Oct 30 2016
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!
Oct 20 2016
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!
Oct 16 2016
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.
Oct 11 2016
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/
Oct 06 2016
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
Oct 03 2016
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
Oct 01 2016
There is the 10k running race, there is road closure at the seafront 9:30 – 12:00. This affects our racing.
Sep 29 2016
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
Sep 25 2016
This is a taster of the session, a lot more has been covered. I plan to post more on YouTube step by step.
Sep 24 2016
Dear Cadets and Parents,
Thames Estuary Yacht Club is organising their regular Open Junior Race.
Our Cadet Committee is strongly supporting the event, we believe that this would be a great opportunity to do something exciting, especially in the view of the great progress of our cadets regularly participating in Pico Racing.
This is rather a short notice, and at present we do not have much details. I approached the Club and will provide more information as soon as I can.
This event needs considerable planning and logistical effort . It would be very helpful to know, how many of you are keen to participate, so that we could make every possible effort to make this a great success. We will need to transport the boats there.
Cadets, this is going to be great fun, big event, meeting other cadets, showing what you learnt and seeing what you can learn from others. Do not be shy, you will love every minute of it. Talk to your friends, go for it.
Parents, we all need your support, more than ever.
I hope to hear from keen sailors and parents soon:
Andras
Andras Gal
Pico class captain
