Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

The Petal Plate trophy race is a mass start, general handicap race – all boats sail the same course and distance.
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Start time is at 10:00 hours, Sunday 17th July 2016
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The course will be set on the day – see the blackboard at the side of the Bosun’s hut – but will be a petal shape.
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See you there
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Club Racing Sunday 10th July 2016
Hunter Cup and Rebellious Bowl Trophy Races.
These instructions are supplementary to the TBYC 2016 Sailing Instructions.

Hunter Cup

Mass start at 15.30 – code flag R

Rebellious Bowl

Cadets only (helm & crew) sailing any boat

Mass start at 15.33 – code flag K
( Cadets – TBYC cadet members under 18 at the date of the race)

Both races are average lap, mass start, general handicap races.

Both races are planned to start from the Committee Boat.

Courses may be different for each of the 2 trophy races .
Course(s) described on the blackboard at the side of the Bosuns’ hut and may refer to mark numbers displayed on the front and/or back of the Committee Boat.

Code Flags R & K

Race Committee 7th July 2016

Just when you have attended the Racing Rules night, World Sailing has now published the next version of the rule book which we will be using next year and into 2020.

The book is available at http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/WorldSailingRRS20172020-[20946].pdf and by looking within at the right margin, a vertical line indicates a change, addition or deletion.

The majority of them are simple technical changes to sort out small problems found in the application of the rules. However there is a introduction of the term ‘support person’, those people that are with competitors (coach, parents, etc) who through their behaviours can now cause a competitor to have a penalty. There is also a further additional section around Gross Misconduct.

I am sure in the the next 6 months many of us will interpret all the changes in various ways.

There was some exciting achievements for several TBYC Sailors doing the Nore Race (from the provisional results), trophies being received Friday:

Daren Fitchew (Sprint 15)   – Yachting News Trophy                  – Class 2 Multihull

Kyle Stoneham (Moth)        – Nore Race Group 2 Trophy           – Monohull Dinghy Group Overall

Kyle Stoneham (Moth)        – Dauntless Boatyard Trophy          – Class 3 monohull

Kyle Stoneham (Moth)        – Greene King Shield                      – First single-handed monohull

Chris Boshier (Laser)          – Lovejoy Trophy                          – Class 4 monohull

Chris Boshier (Laser)          – Whitbread Trophy                       – Laser 1 Class (singlehanded)

Mark Jewell (Sandhopper)   – Denis Kemp Trophy                    – Class 5 monohull

Mark Jewell (Sandhopper)   – Thorpe Bay YC Trophy                – Sandhopper Class

Line honours for Kyle on the foiling moth in 1hr 20, the total distance sailed an amazing 42km in the race with 72.4km covered on the day.
The fast cats doing 2 laps could easily have covered 85km in the race, quite amazing stamina needed for that in almost perfect conditions.

This Saturday I am assure the rain will have stopped, the sun will be out and the winds fair… a great day to get out on the Water.

If you are able you can race on a shortened course in the Club Racing at 10am, if you are learning to helm you can sail from the beach in your OPen Bic, Terra or Pico, younger cadets can come and join in the Oppie fun on the beach from 9am. See you on the beach.