Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

    The Prize Giving Supper is back
Don’t miss out – book your tickets now !

Saturday 13th November at 7pm Tickets are £10.00 for Adults / £8.00 for cadets under 15

****Entry to the prize draw for an Ipod Nano with each ticket*****

Menu: Lasagne, Salad & Garlic Bread Apple & Berry Crumble

Please speak to Jo in the kitchen if you have specific dietary requirements

Please contact Alix Dell on 01702 474240 or [email protected]

To everyone who helped on the Work Party yesterday. It was a great success. A special mention for Nick Cotgrove for running the Dinghy Park, Howard Warrington the Bosons Hut and Rick Paxman the Ladies Changing Room. Also special thanks to Graham Dare who is doing some further work today.

I have just been informed that Gordon Sanders worked up to his armpits in brown sludge on Saturday to get both the displacements up and running, he was ably assisted by Toby Speller and a monkey wrench. Thanks guys.

Well done folks,

Chris

Saturday 30th October from 7pm till late

Tickets cost £10 for adults and £8 for children, this includes buffet (from 7.30pm) and DJ. Tickets are on sale behind the bar now!

Everyone welcome, fancy dress and non fancy dress

A Topaz Vibe Sail Number 4926 has been left in
the Dinghy Park for the past 2 months next to the
front row of Sprints. There are no details on the
Club database and we are anxious to trace the
owner of this boat.
Contact: [email protected]

There is no racing on Saturday because the tides times are unsuitable, HOWEVER

Sunday; Mass start 8:00 am, impromptu Trophy race followed by a presentation in the bar afterwards (assuming someone knows how to get the results sorted). The kitchen will be open and serving breakfast! See you there,

Chris

I think I left my OS 3 yellow sailing watch in the changing rooms on 

 Sunday, if anyone found it could they leave it behind the bar please?

Many thanks.

Due to ever increasing commitments – and a distinct lack of spare time – I have decided to step down as Cadet Representative at the AGM in November. Would anybody interested in taking on this most worthwhile job please contact me (07790 089860). I will be happy to assist in any way I can. The Firework and Christmas Parties will both already be arranged so handover should be easy.

Many thanks to Howard Hawkes for abandoning his lead over the sprint fleet in order to rescue a cadet who had been whacked on the head by his boom and quite obviously could not get back on his boat this Sunday, top marks Howard.

Congratulations to Peter Thompson & Steve Hopper who for the third year in a row are the national champions.
SANDHOPPER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010

The 2010 Sandhopper National Championships opened with an unforgiving 25 mph South Westerly but 29 boats signed the declaration sheet and battle commenced. Amongst the contestants were two new craft, “Hairloss” or Aeolus, is this a passing reference to the man at the sharp end & the innovative & controversial Tripod. Race 1 saw previous champion Chris Clarke with Dan Henderson taking the lead with current champions Sand Star & Bluejacket keeping her company, this order prevailed throughout the two rounds giving Chris & Dan a well deserved first. This race went without incident but plenty was to follow in the next. The wind increased slightly in Race 2 testing the crews and with Race Officer Geoff Appleton achieving a speedy turn-around Race 2 quickly got underway, this time Sand Star took an early lead with Martyn Eyre/Paul Spratt in Aeolus chasing her & Paul Clarke/Toby Speller in third place, yet again, with 2 lap races giving boats little time to impose themselves on the leaders, this turned out to be the finishing order. This race saw the three retirements, one of which was Phil Crawford whose spinnaker disappeared beneath the keel necessitating the cutting of his halyard & an early bath. The rigours of the economic downturn played a part in the following incident; Dave Johnson looking to fill his order book collided with April Fool, a nice touch David, passing your card to Ian Stobart as you parted company!
The third race saw the emergence of a pattern with Sand Star & the two new boats together with Bluejacket, a proven fast boat, establishing a dominating presence at the front of the fleet. Peter Thompson & Steve Hopper (159) led throughout followed by Bluejacket, Tripod & Aeolus with this being the finishing order.
Sunday brought lighter winds & some sun with the newer boats continuing to lead the fleet, which had increased to 32 Sandhoppers, the highest ever turnout for the Championships. Robin Foster-Taylor’s Tripod jumped into an enormous lead which they held to the finishing line. Chris Clarke in Sand Storm threatened to upset the dominance of the newer boats but dropped back to 4th, with Bluejacket 2nd & Sand Star 3rd. Race 5 started with one eye on the clock as the previous race had endured two general recalls & the schedule had fallen somewhat adrift. Sand Star fought back from 4th at the end of the 1st round to take the gun & the Championship, Aeolus was 2nd & Martyn Binnendijk & Gordon Sanders in Squiffy posted a 3rd their best performance & Chris Clarke another 4th.
The weekend’s sailing was thoroughly enjoyed by all contestants & further enhanced by a well attended dinner on Saturday night with Maylandsea members joining us.
1st Sand Star 159 Peter Thompson & Steve Hopper
2nd Bluejacket 154 Mark Dell & Nic Barnes
3rd Aeolus 161 Martyn Eyre & Paul Spratt
4th Tripod 162 Robin Foster-Taylor & Charles Devenport
Tony Padbury

I had forgotten about these but uploaded now and you can find them here.

Robin