Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Winter prize giving will be held in the bar after racing Sunday. Come and gather in the bar around 3pm to support and celebrate this years winners.

If you have completed any of the winter race series and are scoring finishes in your results (you can discard one DNC) then you to could be winning a prize in the new prize draw.

Enjoy todays racing (12:00 start), see you in the bar for prizes at 15:00.

Don’t miss the start of the Racing Calendar which covers 12 months from Apr15-Mar16. The Calendar is available for purchase at the club bar with an excellent price in line with last year.

The 2015 price remains at £8

We have ordered a similar amount to last year, however if we run out please pay (leaving your name) and we will submit a further order before the calendar starts. All the racing dates in a popular format, with familiar scenes and saving you loads of time writing the programme up somewhere else.

I understand the usual Club Programmes will be with you soon.

Many thanks to Paul & Claire Morgan and their children for kindly supplying us with lovely nibbles on Christmas Eve at TBYC.

Nick Turner and family visit Mombasa, Kenya on a regular basis and he doesn’t miss the opportunity to go sailing. There are 4 or 5 Darts/Sprints type boats there that are owned by guys sailing tourists out to the Mombasa reef which is a sand bar 2 miles out from the coast. They also taxi tourists about for a quick sailing experience plus a bit of snorkeling. Basically anyway they can make a bit of money as they are desperately poor.
In Thorpe Bay Nick had asked around for any old fully battens sails and as Richard Sands had just changed his Sprint 15 sail happily passed it on. Nick then flew out with the sail to pass on as a gift.
You can see by the photos the expression of pure delight of having a Dacron made sail in his hands.
And the crowd of 10 praising Nick kindness – all repeating “God Bless you” and different variations of it, God Bless your family – God bless you for a hundred and fifty years. We had to be there as this story does not give it justice.

Although the 2014 main season is over, it is this time of year when your Class Captains and the Sailing Committee start to work hard behind the scenes putting next years programme together.  The Dinghy AGM is your chance to help by telling us what aspects of the 2014 programme you enjoyed this year and sharing any good ideas you think we could incorporate into next years Sailing Programme.

Have you got some ideas, do you want to help? Then we have a vacancy on the Sailing Committee for Sailing Secretary, let me know if you are interested.

This years Dinghy AGM will be held on Wednesday 12th November 2014 at 20:00 in the Commodores Bar.

We hope to see you there.

Jeremy Sandford and the 2014 Sailing Committee.

Dee Gordon, A Southend Writer will be with us on Tuesday 28th October 7.30 to 8pm start.

Dee will be giving us an overview of her books.

All members welcome

For more details please contact Gaynor Thompson 01702 588239/07776 155933

The Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation is delighted to announce the launch of the new Bart’s Bash website and the opening of the individual sailor sign-up process
Organised by the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation, Bart’s Bash is a global sailing race and fundraising event which will take place on Sunday 21 September 2014. Bart’s Bash will inspire and unite thousands of worldwide sailors in a race at their local sailing club to set a new Guinness World Record and to raise money for charity.
Our club is delighted and excited to be taking part in Bart’s Bash. If you would like to sail TBYC on September 21st then begin your event registration by following the link below and clicking the “Sign Up to Sail Here”.
If you have any questions about the race, please try the FAQ’s page as a starting point, or ask for more details from your Sailing Committee at the club, or email me [email protected].

1. Visit the new Bart’s Bash website www.bartsbash.co.uk
2. Click on the yellow ‘Sign me up’ button
3. Log-in via facebook or create an account by entering your email address
4. Search clubs to find and select your local Bart’s Bash registered club
5. Fill in your contact details
6. Select whether you are a skipper or crew and fill in the details of your boat
7. Tick the box to setup a Just Giving fundraising page or click finish to complete your registration
8. Share your Bart’s Bash profile page and start fundraising!

Every sailing club that registers will has its own microsite created where the fundraising totals, number of participants and much more will be displayed. Join the just giving TBYC team and lets see what TBYC can do.
Thank you for your support.
Jeremy
http://www.bartsbash.co.uk/
http://www.andrewsimpsonsailing.org/bartsbash.php
https://www.justgiving.com/teams/TBYC

Another event that as a club we have demonstrated that we welcome these events and that we support them well. We have had many excellent comments from sailors that were visiting and this would not have been possible without our members. This includes the Sprint 15 sailors that entered but also worked hard until they were on the water, all those that volunteered and went on a Rota (some supplying boats), those members and cadets that came down from the club house at short notice to help on the beach (Rupert Snow is memorable “Aim at me”), the staff we employ (over 900 pints of beer were poured) and finally everybody that were friendly to all the visitors over the weekend.

Even though everybody does this unpaid, please remember this has brought required funds into the club in entry fees, catering and refreshments behind the bar.

There was success for Thorpe Bay out of the 83 boats sailed with the us winning the Team Event. Finley Cullender was 1st Junior, Gerald and Nathan Sverdloff was 2nd Two up. Steve Healy was 6th overall, 1st over 50 and 5th Most Improved, Gary Sverdloff was 2nd Most Improved, Keith Persin 3rd Heavyweight. The following Thorpe Bay Sailors were all in the top quarter overall Steve Healy, Andrew Wood, Chris Tillyer, Jim Bowie, Gary Sverdloff, Peter Thompson and Andrew Hannah. Although well done to everybody else. Peter Thompson without doubt showed us all up, sailing in shorts and shirt, often standing (must be his skills from the paddle boards) and being there at the front of many races.

Thank you to everybody for your time.

Paul Morgan (and Steve Healy), Sprint 15 Captains.

Congratulations to Nigel Campling for winning the 2014 Southerly Regatta

The 2014 Southerly Regatta took places at the home of sailing in the UK, the Royal Yacht Squadron. The race briefing on Sunday 25^th May required all crew to wear blazers and tie (of course), and was followed by an excellent hog roast looking out to the Solent.

In Race 1 started on Monday with 3 knots of west bound tide and light winds on the start line. Southerly 42RST, Legato, were first to the mark and lead for the rest of the race, taking the canon and the win by a few seconds to Southerly 115, Dutch Courage with a gaggle of 38’s coming in behind.

Tuesday dawned to a little more breeze and again more drizzle which quickly cleared. The 2nd race started with a good 10-15 knot beat up towards hill head and anti-clockwise around the Solent. With the race officer being told that the fleet only draw 1m with the keels up he gave the option to prove this and to sail across a very visible Leap Spit, which some competitors did to great gains.

Race 4 was a longer affair with many buoys around the Solent. With 2 knots of tide pushing boats over the line, the start was lively, but clean. The North Sails Rib was out shouting words of advice to all boats and the fleet split into two packs. The Southerly 46RS, Gneiss Fantasy, took the final cannon of the event and Southerly 38, Distraction taking the win on corrected times, with Southerly 38, Bettina 2nd and Southerly 42RST, Legato 3rd.

Prizegiving that evening was held at the RYS “Castle” with a champagne reception and an excellent three course dinner. Winner of the Southerly Cup for the second time (2012 & 2014) : Nigel Campling, Southerly 115, Dutch Courage of Cowes.