Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Chatham is fully booked for clubs now…….please book in as an individual if they have anymore space.

Regards

Wayne.

CHATHAM RALLY 22nd / 24th April 2011

On behalf of Bob our Captain; please note that we have the Chatham Rally fast approaching. 22nd & 24th April 2011. Lets see how many of us can support this event.

With enough of us attending we will be able to secure club rates on the events pontoon and we will be having a Barbeque on the Saturday evening.
Chatham is a good rally with lots of places to eat and visit, coupled with exceptional Marina facilities.

I shall be placing a notice on the board and anyone who wants to join us please as soon as possible enter your boat name and your name on the form or if you prefer e-mail the details to myself [email protected] in order that we can book this with the Marina.

If anyone without a boat from the club is interested in joining us please contact me and I will see if I can find space for you on those that are going.

On a more serious note:- Could we please have some more volunteers to man Polly. It is already the same faces taking this on. All boat owners are expected to carry out this duty to make it fair for all.

Thank you. Look forward to seeing you all in Chatham.

Wayne
Vice Captain.

The Dinghy Park is now ready for the season.

Last Monday we completed the re surfacing and many thanks to Steve Hopper, Alan Grant and Nigel Payne for helping to rake out the 105 tonnes of shingle and not forgetting Graham in the Burrows digger who did his part.

The Dinghy Park Plan is on the notice board in the lobby and could all owners check your location to ensure all dinghies and cats are in their allocated slots.

Mike Thomason

Following the successful transition between caterers Gary has had his first taste of Thorpe Bay and what a busy weekend it turned out to be ! The kitchen enjoyed much support form the members. Please come and support Gary and the new franchise, I am sure you will enjoy it.

Gary plans to restart the Friday night dining from 15th April and wants members to contact him with bookings etc. We plan to run theme nights on some Fridays to vary the selection and food offered, so please keep an eye on the site and notice boards for more details.

Nick Elmore
Vice Commodore

Many thanks to all who have helped get the boat ready for launching, special thanks to matt Rainbow and David Johnson for bonding the keel this week.

Notice to all TBYC members, this coming friday we will be opening the new lift and are very lucky and privileged to have the ceremony conducted by a member of the Royal family along with a world famous yachtsman. The proceedings start at 10.00am, the national and local press will be in attendance so make sure you wear your best kit for the national press and TV.

Last Sunday was the conclusion of the 2011 Icicle Series, great racing with over forty boats participating in the final two races. Following a small computer glitch with our results programme after racing I’m now pleased to say that the full results for this series have been uploaded.

Thanks to the Race Officers, Support Boat crews & the Results team.

The prizegiving for this series will now take place as part of the Club Race Officer Training evening to be announced shortly.

Top 3 places in each class are:-

Class: Asymmetric Cats

Class: Asymmetric

Class: Catamaran handicap

Class: Winter Monohulls

Class: Laser

Class: Sprint

Many thanks to those that came and helped paint both huts at Saturdays working party.

they look great!

your help was really appreciated.

thanks sam

Many thanks to all of those who turned up on saturday for the work party, we manged to get a huge amount done, so many names to mention ( including Bertie who I think is still locked in the new cuoboard) but you know who you are, although a special mention to Sam Husk, Paul Spratt and John payne for heading up various sections and making the day run so well.
we are so lucky to have such a wealth of gifted talent to call upon in our club.
Looking forward to the good weather and a fun summer of sailing.
Thank you all again
Barry

I am pleased to report that we have now secured the services of Gary Watty of Purple Chilli Catering to take on the kitchen franchise. Gary comes to us with good experience of Yacht Club Catering and we are confident he will be an asset to TBYC.

Gary will be taking over officially from 1st April and for any bookings please call Gary on 07854 229939.

Jo has kindly agreed to stay on to help with the handover to Purple Chilli Catering and our thanks go to her for going the ‘extra mile’ for our club. Well done Jo.

As with all new enterprise, it needs support. Please come down to the club and meet Gary whilst trying the new food experience.

Nick Elmore
Vice Commodore

We have a painting work party on saturday the 19th march starting at 9am, please give some time as there is alot to do with the race box, guard boats etc. Many thanks to Graham Dare who has made an excellent start on the committee boat, lets hope the weather is kind.