May 29 2009
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.
Jul 10 2008
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 4th, followed by local ace Allen Burrell in 5th. Just to prove that you can just jump in a modern Finn and be fast, Martin Binnendijk from the host club came 6th in a borrowed boat and showed good speed upwind. Continue Reading »
Jul 06 2008
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.
Jul 06 2008
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
Jun 11 2008
Dear Finn SailorThe 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.
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.
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.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.
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 23rd 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.
May 12 2008
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
May 02 2008
Please click on the links below to download the Notice of Race and Entry Forms.
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Mar 20 2008
We are proud to be holding three major National Championships
this year for the following classes:
21st – 22nd June 2008
Laser Pico National Championships
5th – 6th July 2008
Finn National Championships
16th – 18th August 2008
Sprint National Championships
More details to follow, watch this space!