Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

A big thank you to Nick, Chris, Rod, Julian and Howard for their help in organising and moving boats around the Dinghy Park last Saturday.

As a result there are a few boats that were moved to their allocated positions for this year. I have indicated that your boat was moved in the right hand column of the spreadsheet, whist every effort was made to secure boats as we found them, please check it is appropriately secured over the next few days.

Can all Lasers and Picos please tell their class captains if they are in a different position and I will then amend the plan appropriately.

If you have any questions, please contact me directly.
Enjoy the long Easter weekend at the Club!

New Sailing Instructions for Cadets competing in the Main Club Races

Meeting from 19.30 to 20.00 this Friday 1^st April in the Sail Training Room.

Content:  Signing on and off, new Course for Series Races and Trophy Races.

CADET RACE TRAINING
“This activity is aimed at the more experienced Cadet Sailors to develop their Racing skills, probably Year 7 onwards. Sessions include exercises to improve boat handling, sailing a set course, starting and finishes with a series of short races”.  Coach: Nick

This Sunday 3^rd April

Briefing at 12.45 (changed and rigged on beach). Leaving the beach at 13.00.

Please complete the form to register your child for this session.

https://forms.gle/LWvRzyurgoQLqgz77

Let’s have a good turn out for our first session of the season

The Cadet season is fast approaching.  

Cadet week planning meetings have commenced and it is hoped the entry forms will be released over the Easter holidays.  This will be advertised via the website, email and Facebook.  If you have any time to offer in the organisation – excel skills, ordering trophies, sponsorship please get in touch.

The cadets are lucky to have many volunteers who are offering a comprehensive programme over the sailing season. Parents are required to stay with their children and assist throughout activities at all times.  All children will require appropriate clothing and a buoyancy aid.  It is advisable for parents to also have a wetsuit and in cadet week a buoyancy aid is required for all adults. 

Oppie beach club led by Adam Clarke for new and younger cadets – learning basic skills and water confidence very close to shore. The first session is the 2nd April at 11.30.  Please watch out for information via Facebook and the website.  Families can access the club Oppies, learn to rig them etc and if confident can be borrowed at your convenience. 

Andras Gal is the cadet sail training officer and Nick Alston the Cadet racing officer – their contact details are on the website.  They run a comprehensive programme for cadets starting with race training on the 3r April.  Other sessions will include mini races and tera sessions.  Please chat with Nick and Andras if you need further information or you are unsure which sessions are suitable for your child. There will also be limited places on the RYA youth training.  

If parents are new to sailing you might want to catch up with the adult sailing support for beginners via facebook and zoom recordings which have been very beneficial for our novice adult sailors – you can catch up and join in from now.

The club calendar can be found here 

https://www.tbyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TBYC-Programme-2022-WEBV1.pdf 

Which is also located on the sidebar under “Whats On”

Please remember that parents remain responsible for their children at all times.  Please leave the club as you would wish to find it and remember to throw rubbish away (sweet wrappers, crisp packets and cans) and ensure that children are not running around in the club house or car park.  Children must NOT play down the side of the club where the RIBS are stored at any time.  We encourage everyone to be kind and courteous to fellow cadets, adults, our neighbours, visitors and the general public.  Please familiarise yourself with the parents charter to ensure that the club is a safe and happy place that can be enjoyed by all members

https://www.tbyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PARENT-CHARTER-TBYC-FEB21.pdf  and also located under “Safeguarding Policies on the sidebar”

I will advertise a date for the first wetsuit shop of the season shortly.

Don’t forget the working party tomorrow, 5th March 10-12noon

Looking forward to seeing you all soon weather on the beach, on the water or in the club.

Lindsay Rainbow – Cadet Rep

cadet season

[email protected]

Sunday 3rd of October, 2021 10:00

It was great to see so many sailors joining the club race. I know them for years, teenagers, making the effort on a grey cloudy morning with strong breeze. What credit you all are to our club.

