Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

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Cadet Week Registration pack 2016

If you are interesting in your Cadets participating in this years Cadet Week, please download the pack, print out, complete and return to me by 2nd May 2016.

Parents please remember; Members only, all groups apart from Stingrays need their own boat and you need to be at the club for the week and volunteer to help in some way.

Thank you for your support

Jeremy

Many thanks to Tony Padbury & Janet for a brilliant evening, the questions were excellent and it was great to see the teams from age 15 to 80 all enjoying a lovely time together.

We should do it more then once a year, lots of very positive feedback in the boat park this morning.

Thanks again from the fleet and friends.

Won by Thorpe Bay Yacht Club cadet beating 3 olympic sailors

Thorpe Bay Yacht Club is delighted to announce the election of the first female Commodore in the Club’s sixty seven-year history. Beverly Warrington took office following the AGM at the Club on Sunday.

In a brief acceptance speech Beverly said “I very much look forward to being your new Commodore and I am very proud to be the 1st woman to take on this position. I am looking forward to working with the new Committee. I am sure that together we can take the Club forward and make being a member of the club and being a member of the committee something to be proud of. Thank you for all attending (the AGM) and thank you to Mike Thomason and his committee for their dedication to the club and countless hours spent behind the scenes.”

As published the Sunday Autumn series starts this weekend at 16:30.  The Veterans Trophy is also scheduled for Sunday but will not be sailed this weekend.

This year the Veterans Trophy will be awarded for the highest placed veteran in the Barts Bash on Sunday 20th September, 15:00 Start – more details to follow.

On Saturday we had no volunteers to run the second rib.  We could not lower the engine on the one rib we had launched and the breeze was up.  Once again in the absence of volunteers a huge thank you to Peter, Rupert, Struan, Kerryn for not racing and jumping straight onto safety boats to ensure your safety during racing, Toby for launching 2 more ribs at short notice  and Paul Farrall for manning SS2 before the start during a pre race rescue of the RS which involved helm and crew separated form the boat and Chris Boshier who was helming SS2 sailing it in.  When thing go wrong, they go wrong quickly.  Without the swift and selfless actions of such active members of TBYC we would struggle to safely run our current busy racing programme.

Keep an eye on Paul Morgan’s Weekly sailing posts, if it says VOLUNTEER PLEASE, we need your help to keep others safe.  If you are around, inexperienced or not racing, keep some kit in the car and step up, your help is always welcome.

Thank you in anticipation.

Jeremy Sandford

Rear Commodore Racing

Would everyone intending to attend please wear some colour and note that you will be warmly welcomed at Peter’s house following the service.

It is with great sadness that, following a short illness, on Saturday 11^th July, Norman Absolom passed away whilst on holiday in Spain at the age of 77.

Norman’s first love was sailing and he became a member of Thorpe Bay Yacht Club in 1969 when he purchased his first Mirror dinghy and joined the fast growing Mirror fleet. Racing was always very close against the Johnson’s, Bristow’s, Paul Weeden, Nigel Campling, Ronnie Barnes to name but a few. In the mid 70’s, Norman also owned a couple of cruisers that were used for weekend’s away, family holidays and of course local club racing. In September 1980 he took delivery of his new pride and joy, a Mirage 28 he named Magnificent Obsession. She was cruised and raced regularly around the East Coast and the Continent for 34 years until last September when she, along with 13 other yachts, was hit by a commercial dredger in thick fog whilst moored at Medway Yacht Club and was written off.

Racing success over the years included club and open meeting victories, class wins in the Nore Race and numerous local trophy races. His favourite race of all time was the Thorpe Goodwin Race which he won twice overall. He particularly enjoyed the competition against Phil Crawford, Frank Coppins and Bob Walker.

Norman was a true gentleman and will be greatly missed by family and friends. A memorial service will be held at 11:20 hrs on Thursday 13^th August at the Southend Crematorium.

We are looking for a volunteers to launch and recover the RIBs, SS5 and SS7 this weekend, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July.  Launch and recovery is counted as two separate duties but if you can do both all the better.