Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

The Cadet AGM is being held on Thursday November 20th at 7.00pm. The kitchen & bar will be open from 6pm as usual.

Bev Warrington

The Cadet section Fireworks display will take place at the club at 7pm this Thursday.

The kitchen will be open from 6pm till 8pm.

Due to a lack of ticket sales I regret that the launch party for Club 14:18 has had to be cancelled. A full refund will be given to the one ticket we did sell.

The aim of Club 14:18 is to keep our 14 to 18 year olds involved in activities both on the water and in the club house. We therefore hope to continue with Club 14:18 on a monthly basis from mid November. Friday night will be a meal followed by an activity such as cinema or bowling. Saturday sailing will be an opportunity to either join the club racing or try different boats out.

Further details to follow nearer to November.

Dear All,

Having had a discussion with Barry last night I recomended this site for self testing.

I thought that it might be useful to anybody interested in taking courses.

www.sailtrain.co.uk/index.htm

There are great tests for IRPCS (International Regulations for Prevention of Collisions at Sea.) Including identifying Vessel Lights.

I have used the site extensively for Day Skipper Training and found it invaluable.

Maybe a permanent Link can be made?

Regards,

Wayne.

P.S for those doing CEVNI  There are two self tests here.  http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/cevni/index.htm Scroll down. (2nd Test is “Next Exercise” and includes lights) Good Luck.

ust a reminder that there will be no cadet night this Thursday as they are now every other week. Please refer to your Sailing Programme for details.

Coming up this month are talks by Tony Clarke on October 9th and Ian Little on October 23rd. These will start at 7.15pm and last for about 20-30 minutes.

Hope to see you all then.

Bev Warrington

Cadet 9631 Hammerhead
James Hayward and Alex Warrrington (Waldringfield/TBYC)

Well the pairing has now ended as James retires from the Cadet fleet to enter the world of 420’s. The boys had a great year all in all, with 3 Open meeting wins, UK Inland Champions and Selected for the 2008 British World Team. 31st in the Worlds and 8th at the Nationals. Would have been nice to have been higher in these events but thats boat racing for you! You never know whats going to happen next!

Cadet 9029: George Warrington and Angus Stone (TBYC/Waldringfield), had a great time in the Silver Fleets at Medemblik and Torquay, learning fast all about big fleet starts and the rules! They put in a commendable 41st in the Silver Fleet at the worlds and 81st out of 97 at the Nationals. Boat-handling and staying upright has been George’s biggest learning curve. In fact 9029 stayed upright all week at the Nats – well er.. except I managed to turn it upside down twice in the parents race!!- I blame the crew naturally!

Alex has now teamed up with his 3rd helm for the 2009 season. Jess Quinlan from Burnham with her boat; 8407 “Fantasy”. They have had a great start to their partnership. Stone Open Meeting earlier this month saw them miss out on a top 3 overall after a bad capsize on a very windy 1 day event, coming home 5th overall. Last weekend saw them clinch their first major win at the Parkstone Open with a 60 boat entry and winning the event overall!

So we’re all looking forward to another winter of National Squad Training and a busy year touring the circuit – Worlds in Argentina 2009…. who knows?

What is Club 14:18 ?  

It is for Cadet members that are 14 – 18 years old.

When do Club 14:18 meet ?  

On the middle Friday & Saturday of each month.

What do Club 14:18 do ?  

Friday Nights: 7p.m. – 8p.m.   Meet in the Clubhouse for pizza & pasta then from 8p.m. – 10p.m. Activities like cinema, bowling, badminton, swimming.

Saturday: Club14:18 sailing – try out new boats like RS Feva’s, 29er’s, Lasers and help new Club 14:18 members with some basic sail training.

How much will Club 14:18 cost ?  

We will try to keep the Friday night activities to approx. £10, including the buffet.

Who will be organising Club 14:18 ?  

Club 14:18 members will be, so we need to get a committee together. If you are interested then get in touch. Speak to Shaun Christian.

Can I bring my friends from outside TBYC to Club 14:18 ?  

No this is for TBYC Cadet members only.

How can I find out more about Club 14:18 ?  

Come to the launch party on the 24th October 2008 when Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” comes to TBYC. Learn the “Thriller” dance moves with the help of a professional dance team. Tickets are £10  – See James Christian (mob 0784 659 3016).               

Dresscode: Zombie

See the cadet notice board for more details and other Club 14:18 activities for the rest of 2008.

We will meet on Thursday 18th Sept to look at entries to the Autumn Series.  Come along and register you interest even if you have no-one to sail with at present.  We may have people interested in taking a crew as the Autumn series is traditionally fairly breezy and it is always more fun with two anyway.

Make sure you are there to register even if you are an old hand, but if for some reason you can’t make it it will be possible to sign-on as usual in the Bosun’s hut on Saturday 20th for a race start time of 2.45pm  (try to get ready in plenty of time please), briefing at the top of the slip at 2.20pm.

On Thursday, at 7.15pm we will look at various aspects of the start sequence and mark rounding to familiarise those who may well be taking their first steps into racing following a successful cadet week.  Turn up even if you are a seasoned pro and ensure i mention everything needed, in order to help newcommers get aquainted with the way we run the series at TBYC.

On a seperate note, please could we get a list of willing volunteers to help run the race box with Lisa and Linda (needed for this Sat as Linda is on rescue duty, and on Sat 27th Sept and Sat 4th Oct).  It would be great to confirm who can help asap.  Please give me or one of the aformentioned ladies a ring if you can.

Cheers,

See you on the water!

Rupert

A big “thank you” to the Cadets who took up the challenge of being RO assistants last Sunday. I thought you all did an excellent job:

Alex Thomason
Athina Duce
Isabella Allard
Isabelle Duce
Madeleine Thomason
Robyn Farrall and
William Thomason

You worked really well as team and I enjoyed your company.
Chris