Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Administrator/Bookkeeper

Thorpe Bay Yacht Club is looking for an Administrator / Bookkeeper to join our go-ahead team. In order to be considered, candidates must have previous experience working within an accounts environment and be able to work confidently on their own.
They will be involved with:
> Membership administration
> Bookkeeping and accounts to management accounts level
> Invoicing
> Cash control
> Banking
> Credit Control
> Liaison with members and suppliers
> Maintenance of required records, reports, and files in an organised manner and present these to Club officers as and when required
> Compliance with Procedures and Regulatory requirements
> General administration
> Dealing with any ad hoc duties
This is a pivotal position within the Club and therefore demands a confident, self-motivated individual. All-round accounts experience is essential as is a confidence with computers. Knowledge of Sage Line 50 and MS Access, Word and Excel would be a distinct advantage. Candidates must have good communicational and organisational skills.
In addition to a good salary, the office has the best view in town and a high satisfaction level for a job well done!
Applications MUST be made in writing for the attention of Ken Clarke at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club.

Hi all hope you are all enjoying the news from down under as much as I am. Here is the round up report from Dan Henderson on the pre-worlds.

Pre Worlds
Saturday: We were due to start racing at 11oclock, however there was a steady 25 knots, gusting 32 from the north. The PRO decided to postpone any racing til 4 oclock where he would make a further decision if we were going to race. When arriving down the club at around 3 oclock, the breeze had done a 180 and come in harder, and due to the direction, 2-3 meter waves. The decision was to start racing at 9 oclock on sunday.
Sunday: Somehow i managed to get my self out of bed and be out on the water for the scheduled 9 oclock start. We had a steady 14-18 knots and short sharp chop. Throughout my training over here, it has payed to go left upwind in the breeze direction we had, so i started down at the pin end, which was favoured. I had a reasonable start, however started underneath one of the GBR boats who weighs about 20kg more than me. Once he had footed over me, i was stuck in my lane, with bad air, heading to the left which was the favoured side, but i rounded the windward mark in around 20th position. Everyone of the top 20 just straight set and followed eachother like sheep out to the layline. I took the decision to gybe set, and gained 9 places downwind. I carried this position to the finish and ended up 11th.I wasn’t too happy with my 1st race but just looked on to the next.
Race 2: I had been watching the breeze between the races and it was clocking right, ony about 10 degrees at this point, so i chose to start at the committee boat end. I ended up being the closest to the committee boat and held a good lane off the start. The breeze continued to clock right upwind, and i started to look pretty nice out on the right. I was 4th around the windward mark, and the leeward mark, but i managed to take a boat up the next beat staying slightly further right than him, and got into 3rd which i held to the finish. Later did i find out the 2 boats ahead of me were OCS and i had won the race.
Race 3: Once again, i started at the boat end and held my lane well off the line. the right still looked favoured, but most of the fleet was going out to the left so i took a short stint out to the right and when i came back, i was leading by about 5 boat lengths from the boats from the left. I held this lead for the next 2 laps, until the finish line when i pulled off what can only be described as the worst gybe ever, and managed to wineglass my kite. this allowed Ian renilson (ex contender world champion) to over take me meters from the finish line, and i ended up 2nd.
Race 4: The race was held in simular conditions to the last, however the waves were larger. Once again i started at the boat end of the line and had a good lane upwind. As we were going upwind, there was a slight knock on starboard, and the boats from the left looked back in contention. 3 boats crossed me from the left, and i rounded the windward mark in 4th. I carried this position round the course, however i managed to take 1 place on the final downwind to get a 3rd.
This left me 2nd overall at the preworlds counting a 1,2,3 with a large gap behind. Im really happy with 2nd place, and hope to go 1 better in the worlds which start on tuesday.

Dan Henderson

Good Luck to both Dan & Ronny for Tuesday where the action begins !!!
 

Hi All,

We are hosting a Valentines dinner on February 12th at 7.30pm

The menu for the Valentines dinner is as follows:

Starters:

Tomato, Gin and Bacon soup or Smoked Mackeral with Horseradish dressing

Mains:

Beef in red wine or salmon fillet in a white wine and lemon sauce

deserts

Strawberry Cheesecake, Chocolate fudge cake or cheese and biscuits

tickets are £20 per person and this will include a glass of fizz on arrival and music from saxophone duo – Sister Sax (www.sistersax.co.uk)

For bookings email [email protected] or call 07734904824.

