Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

The Dinghy AGM will take pleace on Wednesday 14th October 2009 at 8.00pm.  Hope to see you there.

Over the past couple of weeks we have been having problems with one of the displacement boats leaking fuel. When it was realised what was happening, three people, Mark Dell, Toby Speller and Peter Thompson set about removing and repairing the fuel tank and then refitting over a few evenings last week, all in time for the weekends 9’er Open Meeting. On behalf of all TBYC members,  “Thank you and well done guys”.

Finns & Contender NORs –

Notice of Race

Contender and Finn Open Meeting

22nd & 23rd August 2009

To be held at:   Thorpe Bay Yacht Club, 115 Thorpe Bay Gardens,

Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 3NW

Telephone (01702) 587563

Rules:  Racing will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing, the prescriptions of the RYA, the class rules, except if any of these are changed by these sailing instructions, the Thorpe Bay Yacht Club Open Meeting Sailing Instructions and the Supplementary Sailing Instructions.

Eligibility and Entry: The regatta is open to boats of the classes stated above.  Those eligible may be entered by completing an entry form available in the clubhouse main bar area prior to racing.

Fees: The entry fee will be £30 per boat including Saturday dinner

Schedule of Races

Courses: The course to be sailed will be as follows:

Sailing Instructions: These will be available in the clubhouse main bar area on completion of registration.

Scoring: Each boat’s series score shall be the total of her race scores, with her worst score discarded if five or more races have been completed.  If only four or less races are completed, a boat’s score will be the total of her race scores.

Disclaimer of Liability: Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk.  See Rule 4, Decision to Race.  The organising authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during or after the regatta.

Insurance: Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third party liability insurance with a minimum of £2,000,000 per event.

Boat Parking: Boats should be left in the TBYC boat park fronting on to Thorpe Esplanade or as directed by a member of the event organising team.

Car Parking: Cars should be parked in the Southend Corporation Car Park adjacent to the boat park – TBYC car parking stickers will be made available.

Accomodation: Camping will also be available in the corporation car park No cars in the boat park please.

Food and Bar Service: Food and drink will be available in the clubhouse on both days.  Menus and specials boards will be on display in the clubhouse main bar area along with the times that food will be served. 

Prize-giving: In the clubhouse as soon as possible after completion of racing on Sunday.

Changes to Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions:  All changes will be posted at least two hours before the start of the race it will affect, except that any change in the schedule of races will be posted by 20.00 on the day before it will take effect.

Thank you to the crews of our support boats that were on duty for the Nore Race and The Great Pier Swim this weekend.

Well done in representing TBYC.

Eric Mitchell                             Commodore

To celebrate the Cadet Week, Hi-Tec will again offer footwear at greatly reduced prices during the event.

This year, the following products will be available, and can be ordered every day.

However, additionally, all members, visitors and friends are invited to take advantage of an extra special ‘40% off all products’ offer off the www.hi-tecdirect.co.uk website. Simply select the product type in the promo-code TBYC40 (case sensitive) and get your Hi-Tec’s delivered to your home.

Have a great week and……. Enjoy your shoes

I was clearing out the Bosun’s Hut this morning with Mike Thomason.

At ten o’clock we broke off to watch the last concrete plank be lifted off the beach and fixed in position at the foot of the slipway.

It was an honour for me to be there with Mike to witness it, for it  is an accumulation of five years work for him.

All members current and future owe him a debt of gratitude for the way he has led the project which is a lasting legacy to the club.

From all the  membership.     Thank you Mike.

Eric Mitchell            Commodore

GRAND SALE

FRENCH DESIGNER LADIES & CHILDRENS WEAR

TUESDAY 23 JUNE 8.30 ONWARDS IN THE CLUBHOUSE

WENDY POINTER WILL BE SHOWING HER DESIGNER LADIES RANGE & MAKING A DONATION TO THE SLIPWAY FUND FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF USING OUR VENUE.

SHE LIVE IN WESTCLIFF, WHERE SHE HAS “HOME BOUTIQUE” OFFERING A FABULOUS NEW RANGE OF FRENCH DESIGNER CLOTHING NOT AVAILABLE IN THE SHOPS.

SHE WILL BE PRESENTING HER UNIQUE MIX “N” MATCH CONCEPT AT THE YACHT CLUB ON THE ABOVE DATE. I HOPE YOU CAN JOIN HER.

CAPTAIN TORTUE SIZES RANGE FROM 6 MONTHS – 14 YEARS

MISS CAPTAIN SIZES RANGE FROM 8 – 20

FOR MORE INFO, PLEASE CALL WENDY 07801 903042

OR EMAIL: [email protected]

Hi and welcome if you are visiting our website for details on the open day. Please come and join us from 1pm when you can meet TBYC members, have a look round the club and watch some of the cadet and family sailing. There will be a BBQ and activities for children during the afternoon.

There is no need to pre-register but it would be helpful for us to get an idea of numbers, so if possible please call or email Amy Wright on 01702 215163 or [email protected]

We look forward to meeting you.

TBYC would like to thank sportessex.com and Southend on Sea Borough Council for supporting this event.

As you will all be aware work on our new slipway started on programme last month. The main contractors Breheny Civil Engineering have made good progress in recent weeks, and size of the structure is now really starting to take shape. The last of the main supporting frame beams were placed yesterday along with the last of the insitu concrete connections. Work this week has slowed, to allow time for the remaining insitu joints below the water line to cure fully before loading and the spring tides have reduced the window of opportunity between tides to make good progress in reasonable working hours.

Some of the more keen members of the club who have taken an interest in the slipway may have noticed some slight cracking to the insitu joints at the top end of the slipway on the western side. These have been discussed at length with the design engineers Hemsley Orrell Partnership and Breheny Civil Engineering. Slight movement at the location of the vertical joints is to be expected as the beams are loaded up, these are deemed to be within tolerance of the design performance and not structurally significant, however as a precaution they will be filled with resin injection upon completion, to ensure water tightness and that the design life exceeds that of the specification of 60yrs.

The next delivery of deck planks is due on Monday 15^th June and placing the remaining deck planks will commence the same day. Installation of the permanent steel support brackets to the pile heads will also commence next week. The contractors have confirmed they are on target to complete in June as scheduled, with the final timber edging and mooring rings being installed week commencing 22^nd June. All being well Breheny should be finished by Friday 26^th June and at present we are on target to be within our budget.

On the basis of this we are scheduling a Grand Opening on Saturday 27^th June to coincide with our club Open Day. Keep an eye on the club website and notice boards for more details on this prestigious and historic event in our clubs history.

Kind Regards

Slipway Committee

We rigged on the East grass area in front of the dinghy park on Monday
and at some point during the exercise our boom simply disappeared. We may have left it on the grass while rigging and left it behind when we crossed the road and hope that some well intentioned individual found it and put it somewhere for safe keeping.

Any information leading to recovery would be much appreciated. We are talking about a 2.5m length of black anodised tube approx 60mm in diameter.

Thanks

Robin