Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Billabong Solution Gold SG5 backzip 5/4/3 steamer for sale

2010 Wetsuit, bought 18months ago, was £250 new

No tears, no rips, good condition £80 ono.

Contact Alex Hadley  (07772303601)

Hi all, A huge thank you to all Feva parents and friends who organised the dinner last night. I was completly surprised and honered !!!

The catering was excellent as was the drinking Hic!!!

But most of all the best part was the company

Steve

A record attendance of 74 boats with RS Feva sailors have been travelling from far and wide to the event.

A big ‘thank you’ to everyone who has travelled to Chew Valley Lake SC, especially those representing the dozen sailing clubs located over 100 miles away (as the crow flies!), including 5 boats from Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex.

1. Burnham SC / Royal Burnham YC / Corinthian Otters – 153 miles
2. Thorpe Bay YC – 150 miles
3. Leigh & Lowton SC – 149 miles
4. Port Dinorwic SC – 143 miles
5. Helford River SC – 137 miles
6. Ogston SC – 136 miles
7. Budworth SC – 135 miles
8. St Mawes SC – 130 miles
9. Rutland SC – 127 miles
10. Bough Beech SC – 123 miles
11. Docklands S&WC – 116 miles
12. Hollowell SC – 101 miles

All together, 35 sailing clubs are represented.

To all Cadets the Club plans to re-run the postponed Walley Cup trophy Race on Sunday 16th October start at 13:30hrs with a different start & course area from the end of season trophy.

Five Lasers travelled from Thorpe Bay all the way down the coast to Alexanda Yacht Club on Saturday 10th September for an open meeting. After a fiercely contested series of 3 races and only 1 point between each of the first four places, the results were;
1st Nick Rivers
2nd Nick Turner
3rd Doug Rivers
4th Rick Paxman
6th Ty McKeown

Alan Burrell has done it again at a very breezy Pwllheli last Friday to Sunday. Al loves a bit of wind, I should know, I shared 3 nights in the back of the Transit with him ( pong! ) 18 -20 knots seemed to do the trick on friday and the jelly baby lookalike was leading after 2 races. Saturday was canned after gusts of 38knots roared in from the Irish Sea. After a 4th in the first race on Sunday, Alan slipped to 2nd overall in 10 knots of breeze and had it all to do in the final two races. With the breeze building all the time, Al pulled it out of the bag with a couple of bullets to beat John Greenwood in big seas and 18knots. Alan has had a great year so far and is off to show his feminine side by trying to win the Phantom Nationals at Lyme Regis this weekend. Well done mate.

Mark Petty-Mayor

For all wanting to reserve Pico winter storage space, download the application form

race starts from last weekend
sandhoppers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAHWmzrwE3Q

cats http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx097Xf2-M0

monos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu4ARLAgy0s

http://www.benfleetyachtclub.org/Rowing.htmlBEN

Hello everybody

Fancy swaping your wetsuit/trapeze harness for some oars and exercise?

BYC are planning their first 14 mile rowing race around Canvey Island on Sat 3rd Sept, start at 2:15pm.

Please click on the link for full details.

I would like to get at least get a couple of crews/boats (i’m up for the exercise) for some friendly interclub rivalery.

Entry fee is £3 per person.

If anyone has knowledge of or owns a suitable rowing/skulling machine (preferably not from the gym nor 240v!)  or fancies taking part, please drop me a line.

If the link does not work, go on the BYC website for all the info.

Thanks, simon

Join the great Trophy Race to Yantlet this Sunday – Race start Midday.

Please be take extreme care crossing the deep water channel used by commercial traffic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tUoUxzt9sI

Thank you to our Race Officers this Sunday Gordon & Martyn