Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Thank you to Toby, Dominic, Joshua & Daniel Speller for providing safety cover today, and to Martin Swindon & Alfie Langley for manning SS4 so we had a base station.

A BIG! Thank-you from the fast cats and myself, for all the help this weekend. Yes, the A-class fleet didn’t get out to race due to the high winds but we were still out on the water in other forms. A big thank-you to Howard & Robin and the girls, for looking after the race officer bit, To the Rib owners, Lewis, Martin and Michael plus crews, who did a fantastic job laying marks and saving sailors etc. To Paul and Pete on SS3 who helped save a runaway Tornado from doing too much damage on Saturday. Thanks goes without saying to Paul, Donna and the bar staff team for keeping spirits up. To Dave and the kitchen crew for the weekend service and our lovely club secretary Janet, who kept it all on track. Thanks again to Graham Dare for dealing with the council car parking and to Michael & Howard, who put all the race results together really quickly. It’s amazing what a team club effort can do.

Welcome to the first TBYC Fast cat open, for Tornado’s, Hurricanes, F18’s and A-Class this weekend. Please register in club bar between 8-10am, breakfast will be available from 8:30am, first start is 12:30pm with three races back to back. The kitchen will be providing a BBQ after racing from 6:30pm, extra tickets for family members can be purchase at registration time and a comedian is booked from 8pm, club members welcome to join in the fun.

NoR and SI’s doc’sTornado Nationals & Fast Cat Open 2017 Notice of Race Tornado Nationals & Fast Cat Open 2017 ESI

SATURDAY 21ST JANUARY @ 7 pm

• £2 per person payable on the night
• All welcome – bring your family and friends
• Teams of 8 suggested but any (reasonable) number is ok!
• Prizes based on teams of 8
• For food Antipasti is available at £6 per person – this needs to be pre booked directly with Dave our Chef on 07505 526814 by end of Friday 20th

ALL THESE DUTIES ARE NOW COVERED – MANY THANKS FOR THE PROMPT RESPONSES FROM THE VOLUNTEERS

Thanks to Toby Speller, Andrea Gal, Nick Cotgrove, Howard Warrington, Richard Sands, Janet Willsmer for covering these and also the others who offered after they were taken!

On Saturday 26th November 09:00 Winter Sat 4

SS5 Helm – VOLUNTEER REQUIRED PLEASE – Covered
SS5 Crew – VOLUNTEER REQUIRED PLEASE – Covered
SS7 Crew – VOLUNTEER REQUIRED PLEASE – Covered

On Sunday 27th November 09:30 Winter Sun 4
Race Officer – VOLUNTEER REQUIRED PLEASE – Covered
SS7 Helm – VOLUNTEER REQUIRED PLEASE – Covered
SS7 Crew – VOLUNTEER REQUIRED PLEASE – Covered
RIB Launch/Recovery – VOLUNTEER REQUIRED – Covered

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…

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

If anyone has found my lost Musto Spray Top I would be most grateful if they could contact me. I had the top on the slipway on The Sunday of the Sandhopper Nationals, but did not come ashore with it.

It’s very light grey in colour and xl in size at least.

Thanks in advance….

Martyn Eyre