There are 950 duties a year (excluding cadet duties) in the club’s duty roster. These are undertaken by around 275 members.  Most members do 3 duties a year. A few do more and some have less allocated to them at present.  Having these duties is essential for the smooth and safe running of the club’s sailing and racing activities.

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At the moment there are around 20 duties over the year ahead which are not allocated to anyone including a couple over the next few weeks. These vacant duties have generally arisen where the duties were allocated to members who have subsequently not re-joined the club or are unavailable.

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I am now hoping that volunteers will come forward to take on these duties.

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The vacant duties are:

12 May 2012 – SS2 Crew: 19 May – SS5 Crew; 16 June – SS7 Crew;  17 June 2012 – SS5 Crew; 28 June 2012 – SS3 Helm; 12 July 2012 – SS3 Helm; 21 July 2012 – Race Officer &  SS7 Crew; 18 August 2012 – SS5 Crew; 25 August 2012 – SS3 Crew; 26 August 2012 – Assistant Race Officer & SS3 Crew; 27 August 2012 – SS3 Crew;  1 Sept 2012 – SS3 Crew;  29 September – SS3 Crew – 6 Oct 2012 – SS3 Crew;  21 Oct 2012 – SS3 Crew & SS7 Crew; 4 Nov 2012 – SS5 Crew; 2 Dec 2012 – SS5 Crew

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Please volunteer if you can do one or more of these.  Ways to volunteer are:

• If you have a DutyMan password – log-in, go to the volunteer section, and click on the ’unallocated duty; volunteer required’ symbol next to the duty marked ‘tba’.  The duty will be yours. DutyMan will immediately update the roster and send you and the club an email to confirm it.
• Email [email protected]  saying what duty you can do. I’ll get back to you.
• Phone me, Graham Dare, on 07946 413923.

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Even if you have not done it before I’m sure we could start you off crewing in one of the displacement boats (SS2 or SS3), or even crewing  in one of the RIBS ( SS5 or SS7).

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Thanks in advance to those who can volunteer.

Best Wishes

Graham Dare

Come on down and join in a good variety of races this week-end.
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Saturday 5th May is the first of the club series races this year when we will be doing two short races back to back. First start at 11.00am and the second races as soon as possible after all have finished their first race.
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Sunday 6th May is the Benfleet Shield Race. A mass start at 11.00 am – the course will be on the blackboard but is likely to be an initial beat then round the pier and off to a mark at the entrance to Benfleet Creek and back – probably rounding a few other buoys on the way.
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Monday 7th May is the Not So Easy Race – a mass start at 12.00 midday – no-one yet knows the course – but it will be set on the day and must not be easy!!!

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Dear all,

Please find attached the brochure for this years Cadet Week.

The contents should be self explanatory but should you have any questions please send an email to [email protected]. The forms within the pack should be printed and returned to the club no later than Friday 25th May.

Cadet week is always popular and numbers are limited,  applications will be handled on a first come first served basis, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

CADET WEEK 2012 BROCHURE

Regards,

Mike

We still have a few tickets left for our Cocktail Making Evening on Friday 4th May at 7.00pm.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to learn the art of cocktail making with a UK Bar Flairing Champion, with training and demonstrations of fabulous cocktails including Woo Woo, Sex on the Beach, Pina Colada, Blue Lagoon, Tequila Sunrise, Mojito, Green Eyes, Hurricane, Strawberry Daiquiri.

Tickets for this event are £14 each and include a delicious antipasti buffet.  Numbers will be limited, so please be sure to buy your tickets from the club bar as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Stephanie

Tel: 07831 090816  email: [email protected]

Potentially interested in buying a 2nd hand RS Feva, so please contact Dan on 07973 715522 if you’re thinking of selling.

Yantlet Trophy Race – Sunday 22 April 2012

SUPPLEMENTARY SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

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Eligibility – The Yantlet Trophy Race will be open to any boat owned by a member of Thorpe Bay Yacht Club and with a PY of less than 1200. Boats with a PY of 1200 or over will race to the Leigh Buoy and back.

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Safety – All competitors are reminded of the Regulations for the Prevention of Collision at Sea and in particular that ships in the channel will have restricted ability to manoeuvre or are constrained by draught and therefore have priority over sailing vessels. If any boat is asked to change course by the crew of a safety boat she shall comply immediately or be disqualified from the race.

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Safety disclaimer – by signing the declaration sheet for the Yantlet Race owners are accepting responsibility for their actions during the race and indemnifying the club accordingly.

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The Start – there will be 3 starts from the committee boat.

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The Course:

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PN < 1200  and Cruisers

The course will consist of an upwind leg, Leigh buoy to Port, the Yantlet Tower to Port, Leigh Buoy to Starboard then finish at the Shore Box line. The actual course will be displayed on the blackboard to the west of the Bosun’s hut prior to the start.

PN >= 1200

The course will consist of an upwind leg, Leigh buoy to port and finish at the Shore Box Line. The actual course will be displayed on the blackboard to the west of the Bosun’s hut prior to the start.

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Well after the plane breaking down and getting delayed for 27 hours only to have a Virgin flight block the runway up for another few hours I’m finally here.

The boats got stuck in customs for a day and instead of a flatbed car lorry to onload all we got was a covered truck with a tailgate lift.

with some inginuity, brute strenght and plenty of ignorance all boats are on the deck and in one piece, all rigged up just having a bite to eat and then off for some training and hopefully be ready for the US Nationals starting tomorrow.

Awful weather here, 28 degrees and blowing 18-20knots from the West every afternoon.

Chris’s progress Click Here

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Hi all,

Just a reminder, on Thursday April 19th, Graham Slack and one of his colleagues from the Southend Lifeboat Station have kindly agreed to give a presentation about the service the RNLI provide in Southend, including some of the more interesting services they have carried out!

This should be very entertaining for Cadets and their parents, all are welcome, so I hope as many of you as possible can attend.

The presentation will start at 7pm in the Commodores bar.

PLEASE ALSO BRING SOME CHANGE FOR THE RNLI COLLECTION BOX!

Mike