Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

The annual Sailing Supper is taking place on Saturday 29th March, 7.00 p.m.  Tickets are now on sale, priced £12.00 each, and older cadets are welcome.  We will be dancing til late to JB Entertainments disco.

Please use the attached form to order your tickets and indicate menu choices.  There are also hard copies of this form on the bar.  Sailing Supper Ticket Order Form 2014

The menu is:

Fish Supper

Lasagne & Chips

Sausage & Mash

Spotted Dick & Custard

Fruit Salad & Ice Cream

Please enclose either cash or a cheque with your form and put it into the Club postbox marked “Attention Sara Speller – Sailing Supper”.  If  you prefer to pay by card, please do so as usual at the bar, ask a member of staff to mark your form “paid” and pop it into the Club postbox, again marked “Attention Sara Speller – Sailing Supper”.

Any queries, please contact Sara Speller on 07799 892732.

Happy Christmas to all .

Sail training dates for 2015 will be published early in the new year, and the club website will be updated accordingly. Applications can then be made  via the  form  on the website, found under Sail Training .

Please note all cadet members wishing to take Stage 1/2 will need to be a minimum age of 8 in April 2015.

Kind regards.      Nick Cotgrove

The RS Feva Fleet at TBYC is an active class involved in Club Racing, Club and RS Feva Association coaching, British Schools Team Racing events and friendly matches against public schools.

Now that the new season is just around the corner, it is time to encourage new youngsters to enjoy racing the RS Feva, with all our support and team spirit. As a guide the RS Feva is an ideal dinghy for 11 to 16 years old boys and girls.  There are plenty of boats around for sale, so now is the time to join in with the fun.

We have a full programme of events and training for all abilities.  We are keen to encourage and support another generation of RS Feva sailors!  Nothing is compulsory but I think you / your child will be hooked!

Programme so far this year:

Saturday 8th March – Team racing match against Eton College

RS Feva UK Team racing Championships at Farmoor, Oxford SC on May 17

RS Feva UK National Championships – Weymouth May 24/27

‘Thames Valley’ British Schools Team Racing Championships (BSDRA) June 7

RS Feva Open meeting at Burnham SC June 15

RS Feva Association Coaching session (date to be arranged)

Team Racing match against the Royal Hospital School in RS Feva (11 to 15 year olds)  (date to be arranged)

Plus the training dates at the back of the TBYC  ‘Sailing and Social Programme 2014’

Cadet Evenings – We hold regular ‘ashore’ sessions, looking at tactics and racing skills.

Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Nick Alston 01268 774604   07815113459

RS Feva Fleet Officer

RS Feva Sailors (and parents),
We will meet this week, 20th February at 8.00 pm in the Training room. The theme will be to continue with ‘everything you need to know about RUNNING’ finishing last session and building it into Team Racing Tactics during the down wind leg.
We have our first two events of the season coming up, which will need some organisation with parents.
Saturday 8th March, Team Race against Eton College A/B Team. Practice at 1.30, match at 2.30pm. A team of 6 (or 12) sailors in their Fireflys.
Saturday 15th March, arrive 9.30am. Oxford Sailing Club, Farmoor. This is a National Schools Sailing Association (NSSA) Team Racing Championships event in their RS Fevas.
Please ask your parents whether you can attend and who can provide transport. I will be around to chat to parents after our session on Thursday.
All very exciting!!!!

Also, as we approach the new season, we must try to expand the group. Everyone is welcome, spread the word.
Hopefully see you Thursday,
Nick
RS Feva Fleet Officer

Hi all yacht club members, just a reminder that Scott is opening for food from 5pm on Thursdays

He’s got steak, pork chops and lamb chops on the menu tonight, yum!

You don’t need to be a cadet to take advantage, all sections of the club welcome!

The General Committee have recognised that we have a lot more younger families that find cadet night starting too late.

From this week the club will be opening the bar and kitchen from 5 on Thursdays and we hope that it will allow everybody with younger families to dine and to get to know each other earlier on Cadet Nights.

Sailing AGM – Wed 13^th November – 8pm – Commodore’s Bar

If you race and sail at TBYC, then you should come along to this years AGM on Wednesday evening to contribute and help shape next year’s racing at the club.

The Cadet Hallowe’en party is on Sunday 27th October from 4 to 6pm. 

Enjoy refreshments, and disco and party games with prizes from Groovy Tunes.  Fancy dress is optional.

Tickets are only £5.00 and are available NOW from the club bar or for further information, please contact Mark Petty-Mayor 07985 444015

Thorpe Bay Yacht Club Racing
Winter 2013 / Icicle  2014

Race Box Start, Proposed Format is using Club Marks and Trapezoid course where possible

Course displayed on the Bosun’s Hut Blackboard at the Top of the Slipway

General Handicap Series, Mass Start (T), Big Prizes TBA

Tandem Class competitions for:

Fast Monohulls            Slow Monohulls           Fast Catamaran            Slow Catamaran

PN <1099          PN >1100 (incl Laser 1085)         PN <715                      PN >716 

Entry forms behind the Bar and on the Website

Frozen Sheets Trophy Race, Saturday 4^th January 2014, 12:00  

After a weekend off with no racing, we are back to are usual busy program this weekend, the last racing weekend before the End of Season Trophy on the 19th.

The long range forecast is good weather and a light breeze, suitable for all.

On Saturday we have Mikes sail Training 3 at 10am, Club Racing, the last Autumn Saturday Points race, 11am start, TOPS 5&6 at 11:20 and the Fevas are away at the Team Racing Championships with Nick Alston.

On Sunday there is an extra addition in the calendar with 2 different races scheduled.  This is a printing error and Sundays Race is the Autumn Access trophy, 12pm start.  The Autumn Points series finished on the 22nd September.

Please consider parking this Sunday, The Seafront will be closed between 09:30 till 12:00 for the Southend 10krun!