Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Hello everybody.

On behalf of Jo Williams, she has advised that she wishes to swap her duty on 14th August in SS5.

Jo is available for a swap anytime outside of the whole of August.

We can’t have TC all on his own now can we.

Please contact Jo or click on link below, merci.

m 07923373350

e [email protected]

many thanks

simon

We urgently need a race officer and assistant for this Sundays race 10 July, starting at 6.00pm. The current RO is unable to do it. Sorry for late notice.

Published on behalf of John Richards

Date for your diary everybody….NORE RACE 2011, Sat 9th July. So get entered and win some great prizes.

Some bullet points copied from the entry form if one is not available to you yet…..

Start times for Groups 1 & 2 Dinghies-Multihull  & Monohull….start signal; 10:40.

Start times for Groups 3 & 4 Cruisers-Multihull & Monohull…..start signal; 10:50.

Southend on Sea: HW 07:11 (5.3m) & 19:54 (5.2m) BST…..LW 13:10 BST.

Entry fee is a snip at £12.00 for all classes and this includes free entry for the prizegiving at 19:30 on friday 15 th July for all entrants, crew & family. Barbecue food is available to buy and ‘Plan C’ will be providing the music for the evening.

Entry forms are available to be downloaded off the Benfleet YC website and have to arrive by post Thur 7 July or in person by 21:00 on fri 8th July. Also a coloured chart of course, flags & signals to download:

www.benfleetyachtclub.org/NoreRace.html

Fast multihull cats with handicap below 720, expect to do 2 laps, (32 miles).

Myself & Sophie will be in SS7. If you wish to leave your munchies, stella artois etc for ‘safe keeping’  until after the race then give us a shout. Cost of the looking after said items will be half the ‘booty’.

Have a great day and see you on the water.

Simon & Sophie.

Racing footage of the weekends fun

A massive thank-you to the TBYC 2011 Regatta Race Officers Alan & Sally Willis and Howard Hawkes who coped with calm professionalism with everything the weather could possibly throw at them this weekend.

Thanks to all the members that supported in the many functions such as Beachmaster, Pico Race Officers, safety boat crews, race recorders, registration, BBQ ticket promotors and the team that spent both days getting very wet assisting competitors off the water in the challenging conditions and helped with the rib recovery tasks.

Thank you to the members that loaned Ribs as additional safety cover – this permitted a much greater level of coverage allowing the racing to take place.

Plus the results team who turned around the results for our five races  in super quick time – well done.

What a great team & thanks again,

Toby Speller -Rear Commodore Racing

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Well it’s nearly here!

This weekend is the Thorpe Bay Yacht Club Regatta, entry is free, open to all and what better way to start the weekend than to join in the Curry Night our Caterer Gary has planned this Friday:- 

Chicken Korma
Pilau Rice
Pork Rogan Josh
Nann Bread
£7.50 per head 

Great value & please contact 07854 22 99 39 for bookings or any special requirements. 

TBYC Regatta – Incorporating the Chris Hull Memorial Trophy

18^th and 19^th June.  

Come & join in the fun…….

Regatta registration from 10:00hrs, Race Officers Briefing at 11:00hrs Saturday in the clubhouse.

Sailing for the main fleets from the Committee Boat as per the attached (below) Regatta Sailing Instructions & Notice of Race will be 3 races on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. The Pico Class Courses will run from the shore box.

On the Social side Saturday evening the clubhouse hosts a BBQ with DJ – Please purchase your Regatta BBQ party tickets from behind the bar as we only have a limited number – with the bargain price of £6 for adults and £4 for children including entertainment what great value, so be quick! 

On Sunday evening following the sailing a pasta meal will be available.

Evening meal deal – The Saturday evening adult BBQ ticket & the Sunday pasta ‘meal deal’ tickets can be purchased at the time of registration for a promotional price of £10 each. 

Food & Drink will be available throughout the weekend in the Clubhouse for Sailor, Spectators & Guests. Plus don’t forget Jugs of Pimms to share with friends will be available from the bar at £11.50

A big thanks to those members who have already offered to assist with the additional shore-side & on the water support. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you would like to get involved, it’s not too late. 

See you on the water.

2011 TBYC Regatta Notice of race – 16062011

2011 TBYC Regatta SI’s – 16062011

Saturdays race was thanks once again to Ty Mckeown stepping in at the last minute. Ty is now no stranger to the Committee boat after several weekends where he has given up his own sailing at the last minute to enable the racing take place. Very big thankyou, also thanks to Mason Burrage for volunteering at the top of the slipway.
The Race Officer position is seemingly a daunting position but in reality if you can start a race in a boat you should be able to run the race. A great way to get the experience and enjoyment from the Com Boat is to volunteer as a helper either on the day or prefferably before by contacting the duty officer or the race officer.

Counting down the days to this weekend coming for the TBYC Regatta, should be a great event with all the behind the scenes organisation for on the water and the evening B-B-Q and entertainment, cheap as chips get your tickets early. We also have visiting Hurricanes/fast cats for the Chris Hull Memorial Trophy and Moths if the conditions are just-o-so-perfect…. remember Danny and Co posing on the front green for more time than they actually sailed last year…. well thats half the enjoyment of owning a Foiling Moth apparantly….
So rules are if you have a boat in the park or Sandhopper on the Mooring you are expected to be racing unless you are volunteering. Not interested in any excuses for our flagship event.
see you at the weekend,

Peter