Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Dear Cadets and Parents,

There is Sailor’s Meeting this Friday 14/09/2018 at 7 pm.
I would like to present a new course for Sunday.
Focus of discussion will be the beat, upwind progress, tacking, lay lines.

Sunday 16/09/2018 there is Cadet Sailing.
Start on the water is at 3 pm.

Briefing on the beach just before
For all abilities, in any boats.
Training, new course, focus is on the beat.

Parental help will be most appreciated to help on ‘Polly’ and with launching on the beach

I hope to see you all on the water:

Andras

poster Pico race 2018 09 16.pages

Friday 14th September

7.00pm Cadet Sailor’s Meeting with Andras (Sail Training Room)

7.30pm Race preparation with Nick for Bart’s Bash, Matt Dear Trophy and Inter-Club Cadet Team Race (Commodore’s bar)

8.00pm Parents meeting – Organisation / transporting boats etc. for Matt Dear Trophy and Interclub.

Sunday 16th September

Sail Training with Andras – Start on the water at 15.00.

Barts Bash – Start 15.00    Nick will support the Cadets doing this race (optional) Friday evening (as above) and with a briefing at 14.00.

This will be a great opportunity to practice for the follow weekend.

Saturday 22nd September

Matt Dear Trophy at TEYC Start 11.00 (TEYC Briefing 10.00)

Sunday 23rd September

Inter-Club Dinghy Team Race at Leigh on Sea Sailing Club (4 boats in a team, as many teams as we wish) Start 11.25.

Photo: Last year’s Cadets at the ‘Matt Dear Trophy’ Race

Our Cadet Team Racing Squad sailed very well against Eton College on Saturday 8th September at Bray Lake, winning 4-3. The impressive performance by both teams in 6 Fireflies, involved seven races around a S shaped course, each lasting 10 minutes. This generated close maneuvers, which required good sailing and communication skills and very quick thinking! Amongst the many highlights was an amazing Mark Trap when one of our boats held back two of their boats, allow us to sail through. Well done TBYC Team, we are proud of you!

Photo: Both teams after Teas and speeches.

Hi guys,
as requested slow mono course has been changed to A,B,D and cadet racing has been added, please see latest SI’s and SSI06/09/2018 thanks.

links below

Supplementary Sailing Instructions 20180906

TBYC SI 2018 V3
Chris Boshier
Rear Commodore Racing

Dear Cadets and Parents,

I will do a session on Starting tomorrow.
All sailors welcome.
This is going to be the focus of Nick’s cadet race training on Sunday as well.
Andras

There will be Cadet Race Training on Sunday for 11+ year old boys and girls. The training will cater for all abilities. The minimum requirement is to be able to sail a beat, reach and run.

Sunday 19th August – Meeting/briefing (changed and rigged) 16.00 hours in the Sail Training Room – On the water at 16.30.

Focus: Starting and Buoy rounding; tactics and rules.

Parental help will be most appreciated to help on ‘Polly’ with Safety and Scoring etc.

Also, for those who have not done Stage 3 training, sign up now. Click here for details.   There are only 5 spaces left.

Nick Alston

Twenty Cadets turned out to race for the Whalley Cup last Sunday. Seven Lasers, five Picos and a RS Feva were competently sailed, all making a good start and completing 3/4 laps of a Cadet course. The conditions were perfect; 12 – 15 mph winds in glorious sunshine.  Congratulation to all who sailed, but particularly to Katy in 1st place, Henry in second and Luke in third.  Full results click here.  Choose Class: Cadets, Series: Whalley Cup.    Our thanks to Graham Dare RO and his team for a grand job!

(Photo: Cadet Week)

Cadet Sailing
Training and Race
Sunday, 12th of August, 2018
Start on the water at 11:00 am
Briefing on the beach just before
For all abilities, in any boats.
Training, rabbit run, racing

Parental help will be most appreciated to help on ‘Polly’ and with launching on the beach

Andras

This Sunday, 5th August is the Cadet’s Whalley Cup. It is open to all Cadets and will be part of the main club racing. The Start time is 16.00 plus 9 minutes; Cadet start after the adult boats at 16.09. The course will be a triangle using an Orange Inflatable buoy as the Windward mark.

See below or click here for further information/Sailing instructions. I will give a briefing at 15.15 in the Sail Training Room (optional). Please attend changed and rigged.

I am hoping to see a good turn out for this prestigious Cup.       Forecast 10mph…… perfect!

Supplementary Sailing Instructions to the TBYC 2018 SIs

This is an annual average lap, general handicap, trophy race for TBYC cadets sailing any class of boat.

The Cadet fleet will start 3 minutes after the 3 club series races start sequence – i.e it will be the 4th start in the sequence programmed for 16.12

3 minute Warning Flag – Y flag – (as shown to right)

The triangular course will be:

1st – Windward Mark – An orange inflatable special mark
2nd – The 3rd club mark displayed on the rear of the Committee Boat.
3rd – The 4th club mark displayed on the rear of the Committee Boat.

A separate sign on/off sheet for Cadets will be in the Bosun’s hut.