Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Complete with a standard rig, XD pack, gunnel hung trolley, rooster foil bag & sail bag. Well maintained & ready to race.

 £1,285

Call shaun – mobile 07881 501 675

The Hughes family have lost their Pico centre board. If you have seen it, or borrowed it, could you please let me know. It is marked with the Hughes family name.

Thanks Shaun – mob 07881 501 675

TBYC Pico Nationals 2009 photos now on Flickr.

Congratulation to Alex Farrell on winning the Pico Nationals 2009. Alex won the National Championship Trophy and the top place Under 15 Trophy.

Chris Clark came 3rd sailing with new cadet member Maddie Shields taking the Designers Trophy for the first Adult/Cadet combination.

The first boat with a combined age of 21 years or under, and taking the Isle of Wight Trophy was Alex Warrington and Teddy Elmore.

With a 56 boat turnout this has firmly established TBYC as the best club to race your Pico with visiting boats from Wales to the Isle of Wight.

Thanks to Simon Bown for his work behind the scenes with preparation, to the Race Officer team and the Rescue Boat helms & crew.

Finally thanks to LaserPerformance for the great prizes and help throughout the event.

Thorpe Bay Yacht Club is excited to play host to the 2009 Laser Pico Nationals. This will be an event for all levels of ability and provided you can sail a triangle course you are most welcome to attend.

Please download and fill in the following documents if you would like to race:

Pico Nationals 2009 NOR (Adobe Reader .pdf file)

Pico Nationals 2009 SIs (Adobe Reader .pdf file)

Pico Entry form Nationals 2009 (Adobe Reader .pdf file)

Pico Nationals 2009 Parents Declaration (Microsoft Word .doc file)

If you have any questions regarding the weekend please contact Shaun Christian or Simon Bown
Shaun: email: [email protected] Simon: email: [email protected]
phone: 07881 501 675 phone: 07949 646468

Laser Race Pico’s

(Pico’s have been used lightly at 3 previous events and can be found in very good condition)

Choice of yellow or grey hull, Race Mainsail and Standard Mainsail, Trolley and Cover. Everything Included – Ready to sail.

£1,850

Call Shaun Christian for more details 07881 501 675

You will be pleased to hear that Allen Burrell finished 3rd out of a fleet of 51 in the French Championnat Senior, ( Like an RYA national title) with John Heyes 7th… despite a bit of dodgey French cheating. Allen was there as a warm up for the World Masters Championship at the same venue next week, with 280 boats entered, so we will try and keep you posted.

good luck to Martyn, Robin, Steve and the gang who are representing TBYC in spain next week.

you can watch the action on the web cam link.
http://www.clubvelacalella.cat/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=29

Do you sail a Laser Pico? Getting too big for it? Wonder where to go next?

A laser with a 4.7 rig could be ideal. The 4.7 is the smallest of the 3 rigs designed for use on a one design Laser. The sail is smaller than a Pico Race main but the boat is much faster – particularly off wind when it really flies.

We have several younger members sailing the Laser 4.7 already and it looks like 2009 will be the year when we really take off.

When you outgrow the 4.7 you can stay with a Laser by moving up to the Radial rig.

The Laser Centre are loaning us 6 boats for use at Thorpe Bay over the end of May bank holiday weekend – 23/24/25th. Please email me at [email protected] to add yourself or your child to my list of those interested.

Parents.  A secondhand Laser need not be expensive and if you are selling a Pico the difference could be a lot less than you think. Laser have sold over 190,000 Lasers since the early 1970’s so choice and availability is excellent. Provided that you buy sensibly you won’t lose money when it’s time to sell either.

Email me at [email protected] or call me on 07768 571768 for buying advice.

Robin

Following a very succesful Pico series this year here are the series winners.

Spring Series

1st Mike Graves / Mike Thomason, Peter, Robert, Anna

2nd Jonathan Snow

3rd Vicky and Ian Little

Summer Series

1st Alex Farrell and Max Duce

2nd Jonathan Snow and Sophie Simpson

3rd Peter and Rupert Snow

Autumn Series

1st Alex farrall

2nd Jonathan Snow and Max Duce

3rd Vicky and Ian Little