For any dietary requirements please speak to Jo.

A handicap fleet of 51 starters enjoyed fantastic blue skies & a cool South-Westerley breeze to compete in this years Thorpe Bay Yacht Club Frozen Sheets Race.

Race Officer Phil Crawford & his team set a triangular course with the competitors enjoying a beat towards the Pierhead from the busy mass start line in front of the clubhouse.

The race lasted just under two hours for the majority of the 49 finishers in the pleasant winter sunshine just prior to a spectacular sunset.

The top five final revised result positions were:

1st Gareth Davies – International Moth
2nd Kyle Stoneham – F18
3rd Steve Hopper & Paul Dell – 49er
4th David Hall & Paul Constable – Fireball
5th John Charles – RS600

Thanks to the Race Officers Team Phil Crawford, Margret Kennedy & Sally Ellingford, the support boat crews including Ivor Thompson in Pearl.

Thank you to the results team working hard under pressure inputting all the data Tony Padbury & Jeremy Sandford.

A full race results listing can be found under General Handicap header within the Sailing Results Tab on the L/H/S of the homepage.

Plus a big thank you on behalf of all the competitors & spectators to Sue Boygle / Sam Husk who provided hot liquid refreshments & mince pies from the Bosun’s Hut.

Thanks to Charles & Sophie Boygle who were of great assistance organising the prizes.

 Link to Pics below from Robin.

http://picasaweb.google.com/110247711209399521615/FrozenSheetsRace912011?authkey=Gv1sRgCOShop6kzI_F6QE#

Hi all a good start from down under!!!

Provisional results just in for the musto skiff pre worlds event.

Dan Henderson TBYC  2nd over all with an impressive (11), 1, 2, 3 score line

Ronny Barns TBYC  23rd out of 38 boats at world level

Go TBYC !!!
 
 

Full Pre-worlds results can be seen at #mce_temp_url#

Hi all just a quick update from Dan Henderson competing in the Musto Skiff world championships in Melbourn Australia

Thursday report

So I have been training for the last 5 days on the water with the aussies from sandringham yacht club, the club just down the bay from black rock which is where the event is being held. for the last 5 days the breeze has been quite big reaching a stable 25 knots on 2 of the days. My upwind pace in the big waves hasnt been too quick compared to the top aussies, however this is what i sort of expected as im shorter, and lighter than them all. However, one day when the breeze was big, around 22 knots but considerably smaller waves, my upwind pace was very simular to the aussies, but my downwind angles and speed seem to be slightly better, and my boathandling that i have practiced seems to be paying off, as im getting through the gybes in the waves. Today was the first light wind day we have had, as the land warmed up much faster than it has any other day, reaching about 32 degrees by about 11 oclock. Due to this, the see breeze didnt come in, and it became a bit hazey. We had about 5-8 knots, and my boat speed and height was better than everyone around me. Hopefully we will have some days like today in the regatta. The preworlds warm up starts on saturday, with a 6 race series over the weekend, and then a day off on the 10th before the worlds starts on the 11th. Ronnies boat arrived yesterday in the container after we had to barter for the container to get out of customs. Tomorrows forecast is 35 degrees so it could go either of 2 ways, it could be light like today, or we will get the typical sea breeze. Ill keep you posted on how the training goes tomorrow, and how the pre worlds go.

Dan GBR 409

2011 Brass Monkey SI

Hi all just a quick note to all members that we can follow the progress of our club members competing in Melbourn Australia in the Musto Skiff World Chapionships.

We wish both Dan Henderson and Ronny Barns every success in there assault on the world championships

You can follow there progress on the Musto skiff World Championship Web site :Find the link here.

Happy new year to our intrepid sailors down under and good luck steve hopper
 
 

The RS Feva Worlds Entry forms are now live on the RS Feva web site entry is limited to 180 boats so if you are considering going then please enter early
to avoid disappointment.

Link to Web Entry :Click Here
Finally I intend to take my van and six stack trailer to the worlds so if you need your boat taken to the worlds then please let me know as I have the capacity to take 8 boats in total but again this will be on a first come first served basis.

Finally – finally A Happy New Year to All

Kind Regards Steve Hopper