Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

The event everyone has been waiting for – TBYC’s Totally Tropical Caribbean night

From 6pm on Saturday July 24th

Caribbean BBQ includes: Jerk Chicken, bbq ribs, regga ribs, burgers topped with pineapple and cheese, corn on the cob, roasted vegatable couscous, beef tomatoes and red onions, mixed lettuce, homemade coleslaw, hot new potatoes and fruit platters. A rum punch bar will be set up on the balcony for that real Caribbean feel. Food will be served between 6pm – 8pm

Entertainment is being provided by the Big Sand Steel Band and there will also be Pinates and limbo for all those people feeling flexible.

Prizes will be awarded to the 2 best dressed adults and children.

All this and more for only £10 for adults and £8 for children up to the age of 13.

Tickets will be available behind the bar from tonight – get yours quick to avoid missing out on the event of the summer!

This is a ticket only event and for those not wanting food there will be entertainment tickets at a price of £5 per person

We will be hosting a fun/friendly pre World Cup 5 aside tournament on the green outside the club from 4pm tomorrow.

Everyone is welcome to get involved, the more the merrier!!!

there will be beer/soft drinks for the winning team.

Hope to see you all there!!!

attached are the NOr, SI’s and entry forms

Entry includes a meal (Chilli) Saturday evening, whilst you unwind and watch the world cup and have a beer.

(water and vegetarian option available at no extra charge)

http://www.tbyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Finns-Contender-NORs.pdf

http://www.tbyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/contfinnentry-form2010.pdf

http://www.tbyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Contender-and-Finn-SIs.pdf

You will be pleased to hear that Allen Burrell finished 3rd out of a fleet of 51 in the French Championnat Senior, ( Like an RYA national title) with John Heyes 7th… despite a bit of dodgey French cheating. Allen was there as a warm up for the World Masters Championship at the same venue next week, with 280 boats entered, so we will try and keep you posted.

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 »

A big thank you to all those who assisted with the Finn Nationals this weekend. 

A number of people took a day’s holiday on Friday to ensure things ran smoothly.  Yesterday we had the added ingredient of a particularly strong onshore breeze making launching and recovery a tricky affair for boats with fixed rudders. 

Particular heroes were Samantha Husk, Robin Foster-Taylor, Barry Duce, Paul Farrell, Keith Persin, Kevin & Lesley Iles, Theresa Ryall, Martyn Ellis and Glen Ratcliffe, all of whom at times were neck-deep assisting Finns launching or catching them before they hit the beach.  Many others helped with trolleys and hauling boats over the shingle.

I would also like to pay tribute to all those who responded to our emergency with slick efficiency.  I’m pleased to say I saw him later in the day looking much better than he was when he was brought ashore.

A big thank-you to all involved in the running of the Finn Nationals,without your support we couldnt run this type of event.

Thank you

Spratty

Dear Finn Sailor

The J.M.Finn & Co. Finn National Championships is fast approaching and takes place over the 4,5, & 6th of July at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club in Essex.

The club would like to extend a warm invitation to you to enter the event that has been generously sponsored by J.M.Finn & Co. stockbrokers. The entry fee includes a free BBQ on the Friday and the Finn Championship Dinner with live music on the Saturday night. Food will be available during the day and on Thursday evening and the club has a great veranda for supporters to watch the racing from. (Handily placed within a short stagger from the bar!)

The club is looking forward to hosting the Finns and has gone to great lengths, re-furbishing the changing rooms, smoothing the beach and laying astro-turf especially to make launching easy for us all!

North Sails and Yachts & Yachting have kindly donated trophies and prizes and our new class sponsor has also provided shirts for every entrant. There will also be trophies for top Junior and each Master’s category so whatever your age group there will be plenty to race for. The Olympic squad have promised to attend so don’t miss your chance to pit your wits against Britain’s finest Finn sailors.

Car Parking

TBYC has ample free car parking and boat storage facilities in the field to the east of the main dinghy park. On arrival you will be given a TBYC car sticker that must be displayed in you car in order to get free car parking.

Accommodation

TBYC is just a couple of miles along the seafront from Southend-On-Sea so has a good selection of hotels and B&B’s. We have listed details of a few local places that are a short distance from the clubhouse.

www.roslinhotel.com

www.beachesguesthouse.co.uk

www.premierinn.com – search for their Thorpe Bay Hotel

If camping facilities are required please contact us. Depending on numbers we can accommodate camping and camper vans at the clubhouse.

If you have any questions regarding the weekend please contact John@YachtsandYachting.com or the Club Secretary Lorraine Stevens. The Club Secretary can be contacted between 10am and 2pm Tuesday to Friday.

Address

115 Thorpe Bay Gardens
Thorpe Bay
Essex
SS1 3NW
Tel: (01702) 587563

Email – secretary@tbyc.org

Entries.

Notice of Race – Finn National Championship

Sailing Instructions – Finn National Championship

Entry Form – Finn National Championship

To avoid the late entry fee, get your entry form and payment in by June 23^rd to Allen Burrell.

We are really looking forward to welcoming as many Finns as possible to the event and can guarantee you great racing and a fun social time…make sure you don’t miss it!

Best wishes from the Thorpe Bay Finn fleet,

Allen, John, Sander, Mark, Keith & Laurence.

Another win for Burrell

Race 1 John Heyes 3rd Allen Burrell 57th

Race 2 Allen Burrell 1st John Heyes 46th

race 3 Allen Burrell 1st Sander 29th John Heyes 31st

Race 4 Allen 9th John 19th Sander 22nd

Overall Allen 20th Sander 24th and John 32nd

Please click on the links below to download the Notice of Race and Entry Forms.

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