Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

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DELAYED DUE TO HIGH WIND FORECAST – RE-RUN TBA

Many of you may be aware of the Endeavour Trophy. Named after the 1934 British Entry to the America’s Cup. The Endeavour is the annual “Champion of Champions” race held at the Royal Corinthian YC in Burnham.

The much coveted (and extremely valuable) trophy can only be entered if you have won a National Class Championship within that year. All classes sail the same dinghy – currently RS200’s over a weekend’s fleet racing in a series of very short upwind/downwind courses.

This year the RCYC have introduced a Keelboat version of the trophy. This will be sailed on September 22^nd and 23^rd using the 707 yacht. The RCYC have a fleet of these boats, all newly fitted out and ready to race. The type of racing is designed to make exciting, high speed sailing and minimise the spread in the fleet. With a target time of 15 minutes per race, the emphasis is on as many short races in as quick succession as possible. The winner of this event will be invited to compete in the main Endeavour Trophy event in mid October.

Peter Thompson, this year’s Sandhopper National Champion, has put together a team and has entered the event on behalf of the Sandhopper Class and Thorpe Bay Yacht Club. His crew will be made up of: Mark Dell, Paul Beasley and Chris Clarke. All of whom are among our club’s top sailors.

They will be competing against this year’s National Champions from the following classes: Squib, Sonata, RCOD, J24 and Flying Fifteen. All of these will be top class sailors and the racing, now with the addition of the Sandhopper Class, will be very exciting to watch from the banks of the Crouch. So, do come along and support them if you can.

The very best of luck boys!          https://royalcorinthian.co.uk/endeavour/

This Sunday will be the 5th Bart’s Bash, how time flies
This year they’re going for the Guiness record of most boats in one race so come along, sign up at https://www.bartsbash.com/participant-sign-up
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bart-s-bashsupporters
sign on in the bosun’s hut and come and race in the largest sailing race in the world.
Sailing will be mass start from the committee boat, with an upwind downwind course incorporating a spreader mark.

Hi guys,
as requested slow mono course has been changed to A,B,D and cadet racing has been added, please see latest SI’s and SSI06/09/2018 thanks.

links below

Supplementary Sailing Instructions 20180906

TBYC SI 2018 V3
Chris Boshier
Rear Commodore Racing

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

PLEASE NOTE RACING MAY BE CANCELLED IF NO ONE VOLUNTEERS FOR RACE OFFICER – CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE?

Sat 01 Sep 2018 14:30 Autumn Sat (2 races) – Race Officer – volunteer please or swap with Duncan

Sat 01 Sep 2018 14:30 Autumn Sat (2 races) – SS2 crew – volunteer please or swap with Bev

Sun 02 Sep 2018 15:00 Club Long Distance – Benfleet Shield – Race Officer – volunteer please

Sun 02 Sep 2018 15:00 Club Long Distance – Benfleet Shield – SS2 Crew – volunteer please or swap with Alex Burling

Sun 02 Sep 2018 15:00 Club Long Distance – Benfleet Shield – SS7 Helm – volunteer please or swap with Lewis Brake – COVERED thanks Nick

Sun 02 Sep 2018 15:00 Club Long Distance – Benfleet Shield – SS7 Crew – volunteer please or swap with Tom Holmes – COVERED thanks Nick

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

Twenty Cadets turned out to race for the Whalley Cup last Sunday. Seven Lasers, five Picos and a RS Feva were competently sailed, all making a good start and completing 3/4 laps of a Cadet course. The conditions were perfect; 12 – 15 mph winds in glorious sunshine.  Congratulation to all who sailed, but particularly to Katy in 1st place, Henry in second and Luke in third.  Full results click here.  Choose Class: Cadets, Series: Whalley Cup.    Our thanks to Graham Dare RO and his team for a grand job!

(Photo: Cadet Week)

Supplementary Sailing Instructions to the TBYC 2018 SIs

This is an annual average lap, general handicap, trophy race for TBYC cadets sailing any class of boat.

The Cadet fleet will start 3 minutes after the 3 club series races start sequence – i.e it will be the 4th start in the sequence programmed for 16.12

3 minute Warning Flag – Y flag – (as shown to right)

The triangular course will be:

1st – Windward Mark – An orange inflatable special mark
2nd – The 3rd club mark displayed on the rear of the Committee Boat.
3rd – The 4th club mark displayed on the rear of the Committee Boat.

A separate sign on/off sheet for Cadets will be in the Bosun’s hut.

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

Sat 04 Aug 2018 15:00 Summer Sat – RIB Launch – volunteer please

Sat 04 Aug 2018 15:00 Summer Sat – SS2 Helm – volunteer please

Sat 04 Aug 2018 15:00 Summer Sat – SS3 Crew – volunteer please

Sun 05 Aug 2018 16:00 Summer Sun / Whalley Cup – RIB Launch – volunteer please

Sun 05 Aug 2018 16:00 Summer Sun / Whalley Cup – SS2 Crew – volunteer please

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

This Sunday, 5th August is the Cadet’s Whalley Cup. It is open to all Cadets and will be part of the main club racing. The Start time is 16.00 plus.

Further sailing instructions to follow. I am hoping to see a good turn out to race for this prestigious Cup. Forecast 9mph.

Supplementary Sailing Instructions  and Start times/numbers for the RNLI Pursuit Race – Saturday 28 July 2018 are attached.

First start – Cadet Class – 11.30

Two hour race finishes at 13.30

Howard Warrington has volunteered to be Race Officer.

Entry fee for the race is a £3 per boat voluntary contribution. – All proceeds will be donated to the RNLI. Please place the entry fee in the container located on the main bar on the race day

RNLI Pursuit Race 2018 Supplementary SI’s

2018 Pursuit Start times-numbers

First Start – Cadet dinghy @ 11.30.

2 hour race time – Finishing at 13.30

2018 Pursuit Start times-numbers