Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

On Saturday 12th November, our Cadet Team Racing Squad travelled to Maidenhead Sailing Club to battle with Eton College with our youngest ever team.  With great enthusiasm the boys and girls spend two evenings in the Sail training room studying the rules and tactics of 3 boat Team Racing and during the morning of the match, practising sailing in Eton’s boats. They effortlessly transformed their Pico sailing skills to the larger Fireflies and soon became proficient whilst practising starts and manoeuvres. The opposition arrived at 2.00pm and soon we were starting the first race.  Ben and Joe soared into the lead, with Luke our Captain, with his crew Sam, co-ordinating the Team Racing tactics to maintain the overall lead. Louise and Dora battled away, but eventually the much older Eton side edged their way to a 11/10 victory. With only one point in it, which was amazing considering it was our first ever Team race, and determination we started the second race. There was shouts of Protest from both sides, as each team put their tactics into practise, but eventually, as the wind dropped and the fog drew in, Eton managed to sneak in that one point again. Teas followed and the Captains of each team gave their speeches of thanks and enjoyment, and arranged a rematch. Well done Cadets!

All of the following people have won prizes this year during club racing, please come to the prizegiving on Saturday 12th November to collect (or send somebody else) your hard earned prizes, you deserve them.

Prizegiving starts at 7.00pm with the meal being served later in the evening, but is optional. This is a great night for all sailors to get together and celebrate the year, so please come along even if you aren’t listed.

Anybody that hasn’t returned prizes from last year, please can you do so as soon as possible.

Our annual fireworks event is taking place this Thursday 3rd November at 7.00pm.

Food will be available to purchase before the fireworks.

This is a free event, so come down and enjoy the display with family and friends – please bring your best ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ voices with you!

We are proud to announce that Peter S. won the Matt Trophy at the Thames Estuary Yacht Club in his Laser, last Saturday. Moreover, our younger Cadets; Adam, Sam, Luke, Tom, Dominic and Daniel, aged between 10 and 14 years, also performed very well in a large fleet of dinghies from local clubs. 

It was so good that our club was represented at this event, organised by The Matthew Dear Foundation, which was set up to help educate and inform others about the dangers of A.P.E.D’s (Appearance & Performance Enhancing Drugs). More information can be found here: http://www.matthewdearfoundation.co.uk/

Our thanks go to Andras for organising the Picos, Lewis and his crew for the Safety boat cover and parents for supporting this event. Also a big thank you to the organisers at TEYC.

Well done Cadets!

This year’s party will take place on the Friday of half term, 28th October, from 5.30-8.00pm.  Tickets are on sale from Sunday lunchtime from behind the bar, priced at a bargain £5.00 each!

Party snacks will be served from 5.30-6.00pm, at which time the brilliant Tony Robinson (also known to us as DJ Groovy Tunes) will take over to entertain us with a disco and games.  So, dig out your scariest Halloween outfit and come and have fun with us!

P.S.  The boring bits:-

Due to limited numbers of tickets available, we are unfortunately unable to welcome any non-members to the party.  This will be a strictly MEMBERS ONLY event.  Children’s full names will therefore be required at the time of purchasing tickets.

No reservations – please note that we are unable to save tickets for future payment.  Tickets must be paid for at the time of request.

TBYC Cadets – The Matt Trophy – Saturday 15th October at Thames Estuary Yacht Club

URGENT: We need to know who is attending this race by tomorrow (Friday) at the latest to arrange a support Rib to safely escort Cadets to and from the event.

Please confirm your or your son’s/daughter’s 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

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 , phone Andras for more details.

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) Committee Boat start – No entry fee

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.

Original post – http://www.tbyc.org/racing/thorpe-bay-yacht-club-cadets-the-matt-trophy-15th-october/

No catering this Friday evening due to a private function in the Main Bar.

The Commodore Bar will be open to members.

Friday Night Bistro starts next Friday, 14th October

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

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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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