Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

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Amendment to Race Schedule – Winter Series 2020

The final race on Sunday 22nd March will now consist of 2 races, sailed back to back. Start time remains the same at 10:00.

Race length will be at the RO’s discretion but likely to be shorter than normal.

As we have only had 1 race this winter series, the Sailing Committee decided to make this amendment.

All races will count for the series with no discards as per the Sailing Instructions.

Adrian Bunting                                    Howard Warrington
Rear Commodore Racing                      Sailing Secretary

TBYC SI 2020

Please see the above link to the Sailing Instructions for the coming 2020 Season. These take effect from the first race of the Spring Series.

Race Officers and Assistant Race Officers: Please take time to study these carefully as they will assist you in your role. Please take note of section 9 where some amendments can be found.

For this weekend and possibly for the next week at least, please would you refrain from using the grass car park next to the dinghy park. After the heavy rains recently it’s very wet and unsuitable for use.

Many thanks

Adrian Bunting

Rear Commodore Racing

As you can all see the weather approaching it is fair to say at this stage that sailing will be cancelled tomorrow. Please don’t travel unnecessarily. Duty crews – it’s your lucky day!

Please make sure that your boat is soundly secured in the dinghy park today and it would be very advisable not to enter the dinghy park tomorrow.

Looking forward to better winds next time.

We need volunteers to help with the following Club Racing duties next few weekends please

Sat 30 Nov 2019 12:00 Winter Sat – SS7 Helm – Swap with Nick Turner or Volunteer please

Sat 30 Nov 2019 12:00 Winter Sat – SS7 Crew – Swap with Grant Williamson or Volunteer please

Sun 01 Dec 2019 13:00 Winter Sun – SS8 Helm – COVERED THANKS DAVE AYRE

The club tow car (RAV4) is available to launch RIBs

Before driving it please check you meet the club insurers criteria https://www.tbyc.org/club-duty-guidance/  under section Club Tow Car Duty Guidance.

If you have a duty coming up and want a refresher on what to do please come along to any race and let the Duty Officer know if you would like to join a displacement or the committee boat to help / observe.

Don’t forget you can swap a duty with a VOLUNTEER PLEASE duty

If you can help please volunteer / swap in the usual way via Dutyman or email [email protected]

Many thanks

There is Feva Sail Training this weekend, although all Feva owners are aware and the club boat us being used, any interested cadets may attend any theory sessions by contacting Conrad Stevenson or myself. 08:30 start Saturday, 09:00 Sunday.

The main club season finished over a month ago and tomorrow is the third Winter Series Saturday Race. There are still over half the boats in the dinghy park (60+) that have yet to pay for winter sailing or storage.

The club would like all members with boats to make sure they are fully paid before the end of November 2019.

The resources of the huge volunteer force that help to run the club are better spent on facilities and sailing management rather than chasing overdue payments.

We need volunteers to help with the following Club Racing duties this weekend please

Sat 26 Oct 2019 10:00 Winter Sat – Race Officer – swap with Nick Elmore or volunteer please

Sun 27 Oct 2019 10:30 Winter Sun – Rib Launch – Volunteer please

Sun 27 Oct 2019 10:30 Winter Sun – SS7 crew – Swap with Harry Boygle or Volunteer please

The club tow car (RAV4) is available to launch RIBs

Before driving it please check you meet the club insurers criteria https://www.tbyc.org/club-duty-guidance/  under section Club Tow Car Duty Guidance.

If you have a duty coming up and want a refresher on what to do please come along to any race and let the Duty Officer know if you would like to join a displacement or the committee boat to help / observe.

Don’t forget you can swap a duty with a VOLUNTEER PLEASE duty

If you can help please volunteer / swap in the usual way via Dutyman or email [email protected]

Many thanks

Hi all, here’s the SI’s for the winter, for those of you that can’t be bothered to read it, courses and fleets are the same as last year

http://www.tbyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Winter-Series-SIs-2019-20.pdf