Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

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.

Next Saturday 21st May is the beginning of the Summer Saturday Series. 

This is calling all Cadets to join in with the adult racing using a special Cadet Buoy.  

The races will be approximately 50 minutes long and use a shorter course. Perfect for 11 to 15 year olds! Any class of dinghy, helm and crew or single handed.

Cadets: All you need to do is turn up at least one hour before the race and (optional) find me. I will help you understand the course, brief you on the number of laps and even get you on the water!

Remember there are club Picos and a RS Feva available on a first come first served basis.

So, let’s have a big turn out for our first BIG RACE on Saturday 21st May. This week’s race starts at 11.03 for Cadets.

Your guide, but I will explain it all on Saturday.

Cadet course

• There will be an optional briefing 1 hour before start.
• The race will be a windward leeward course starting at the committee boat. It will be the second start with the Fast and Slow Monohulls at ‘Start time’ plus 3 minutes.
• First check the number of laps on the blackboard at the top of the slipway.
• Once on the water, go to the Committee boat and look for the last number on the BACK of the boat, which indicates D on the diagram.
• On the starting signal, you will cross the line and beat to the CADET BUOY, which is a special orange buoy marked with CADET. This will be your windward mark.
• Check whether a Red or Green flag is displayed on the Committee boat; Red means leave marks to port, Green means leave marks to starboard.
• Run or reach down to the course. You must NOT go through the line on the downwind leg (as in the sailing instructions).
• Beat up through the line to the Cadet buoy and continue until the displayed number of laps are completed.
• As you cross the line the committee boat will record your time. They will not give you a signal. Your race is then finished.
• Remember to ‘sign on’ and ‘sign off’ using the CADET sheet in the Bosun’s hut.

The great menu on offer this week is as follows:-

Home made Jalapeño & Beef Chilli With Rice or Jacket Potato £6

6oz Steakburger with cheese & onions £6

Scampi + Fries+Salad (£6 or £3 )
Chicken Nuggetts+Fries+ Salad(£6 or £3)
Home made soup+bread £2.95p
Four Cheese ploughmans supper £6
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 is from 5.30pm to 8.00pm.

(No other menu items will be available on Friday evening.)

Giant Jenga and other games will be available in the Commodore Bar for the cadets to have fun with.

So why not come down and enjoy a cold glass of beer or a lovely glass of wine with friends and watch the sunset whilst you and the family start the weekend by enjoying a meal you haven’t had to cook yourself!

Dear Cadets and Parents,

Please, see our YouTube channel for the trapezoid course for Sunday.

TBYCPicofleet

Next Pico race 8th of May, Sunday, start at 13:20
Proposed meeting time is 12:00 in the dinghy park.
Similar structure, as previously.
Demonstration of close hauled sailing by the jib on the grass, if enough wind.
Demonstration of lying to (standing still).
Otherwise dry practice.
I am thinking about a trapezoid course (modified triangular course).