Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

as you may have seen a section of the wooden toe rail/side runner has been removed midway down the slipway. This is to give a better indication of how the wooden rails change the wave motion/water run off. if you happen to be passing the slipway at a time before high tide then your observations would be helpful. It is getting a bit windier this week coupled with high lunch/afternoon tides.
thanks

Peter

Found today (Sunday 31st) lying in the grass car park. Two pieces of carbon tube joined by a flexible coupling – possibly a tiller extension? Have placed in club foyer.

…to Paul Spratt and Barry Duce who spent a lot of time and effort using their talents to make a great start on the Committee Boat refurbishment. She is already starting to look more ship shape. Also thank you to Gordon Sanders and Tony Clarke who have cleaned out both displacements ready for painting and antifouling.

Chris

You can now download Newsbuoy from the link at the top of this page, you can forward it to those friends who may be in other parts of the world for them to keep tabs on TBYC.

Following the construction of our new slipway i have set up a Sub Committee of Myself, Nick Elmore, Chris Boshier, Mike Thomason, Domonic Speller and Robin Foster-Taylor to address the usability issues. I will be looking to implement improvements at the earliest opportunity.

Peter

Hope you all enjoyed the New Look Newsbuoy, we just need to thank Barry Duce for Co-ordinating its production and all the contributing committee and members who worked at very short notice on some very informative articles and pictures. Obviously it cost a little more cash than before, hopefully it was an enjoyable read and brings us a little more up to date.
Lyndon Nutkins designed and collated the first edition and i would like to thank him for burning the midnight oil for only a very reasonable reward.
Subscription Renewals are coming in at a very fast pace and i thank you all for making this easier on the Office by being so prompt. The 2010 Programme has gone to print and we should be posting this out with 2010 car park stickers mid January. Any Renewal queries please email
[email protected]

Enjoy the Snow

Peter

Thursday 24th December Bar – 11.00 – 3.00 & 5.00 -11.00 Kitchen 11.00 – 2.30
Friday 25th December Bar – 12.00 – 2.00 Kitchen Closed
Saturday 26th December Bar – 12.00 – 3.00 Kitchen Closed
Sunday 27th December Bar – 11.00 – 7.00 Kitchen Closed
Monday 28th December Bar – 11.00 – 3.00 Kitchen Closed
Tuesday 29th December Bar – 11.00 – 3.00 & 7.00 – 11.00 Kitchen 11.30 – 2.30
Wednesday 30th December Bar – 11.00 – 3.00 & 7.00 – 11.00 Kitchen 11.30 – 2.30
Thursday 31st December Bar – 11.00 – 3.00 & 7.00 – 11.00 Kitchen 11.30 – 2.30
Friday 1st January Bar – 11.00 – 7.00 Kitchen Closed
Saturday 2nd January Bar and Kitchen back to normal working hours.

Normal Working Hours 2010

Monday The club is closed all day – except for bank holidays
Tuesday Bar – 11.00 – 3.00 & 7.00 – 11.00 Kitchen – 11.30 – 2.30
Wednesday Bar – 11.00 – 3.00 & 7.00 – 11.00 Kitchen – 11.30 – 2.30
Thursday Bar – 11.00 – 3.00 & 7.00 – 11.00 Kitchen – 11.30 – 2.30 & 6pm – 8pm
Friday Bar – 11.00 – 3.00 & 7.00 – 11.00 Kitchen – 11.30 – 2.30 & 7pm – 9pm
Saturday Bar – 11.00 – 3.00 & 7.00 – 11.00 Kitchen – 11.00 – 3.00
Sunday Bar – 11.00 – 7.00(Winter)11.00 – 9.00(Summer) Kitchen – 11.00 – 2.30

Kitchen opening times will be extended during the sailing season to encompass sailing times.

The Flag Officers and Staff of Thorpe Bay Yacht Club wish all members Greetings of the Season and look forward to welcoming you all to the club over the festive period.

Nick Elmore
Vice Commodore

As you all know, the race officer has a horn when he’s on the committee boat. He has a horn when he starts the races and when he finishes them. If he is on his own, he will hold the flags in one hand and his horn in the other. But when his wife is there, she will hold the horn for him.

He normally keeps his horn hidden in the cabin. The horn has wires with crocodile clips, which he attaches to a battery. When he’s finished, the horn is disconnected and is packed away, in a wooden box.

Unfortunately, the race officer has lost his horn. I’ve had a good search for it, but to no avail. If anybody has information as to its whereabouts, please could he/she inform a member of the sailing committee.

With thanks,

Andrew Hannah.

Not sure if you have been down the club lately and seen the fliers.

There are still a few tickets left for the Christmas Party.

The booking form is on the reverse of the attachment if you would like to book a table.

If tickets are sold out then you could always join in for the entertainment after 9pm and they cost £10pp. The Zoltans are fun local jump-jive band and well worth seeing if you haven’t before http://www.zoltans.co.uk/

TBYC Christmas Party Details (Adobe .pdf file)

Hi All,

This weekend is the end of Season Trophy and with it comes the end of Season, which means all dinghies and catamarans and their ancilliaries (road trailers, windsurfers/kyaks/paddle boards or whatever else you hide under your boats) need to vacate the dinghy park this Sunday after racing.
The only exception to this is any Picos which are on and have paid for rack space over the winter by this wekeend (at the more than reasonable price of £30, cheques with pico number on the reverse accepted).
Boats which have entered the Winter series can return to the dinghy park once the cruisers and sandhoppers have moved in for the winter.