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Did anyone else wonder if the winter series had started earlier than expected?

RFT

Dear All,

Having had a discussion with Barry last night I recomended this site for self testing.

I thought that it might be useful to anybody interested in taking courses.

www.sailtrain.co.uk/index.htm

There are great tests for IRPCS (International Regulations for Prevention of Collisions at Sea.) Including identifying Vessel Lights.

I have used the site extensively for Day Skipper Training and found it invaluable.

Maybe a permanent Link can be made?

Regards,

Wayne.

P.S for those doing CEVNI  There are two self tests here.  http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/cevni/index.htm Scroll down. (2nd Test is “Next Exercise” and includes lights) Good Luck.

great fun race yesterday and fantastic to see so many cadets taking part in the windy conditions, the sandhoppers were out in force with Nemesis taking first place in our class, well done Paul and Toby.

I would like to point out that one of the sandhoppers was taking part in a different race, Sand  Star helmed by our commodore and crewed by a man with his own fleet of boats thought it was the Queenborough race and headed for the kent shore, yes messers saunders and Hopper made a massive school boy error and went the wrong way, to make matters worse, upon rejoining the pursuit race all be it a country mile behind, they decided to retire and go fo an early bath.

with all the experience that hopper has sailing around the Uk and the commodore who has just returned from a sailing holiday in Greece, you would expect them to be able to navigate to mark Y.

next time boys follow the cadets, they seem to have better idea of where to go.

Fellow members, when you see either Steve or Gordon dont forget to talk to them about their school boy error.

RobinI seem to have left TBYC without one of my boots yesterday evening. Identifying features – wet and smelly. Any information leading to its recovery much appreciated.





Robin

Don’t forget the RNLI Pursuit Race this Sunday, first start 4.00 pm.

For the uninitiated, the start seqence begins with the slowest boat and gradually works through in decreasing PY order so that the fastest boats start last.  The race will be run for 2 hours and the first over the line wins.  It’s a great spectacle watching the faster boats working their way through the fleet and trying to work out whether they can overtake the early starters.  It’s also a great way of raising money for the Lifeboat as the entry fees go the the RNLI.

RNLI Pursuit SIs 2008

RNLI Pursuit Race Starts 2008

49er, 29er, B14 and Musto Skiff Open Meeting to be held on 13th and 14th September 2008. All necessary documents listed below (in Microsoft Word .doc format) for download.

49er, 29er, B14 and Musto Skiff Open Meeting Entry Form

49er, 29er, B14 and Musto Skiff Open Meeting Parents Declaration

49er, 29er, B14 and Musto Skiff Open Meeting Notice Of Race (NOR)

49er, 29er, B14 and Musto Skiff Open Meeting Sailing Instructions (SI)

49er, 29er, B14 and Musto Skiff Open Meeting Course Diagram

Our yacht Moon Dancer won the overall class 6 title and mid-week class 6 title at this year’s Burnham Week, registered as a  Thorpe Bay Yacht Club entry.

Next year we are moving into the more difficult world of Spinnakers in class 5. We will need to add a couple of crew to compete in this class. The yacht is a small 24 foot Malbec cruiser racer and if anyone wants to crew let me know.

Brian Browne

The Sandhopper open was combined this year with the TBYC regatta, 21 sandhoppers competed over the two day event consisiting of 4 races, the weather was forecast for 17mph for both days however it turned out nearer 25 with upto 38mph gusts.

The first race started in 30mph plus providing a long wave battering windward leg, windrush was first to the mark closely followed by little wing and sand star, the dead run proved to be very exciting with windrush staying in top spot to take 1st positon followed by sand star in 2nd squiffy 3rd and satisfaction 4th. Continue Reading »

30 Finns gathered at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club for this years’ National Championship and were greeted by sunshine and a light 6 knot breeze for Fridays first race.

The line up included some of the world’s top young Finn sailors in Giles Scott the current World Junior Champion, Jonathan Lobert the French Olympic reserve, recent European Junior Champion Mark Andrews and Mark Andrews from the Skandia Team GBR squad.

Scott soon mastered the fitful breeze, beating against the tide to secure the first win after Jonathan Lobert ( FRA) had lead for most of the race before making an error at the bottom leeward gate and had to unwind himself before re-rounding correctly.

Mark Andrews recovered from a slow start to finish in the top 10 but was ‘persuaded’ by the race officer that it might be better to retire when he was spotted without a lifejacket aboard.

Club sailor Simon Hoult from Weston SC was the first of the non-Olympic sailors with a very impressive 4^th, followed by local ace Allen Burrell in 5^th. Just to prove that you can just jump in a modern Finn and be fast, Martin Binnendijk from the host club came 6^th in a borrowed boat and showed good speed upwind. Continue Reading »

Notice of Races and Sailing Instructions for the Thorpe Bay Yacht Club Regatta 2008 below.

TBYC Regatta NOR 2008 [PDF File]

TBYC Regatta SIs 2008 [PDF File]