It is constant source of immense pleasure and satisfaction for me to coach the new generation. Great to see how much our team has grown in confidence and skills this season. We had 11 boats with 12 sailors today, the growing RS Tera fleet came out with 7 boats this morning. In strong winds and rolling waves our sailors bravely gave it a go, even the youngest and least experienced. I saw confidence, amazing technical skills, focus and determination, capsize and fast and slick recovery. Most importantly however there is love for sailing and fun on the water. Sailors talk to each other more and more, our team spirit is building up.

Our cadet sailors should be really proud of themselves. Great achievements, great team.
They must not forget however that it is their parents who look after them, take them to the club and support their sailing.

What a great team of parents, helpers and supporters we had this season! The sailing and general committee must know how much of effort and volunteering goes into cadet sailing these days. We all can see that this is not done in vain.

I am specially grateful to my friend and partner Nick Alston, we worked together and supported each other relentlessly over the years. Special thanks to our present and past core supporters, we all know who you are.

Next weekend we are hosting the Open training of the Tera East group, the first of their winter training series. What a great way to see the end of the season.

The Winter season is starting for many. Those who do understand that our sport is not about sunshine and heat will not be disappointed. I am looking forward to spend a bit more time with sailing. There are ways to get involved for all members.

I am sure that cadets and parents will be eager to hear about what plans are being made for the next season. Have your say and let me know what was good and what are the things we could do better.

You all have a great end of season, winter and looking forward to the next season soon.

Andras

Well done to the helms and crews of the 19 Cadet boats who raced at Thames Estuary Yacht Club on Saturday. In light winds making sailing difficult, our 25 Cadets achieved success both personally and overall.

Congratulations goes to Hannah and Lydia for becoming Matt Dear Champions again in their RS200.

The first 10 position out of the 36 starters were:

1^st  Hannah and Lydia – RS200

3^rd Isabella – Laser Standard

4^th Fred – Laser Radial

5^th Arran and Toby – RS Feva

7^th Francis – RS Tera Pro

8^th Jessica – Open Bic

10^th Ollie and Luke – RS Feva

I need to send off names to the organisers on Wednesday morning, so I need to know:

Name of Helm, name of Crew , Boat Class, Rig (if applicable) and Sail number.

Please E-Mail me by Tuesday evening, so I have time to collate the information needed. My address is [email protected]

Dear Cadets and parents,

We are sailing off the beach at 10:30, briefing is a few minutes before on the beach. Let me know, please whether you can come or not this time.

Please, use this form to register:
https://forms.gle/qKv9JtaqSQqaDnSY6

Kind regards: Andras

New sailor registration form – only for those who have not sailed with us yet
https://forms.gle/mP5cPa2uLAV2SGXx9

I encourage Cadets to join in with this Regatta. Cadets will need to be able to complete the race unaided, but with a square course and a single Start, this series of races are within the capabilities of most Cadets who have been training this year. It would be good to sail all three days, but if you can only do one or two, that is fine.

Start times for Cadet Regatta are:

Saturday 28th August 14.00

Sunday 29th August 14.30

Monday 30th August 15.30

Briefing 13.15 on Saturday by the Sail Training Room

REGISTRATION 12.30 on Saturday in the Sail Training Room. (If  joining on Sunday, registration is at 13.30, Monday at 14.30)

Please complete the Registration and Consent form by printing it out, filling it in and taking it to ‘Registration’ in the Sail Training Room, as above. Extras will be available on the day.  Parent-Guardian_Consent_Form 2021

There will be a Karaoke evening on Saturday in the main bar!

The Wally Cup is rescheduled to be sailed on Sunday as part of the Regatta.

Remember to SIGN ON before you leave the beach and off when you return. These Declaration sheets will be in the Bosun’s Hut.

TBYC Youth Junior Reggatta SI 2021 (3) TBYC Youth Junior Reggatta NOR 2021

More information can be obtained from Scott [email protected]  or Nick [email protected]

We are meeting on the beach for a 5 minute briefing and plan to  sail off at 11:00 for race training, as planned, no change. Many of our sailors are off, this could be a smaller group tomorrow. Piranhas are welcome to join in. Short course, lots of interaction and fun, talk to me or to our regular sailors / parents if you are new to this. See you: Andras