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THREE COURSE CHRISTMAS DINNER followed by dancing into the small hours Arrive 7:00 for 7:30 for a pre-dinner glass of bubbly!
Carriages at 1am Dress: as smart as you like
The Sandhopper Nationals will be held at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd September. NOR, SIs and entry form are attached. Please note that the briefing on Saturday has been put back from 10.00 to 10.30am.
Don’t forget, to compete in the National Championship the helm must be at least an associate member of the SCBA. If you have not joined this year, contact Janet Willsmer 07969 598309.
Here is a short video, official feed and link to photos of the Clipper start yesterday, which was unfortunately on a Monday meaning it may have been missed by a few. Taken by Tony Padbury who was on Peter Thompson’s boat and myself from the Pier
As the weather looks good and it’s the last weekend before the kids go back to school we are going to take some toys and play out by the mulbury for the day. Everone welcome, the committee boat will be out there as base station, either walk out or be down for 11ish for a lift out.
We are looking for a volunteer to take on a duty this coming Sunday :
SS3 Crew Duty on Sunday 1st September 2013 – Breakfast Race – Race Start at 09:00
If you are able to help out with this duty please volunteer through DutyMan or contact Graham Dare ( phone/ text: 07946 413923 or email: [email protected])
Races 1-3 postponed due to lack of visibility, no wind, 6″ of rain….
Thank you to Alan and his Race team for all their efforts in trying to make today happen, but at 14:00 after postponement, coffee and teas we finished the decision was made to postpone racing till Sunday. We convene again tomorrow for 13:30 Committee Boat start. Thank you to Tony and his Safety Team for launching and recovering the Ribs today.
TOP’s will also be running from the race box tomorrow, with 3-6 short races starting at 14:20 under the Race management of Scott Weller.
I hope to see you all at 18:00 for the BBQ, Disco… and foam?!
