Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Laser Pico For Sale Sail No 13211. Grey boat, comes complete ready to sail with trolley and cover. The boat was bought new in 2009. It is in very good condition. Comes with blue training sails and 2011 race sails set.

£ 1600.00 Please call Nick Elmore 0770 2299555

There are a limited number available from behind the bar and you can also book with myself: [email protected]

Guaranteed to be a great evening, come and support your fellow sailors on their wins.

Calling all TBYC members, join us on Saturday 12th November and celebrate a fantastic year of sailing at the club.

Saturday 12th November 2011 at 7.30pm.

Menu:

Butcher’s Cumberland Sausages and Mash in a rich onion gravy with peas.

Followed by:

Profiteroles in a warm chocolate sauce.

Tickets cost £12 for adults and £10 for cadets.

All tickets must be booked and paid for by November 5th.

No bookings will be taken after this date.

To all Cadets the Club plans to re-run the postponed Walley Cup trophy Race on Sunday 16th October start at 13:30hrs with a different start & course area from the end of season trophy.

Halloween Party – Saturday 29th October
Christmas Party – Sunday 18th December
Cadet Week 2012 – Monday 20th to Friday 24 August

9029 “Freestyle”- George and Ben Warrington
8401 “Spook”- Matthew Lloyd and Savva Tretyakov
8451 “Stress” – Alex Warrington and Laura Lloyd

 
Last week saw six TBYC cadets take to the water for the Cadet National Championships at Stone Sailing Club. After difficult year with wind conditions ruining most of the Indicator Series, Stone SC managed to do their usual magic and put on a fabulous event.

The Cadet being the only true junior racing dinghy with an upper age limit of 17, meant that this would be George’s last event.  Some of the usual faces had decided to end their Cadet sailing at the previous Worlds in Germany so 67 boats were entered in total.

With George & Ben’s and Alex & Laura’s previous results saw them boosted up to the Gold Fleet. Matthew with our new member, Savva, who has recently joined TBYC from Russia where he had been crewing at National level were in the Silver fleet.

The Stone tides and different wind directions, gave all the competitors something to think about! It was like being at a different venue each day! George & Ben had a good event and finished overall in 22nd, a black flag and a broken rudder stock lost them 2 races but managed a 9th place in race 7. Alex & Laura started well and were in the teens overall half way through, but a bad last 2 days saw them drop back to 31st overall – with some massive lessons learnt about the effects of the tide! Matthew & Savva were 49th but had an interesting race 2 which saw the leaders stuck in the tide trying to fetch the windward mark when the breeze dropped. The boys put in a long tack inshore and out of the tide, found a puff of wind and managed to make the mark in 2nd place. Only to find the race abandoned when they were feet from the line! The Committee had decided it was an unfair race. The boys protested the committee but it was not upheld. Good effort none the less!

Another great event finishes and we move on to the final Open meetings and RYA Squad qualifiers. We would love more of you to join us and if your child would like to learn their race craft in this superb racing dinghy, please contact me. Many members stop and look at the Cadets in the dinghy park and remember their days in the Cadet fleet with fondness…..!

Another fantastic week had by all, thank you to all who helped in the Stingray Group this year. A massive thank you to Rupert and Debbie for all their hard work during the year. Thanks also to Mike for all the work getting the Oppies and equipment up to scratch in the weeks prior to Cadet week. To all the Team Leaders and helpers, who all gave the children some fantastic instruction throughout the week and were great sports who entered the spirit of the event from day 1. Many thanks also to the Guys and Girls on the Rescue boats, Bosuns Hut, Road crossing duties, Catering and behind the bar. A big thank you also to Peter Thompson for all the hard work he does behind the scenes, which probably most of us never see! The biggest thank you of all goes to the children, who once again, were a credit to their parents and Thorpe Bay Yacht, the future of the club certainly looks bright. Thanks again and see you on the beach next year, Mark.

Following a great Cadet Week, my son Alex would love to sail in a Pico regularly. If anyone needs a helm or crew please let me know on 07702 366053. Rick Paxman

I just wanted to say a huge Thank You to all involved for such a fun Cadet Week. I know that an awful lot of hard work and organisation goes into it all … Thank you to everyone involved.

http://www.benfleetyachtclub.org/Rowing.htmlBEN

Hello everybody

Fancy swaping your wetsuit/trapeze harness for some oars and exercise?

BYC are planning their first 14 mile rowing race around Canvey Island on Sat 3rd Sept, start at 2:15pm.

Please click on the link for full details.

I would like to get at least get a couple of crews/boats (i’m up for the exercise) for some friendly interclub rivalery.

Entry fee is £3 per person.

If anyone has knowledge of or owns a suitable rowing/skulling machine (preferably not from the gym nor 240v!)  or fancies taking part, please drop me a line.

If the link does not work, go on the BYC website for all the info.

Thanks, simon