Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Dear Cadets and Parents,

Pico Race Sunday, 19 June, 2016 – Tomorrow

Start at 11:20

Proposed meeting in the dinghy park: 10:00

Briefing on the beach at 11:00
Short demonstration of sail setting on the beach
Launching
Please, stay around the race course, do not sail away to Spain!
Warm up, try the course
Two short races, about 10 minutes each
Free sailing
De-brief and prize giving in the dinghy park after washing the boats.

Parents, please, consider helping (4 pencil marks, starting boards to Polly)
Committee boat: Polly – cadets not sailing and parents welcome to join
I would welcome some help with tracking the race and results

Please, see our YouTube channel:

TBYCPicofleet

Course plan: 2 gate reach course 23 04 2016 2 – Improved version
Start signals

See you on the water:

Andras

This Saturday I am assure the rain will have stopped, the sun will be out and the winds fair… a great day to get out on the Water.

If you are able you can race on a shortened course in the Club Racing at 10am, if you are learning to helm you can sail from the beach in your OPen Bic, Terra or Pico, younger cadets can come and join in the Oppie fun on the beach from 9am. See you on the beach.

The football will be on in the main bar this evening (cadets activities in the Commodore Bar), so why not make a night of it and have something to eat whilst you watch!

6oz Steak Burger with Cheese & Onions £6
Southern Fried Chicken Goujons + Fries + Salad (£6 or £3)
Scampi + Fries + Salad (£6 or £3 )
Foot Long Pork Sausage + Onion Baguette £5
Chicken Breast Fajita Wraps + Salad £6
Four Cheese Ploughmans Supper £6
Homemade Pea & Ham Soup + Bread £2.95
Bacon Baguette £3.50 (£2)
Child’s 1 Sausage + 1 Bacon + Chips £3
Tuna Mayo or Ham or Cheese Baguette £3.50 (£2)
Chips £1.50 … Cheesy Chips £2.25
Desert menu also available; Food available from 5.30pm to 8.00pm
No other menu items will be available on Friday evening.

It has been decided as the weather is due to be kind to us this weekend that we will hold an additional Oppie Beach Club tomorrow afternoon for anyone interested in joining in.

Meet in the main bar at 2.30pm, ready to sail for 3.00pm.

Hope to see you there!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDxox2fuCs

Dear Cadets and Parents,

This is a reminder for the Pico Race Training.

– 3 days over the Bank Holiday Weekend
run by Andras Gal and Nick Alston

Briefing times at the beach:
(please, be changed and have the boats on the beach, rigged)
28th of May, Saturday 15:00
29th of May, Sunday 16:00
30th of May, Bank Holiday Monday 17:00

Program of day 1, Saturday:

1. Briefing at the beach
2. Demonstration of trim and balance
3. Going afloat and sailing to the training course
4. Warm up: figure of eight course
5. Start practice
6. Mini races
7. De-brief

Please keep an eye on our YouTube channel: TBYCPicofleet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDxox2fuCs

Please, see my previous post with the details
(email / post on the TBYC website) 22/05/2016.

See you on the water:

Andras

Andras Gal
Pico Class Captain

The bank holiday weekend is nearly upon us with all the excitement of the annual Thorpe Bay Regatta.  Let’s keep everything crossed that the weather is kind to us!

We kick the weekend off as usual with our popular weekly Cadet & Families Night on Friday.  A couple of brilliant activities are planned (aside from the usual games) and we would encourage all cadets and adults to join in:-

1.  Throw Line Training – Throw lines are an essential piece of safety kit which enables the rapid deployment of a floating line to either a swimmer in the water or another boat that requires a tow.  David Elkington has kindly offered to oversee this training – he is an experienced sailor/safety boat helm and also a qualified Paramedicso has lots of experience in the correct use of these.

2.  How to correctly fold and put away an Oppie rig – not as easy as it looks, but helps to prolong the life of the equipment that we all enjoy using!

Kitchen opening times for the weekend are as follows:-

Friday: usual lunch times plus 5.30pm-8.00pm

Saturday: 10am – 8pm

Sunday: 10am – 8pm

Monday: 10am – 3pm

Menu for The Weekend:-

Breakfast (Sat, Sun & Mon):
The usual selection, available 10am-12 noon

Lunch (Sat, Sun & Mon):

The usual snack menu plus ‘specials’ will be available.

Evening Menu (Fri, Sat & Sun – NB: not Monday):

Chicken Curry & Rice £6 (£3)
6oz Steakburger + Cheese & Onions £5
Jumbo Hot-Dog & Onions Baguette £4
Scampi + Chips £6 (£3)
Home Made Cock-A-Leekie Soup + Bread £2.95
French Fries £1.50
Cheesy Chips £2.25

DESSERT MENU ALSO AVAILABLE; NO OTHER MAIN MENU ITEMS AVAILABLE IN THE EVENING; NB : If you suffer from any Food Allergies please ask the kitchen staff who will gladly inform you of the contents of all dishes on the menus.

Dear Cadets and Parents,

Please, see the Pico Spring Series Results in the Clubhouse notice board.
Congratulations, we have great results.

We plan the prize giving on cadet night Friday 17 June 2016.

With Nick Alston we plan to run a 3 day Pico race training over the bank holiday weekend for cadets.
This is going to be fun, relaxed atmosphere, no pressure.
We will support cadets with different level of experience and competitiveness.

Parents and adult Pico sailors are welcome.
Cadets with different boats, BIC, bug, RS Tera, Optimist, Topper, Laser 4.7 and other boats sailed by cadets are welcome.
Meeting in the dinghy park, changed and rigged.

Meeting times as follows (same time as the club race starts):

28th of May, Saturday 15:00
29th of May, Sunday 16:00
30th of May, Bank Holiday Monday 17:00

It is going to be a similar experience to the recent Pico races.

1. briefing on the beach, short demonstration of skills
2. warm up with reaching back and forth around two pencil marks, tacking
(figure of eight course, similar to the first few Pico races this season)
3. starting practice
4. mini practice races
5. debrief

The 3 day program is going to build up skills. We would like you all to come to all 3 days, but we understand that this is not possible for everyone. Cadets are welcome to join in any day.

Expressing interest, signing up would be helpful to us, but this is not mandatory.

See you on the water.

Kind regards:

Andras

Andras Gal
Pico Class Captain

Just a reminder for anyone interested that the Oppie Beach Club is on again this Saturday.  Meet around 10.30am.

Hope to see you there!

From Jeremy Sandford:

Games will be available as usual for the cadets in the Commodore Bar and outside (weather permitting).

Friday night menu this week:

Homemade Jalapeño & Beef Chilli With Rice £6
Tandoori Chicken Escalope +Rice £6
6oz Steakburger with cheese & onions £6
Scampi + Fries+Salad (£6 or £3 )
Jumbo Hot-Dog & Onions £3.50p
Chicken Nuggetts+Fries+ Salad(£6 or £3)
Four Cheese plough mans supper £6
Home made soup+bread £2.95p
Bacon Baguette… £3.50p.(£2) Sausage Baguette £3.50p(£2)..
Tuna Mayo or Ham or Cheese Baguette £3.50p (£2)
Chips£1.50p…Cheesy Chips £2.25p

Dessert menu also available; Service from 5.30pm to 8.00pm

No other menu items will be available on Friday evening.