Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Race Notice

Winter Sunday Race 5 programmed to start at 15:00 hours on Sunday 18 December 2011 is cancelled.

Reason: dusk is less than an hour after the programmed start time and it is not feasible to move the start time forward and not appropriate to run what would otherwise have to be a very short race.

This notice is posted in accordance with Section 3 of the Sailing Instructions.

Graham Dare
Rear Commodore (Racing)

On a very cold Saturday last, we completed our second RYA Powerboat Level 2 training course this autumn, with five more Club members successfully gaining their certificates.  They are Izzy Duce, Janet Willsmer, Adrian Bunting, Allen Burrell and Brant Chapman.  Well done!

Since we registered as an RYA Training Establishment in 2009, we have trained 33 people up to Level 2.  Before that, with the support of SMAC we helped a further 20 members gain this valuable qualification.

Our team, Tony Clarke, Toby Speller and Ken Clarke, get a huge buzz from teaching on this course and as a result, we know that we are adding to the pool of skilled powerboat drivers in the Club, providing safety cover for our racing.  Without that cover, we cannot race.

If you would like to join this group and get your Level 2 qualification, contact any one of us through the office or email [email protected] and we will endeavour to sign you up for one of our 2012 sessions.  The charge of £25 covers the cost of training materials and contributes to the cost of fuel for the practical part of the course.

Event; Brass Monkey Race.

26 Dec 2011

Start time 12:00

Hosted by Leigh on Sea Sailing Club.

Open to these classes; monohull dinghies/multihulls.

Briefing at 10:30.

Start time 12:00, HW 13:27

All-in start, average corrected lap times for results. Entry fee – £10.

Contact Steve Corbett on 07802 267597 or [email protected]

Hi All, for all you armchair sailors, and following popular demand I am sponsoring a trophy for the best placed TBYC virtual boat in the game. For those of you who have not entered or who do not know about it, then here are a few facts. The virtual race mirrors the actual Volvo ocean race covering 8 legs over 9 months. The game has in excess of 120000 virtual boats. leg 1 is complete but we will run each leg as a race in a series and load the entrants on Hal’s racing programme as a series. The series will have 2 discards for the 8 legs to enable newcomers to join in and possibly win!!!. After the first leg the top five TBYC boats were 1st Daren Fitchew, 2nd Jeremy Sandford, 3rd Steve Healey, 4th Steve Hopper and 5th David Hopper.

The next leg starts on Sunday 11th Dec 2011 so get registered and join in the banter and fun!!!

You can register at http://www.volvooceanracegame.org/play

Then please leave a comment on this article so we can enter you and your boat in the regatta.

Happy armchair sailing Steve Hopper

Hi All, Due to other sailing commitments for a large number of our cadets it was not possible for them to be at the official TBYC prize giving this year. So following our Cadet committee meeting last night it was decided to hold a Cadet Prize Giving Thursday Evening 8th December at 19.30 at TBYC We all look forward to seeing you at this celebration of our young cadets

Steve Hopper

Hello

WHEN….Sun 27th November, 09.46 hrs GMT.

FOR….Sunday winter points 3, start time 11:00 hrs.

WHERE….TBYC.

A volunteer with suitable vehicle is kindly required to tow the support ribs to the jetty for launching, then bring back to the club after racing has finished please.

No ribs equals No race.

& ATTENTION PEOPLE IN WETSUITS/DRYSUITS.

Please assist with the recovery of the ribs after the racing please.

Thank you, Simon.

Last Sunday 13th, we were unable to provide one rib support cover due to a missing safety kill cord. The rib key, as normal, was in the box within the race officers hut, but no safety cord attached.

Could I ask that anyone entering the race hut either it be as race officer or safety crew etc, please cast an eye to ensure all keys and cords are there in future. If keys/cords are missing/damaged, please inform a sailing committee member ASAP so that it can be replaced in time for the next race.

Remember that these support boats are essential for your safety.

Thanks

Simon

Thank you to all who came last night to celebrate another successful and exhilarating years racing at TBYC.  Special thanks to Simon and Sophie Boygle, Sam Husk and Mike Thomason.  It was their hard work, help, organisation and commitment that made last night possible, and to the class captains who came to speak present their fellow sailors with their prizes.  Thank you Struan for stepping in and presenting the Fast Asymmetric Cats.  Lastly a big thank you to Paul Spratt for comparing the Prize giving, entertaining us making the event an amusing and enjoyable evening for all.  Congratulations to all the prize winners.

Calling all Sandhopper sailors, please don’t forget the prize giving 7.30 this coming Saturday night.
We hope to see you all there.

Regards Spratty and Rupert