Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

The club has various dinghies available to use, free of charge by members.

• 12 Optimists                  – Primarily used as a Cadet Boat
• 6 Laser Picos                 – Used by Cadets and Adults as a Training Boat
• 1 Laser Standards          – For the more experience Laser
• 2 Laser 4.7                    – For the more experience Laser / Cadet Use
• 1 RS Feva                      – A more technical Cadet boat (has a Spinnaker)

Club boats are available on ‘Short Term’ loan for the benefit of Club members.

There is no charge for a Club boat; however users are expected to treat it as if it is their own.

Club boats are normally available on a first come first served basis, in order of priority:

1^st Training, 2^nd Racing, 3^rd Practicing, 4^th Leisure

A Club boat should be returned to its correct location, complete and covered.

Any damage or breakage cause to a Club boat should be reported to a Club Officer or Club Secretary ASAP after it has occurred.

See the full ‘Club Boat Borrowing’ Policy for more information.

Good News! We can run the Nore Race this year! There was some doubt we could get on the pier, but it’s all OK!

Programmes are being posted out to clubs right now. You can also download a copy from www.benfleetyachtclub.org. Follow the link at the bottom of the first page.

More good news – the Prizegiving will be the following Friday night as usual, as we don’t have to invoke the socially distant options considered in the printed program.

It is only about five weeks to the event so please get your entry in as soon as you are able. Thanks.

Phil Bostock 

Benfleet Yacht Club – Nore Race

Email: [email protected]

Address: Canvey Road | Canvey Island | Essex | SS8 0QT

Evening Sailors,

From tomorrow, All Dinghies and Catamarans that have paid for this seasons storage can bring their boats into the Dinghy Park. With no main access to the Clubhouse, viewing the printed plan cannot be public so it is located inside the building within the area of the back door, same access for toilets.

You can also review online using the link that has been in the the recent email and posted within the TBYC Facebook Group.

The Dinghy Park plan is always an active document with boats being bought and sold. In an effort to keep the document up to date, if you arrange to swap with someone and your boat is in a different space, please let me know by emailing [email protected] or commenting on the google doc.

Dear All

As you know the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh will take place during racing on Saturday afternoon. Whilst some sporting events have been cancelled we believe that Prince Phillip – a keen sailor himself, would not have wanted us to stop. You can almost hear him say “just bloody get on with it”…

We have therefore decided that racing will go ahead and the Race Management Team will endeavour to have the first race finished before 15:00. This may mean it might be a bit short.

At 15:00 there will be a long blast from the Committee Boat’s starting hooter, signalling the start of the Nation’s One Minute Silence. The Ensign will be lowered for the duration. The same will happen on shore for those enjoying the Club’s “Car Park Bar”.

Howard Warrington

Rear Commodore Racing

Please see below the 2021 sailing instructions.

Please would all Race Officers read carefully especially the Course Section.

If you have any questions please contact either below.

Enjoy 2021 on the water!

TBYC SI 2021_R2

Howard Warrington                                 Mark Dell

Rear Commodore Racing                         Sailing Secretary

[email protected]              [email protected]

Morning sailors,

Today sees the opening of the Dinghy Park and the start of the sailing calendar. Members are now allowed to bring their boats to the dinghy park for storage.

The Dinghy park storage plan is in place, and all those needing storage have been allocated a space, however with a number of Sandhoppers and Cruisers remaining in the Dinghy Park till the 16th, space is limited and affects rows I K L M N and the Racks. The storage plan is therefore impossible to implement properly.

For this reason your allocated space may not be available, either because it is occupied by a cruiser or another dinghy who was allocated the space for winter storage and is unable to move to their space.

For the next two weeks until the remaining boats are lifted in, please simply temporarily store you dinghy in the North of the park using the hawsers visible in the remaining space to secure your boat. Some dinghies will then need to be moved during the lift in on the 16th. This can be done for you by the lift in team (club members) or you can move it out of the way yourself prior to lift in. Please do not secure using padlocks at this stage.

I will publish the proposed space allocation prior to the 16th, when after lift in members will be required to move their boats to the allocated spaces as soon as possible.
If you are unsure where to place your boat or need to clarify anything, please send me a message and I can pop down to assist. I am around at the club Saturday and Sunday and available to help all this week.

Thank you all for your flexibility, understanding and help as we try to get the club up and running and back to normal as soon as we can and restrictions allow.

Jeremy Sandford
Dinghy Park Officer
07879618064

Please click on the document below to understand the protocol we need to adhere to.

See you on the water!

Howard

Rear Commodore Racing

Return to Racing Risk Assessment 2021 TBYC V1

From tomorrow Monday 29th March the dinghy park, club slipway and toilets are open for all our members to use in line with current government rules on social distancing. The committee boat is planned to return on Wednesday ready for the start of a full sailing programme for the Easter weekend. The first half of the lift in will take place on Thursday 1st April. For those members who did not pay winter storage they may bring their dinghies back to the dinghy park from 2nd April.  A risk assessment for returning to sailing and 2021 sailing instructions will be posted and circulated.  Please note in line with government rules both changing rooms are not to be used so currently members need to come ready to sail.

Adrian

Commodore TBYC