Cat Open 2017 ESI

During the fast cat open next weekend there will be a comedian playing from 7:45pm on Saturday 10th.

Over the Regatta weekend we will be holding another beer festival. The last one we held in March was hugely successful.

We will have two extra beers from St George’s Brewery in Wakering and two beers from Greene King.

Come and join us – starts Thursday evening and lasts until the beer runs out!

This Friday is the first Cadet night, we are starting the activities at 7pm, “Rigging and tuning boats”. There will be Oppie, Tera, Pico and Laser 4.7 rigging groups.
Cadet week forms were published last week and the Food available this Friday will be the same menu, Dave will be serving from 17:30 – 19:00, trialling cadet week menu. To promote and test the menu we will be offering a limited number of £10 family vouchers family to test the menu and complete the feedback form.

If you intend to come for food please comment on TBYC Facebook page posting to register interest and secure your voucher.  Dave will use the Facebook comments indicating interest to gauge numbers for food on Friday.  Lindsay will be posting on Facebook tonight.
Don’t forget, Oppie Beach Club on Saturday at 12:30, weekly forecast is looking hopeful at about 12mph wind and 12degree temperatures.

Come along and get involved.

Jeremy

We don’t often get a chance for all sailors to get together and have a chat about sailing with like minded people, so this Thursday evening will be that first opportunity.

Meet some of the people you often just sail past, watch and chat about sailing, chat to others how you could improve yourself, talk about the plans for the year or just help us have more evenings like this.

See you in the club Main Bar, Thursday evening.