Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

We have a list of minor jobs and cleaning tasks to undertake this Sunday around the club house and dinghy park. Please see list below.

If you, or a group of you would like to take on a particular area please let me know.

Please bring any gardening tools, brushes, scrubbers, hand tools that you think may be useful.

There are also a few jobs that, for health and safety reasons should only be undertaken by competent tradespeople. please contact me if you feel you can help.

My number is 07795 097438.

Thanks in advance.

Inside club house.

Polish silverware.

De – chewing gum tables and chairs, clean and polish.

Wash any marks from walls / surfaces.

Tidy out cleaners cupboard and boiler cupboard.

Repair lock on cleaners cupboard.

Changing rooms.

Remove and jet wash non-slip matting in men’s and clean floor beneath.

Clear out sand traps in showers/toilets.

Remove and dispose of rotten skirting board in ladies where wall is damp.

Outside club house.

Clean off cobwebs etc from boiler grills.

Brush off lower part of walls where dirt splashed up by rain.

De-cobweb front porch area.

Move old sink around side.

Fill car park pot holes.

General sweep and tidy around car parks.

Race box/Bosun’s Hut.

General sweep and tidy up inside and out.

Boat park.

General tidy up, weed and litter pick.

Scrub slipway.

The event is open to all Cadets, all abilities and class of boat. There are trophies for all competitors and overall winners.  The prize giving will be immediately after the race at Thames Estuary Yacht Club.

We will co-ordinate the entry requirements and escort Cadets around the Pier to the start of the Race.  Smaller dinghies will need to make their own arrangements to TEYC by road.

At the end of the race, those sailing back will be escorted to TBYC.  Sailors will need to keep together irrespective of speed of boat etc.

Timings – Race start 1200 (Mass Start, 5, 4, 1 minute GO –  Trapezoid course)

Leave TBYC beach at 10.45 am (weather dependent) updated nearer to the time, Pico’s etc. will meet on the water at Thames Estuary Yacht Club at 11.30, sail to TBYC Support boat for advice etc.

Please confirm your or your son’s/daughter’s interest or attendance (a confirmation will presume parental permission):

Older Cadets: [email protected] or phone/text 07815 113459

Younger Cadets:  [email protected]  or phone/text 07875 204343

Let’s have a great turn out

Yuletide Ball – Saturday 10th December – tickets go on sale NEXT WEEK.

The Essex Undercovers (the band who performed at the Midsummer Night’s Dream Ball) are back by popular demand.

More details to follow…

There is the 10k running race, there is road closure at the seafront 9:30 – 12:00. This affects our racing.

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Ness Road/Shoebury Common Road & Thorpe Esplanade/Eastern Esplanade (From Church Road to Victoria Road) will be closed tomorrow morning from 09:45hrs until 12:00hrs

Ribs will be moved to the slipway area ahead of the road closure.

http://www.southend.gov.uk/downloads/file/4470/southend_2016_10k_road_race

FOR SALE

Sprint 15    

Sail No: 1857

£1450

2 piece mast

2 mains, one jib

All fittings for jib, furler and trapezes.

Full Cover

Large wheel launching trolley.

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Located at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

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Contact:   Graham Dare 07946 413923

Dear Cadets and Parents,
Further to my message last Saturday, unfortunately the weather was not kind to us, and we could not do the training on the Sunday either. We had a short classroom session to look at a Feva training video and talked about right of way a little.

Nick kindly agreed to join us again and we are planning the Training for this Sunday. Forecast is promising, with moderate to decent wind up to 14 miles/hour.

We plan to do the training – and have short races at the end.

I suggest you plan to arrive at the club at about 11:00, go and change straight away and rig the boats.

There is the running event going on on the seafront, road is going to be closed, however I could not find specific information about the details. I recommend you expect delays and park near the clubhouse. We plan to meet at about 11:00 just to change and rig and get going. Launch the boats at 12:00.

See you on the water:
Andras

Plan:
– Change, and rig the boats straight away
– We will set a triangular course on the water near club mark 3.
– Cadets leave beach at 12:00
– Sailors sail straight to the start line.
– Warm up: figure of 8 around the start line
– Tacking on the whistle towards the windward mark
– One lap of the course, concentrating on sail position/trim (include 5 essentials as appropriate).  RIB is going to support sailors with advice.
– Two 2 lap races, small triangular course.
– De-briefing once off the water at the   Sail Training Room

Please, see our YouTube channel: TBYCPicofleet relevant videos:
– start signals                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT4tjwcEtV0
– figure of 8 course         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDxox2fuCs
– triangular course          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7zUJzn1yG0
– start practice               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHa8aIAD3VM

Laser in great condition, fully race rigged with all GXD controls, 1 standard sail in good condition for club racing, 2 top section masts, carbon tiller and extension, Australian foils with padded storage bag, under and over covers, launching trolley and road trailer; £2800.00
Matt Rivers 07709 731062

It’s time to refresh the TBYC wine list so we are holding a wine tasting on Friday 21st October from 7.30pm

Come along and help us choose which wines to include.

Tickets are £10 per person which includes cheese & biscuits and are available from the Club Secretary or behind the bar.

This is a taster of the session, a lot more has been covered. I plan to post more on YouTube step by step.