Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

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“There is a tremendous spirit within this club in which everybody pulls together and I’m a very grateful beneficiary of that culture.  Many people have helped me at various times”

quote taken from Howard Hawkes article below.

now theres a man who has worked harder than most of us to pull together another fine season of sailing events unselfishly giving up his own sailing and social time for us all to benefit even in a year where the weather didn’t quite play the game fairly… thank you Howard.

the spirit of our club is further enhanced by the working parties that now attract 40+ of all ages which help keep the club in good order.

for me the main spirit/culture test of a club is that of renew. renew of members, renew of assets.

seeing 33 Cadet Pico’s out on the water in their race series on saturday afternoon was just great and shows just how successful the TBYC cadet training program is and has been in giving the opportunity of learning to sail to so many.

sunday witnessed another great turn out for a trophy race and two former pico sailors David Hopper & Tally Eyre literally flying about in their foiling moths, great for all to see and for the cadets to be inspired. TBYC has always led the way with state of the art sailing dinghies and this year is no exception.

alot of work has gone on behind the scenes to secure the renewal of our assets and one man linked to most of the above over many years and has been their driving force is Mike Thomason the man who sets the benchmark for the spirit and culture of our club.

in a world of uncertain times our club will hopefully continue to deliver the same spirit and culture for you and i to enjoy both on and off the water and our subscriptions continue to be invested for the future benefit of sailing.

Peter

ps if you’ve got a bit of spare cash personally or in your business then theres no better time than now to help TBYC and the slipway fund. Mike Thomason will be very pleased to hear from you…. don’t be shy…

The “summer” season is coming to an end and with it arrives the annual migration to the boat park of the cruisers, which is scheduled for Saturday 18^th October. As usual, those who are NOT sailing in the Winter Series need to remove their boats on or before Sunday 12^th October, whereas those who will continue to sail should move their boats to the western half of the boat park.

It is noticeable that some owners take a rather disinterested attitude to the reorganisation of the boat park, leaving it to others to move their boats on their behalf. Please bear in mind that if your boat needs to be moved because you’ve not bothered to comply with the above request, it might not be treated with quite the same delicacy that you would apply – why should it? So if you care about your boat, either take it away OR BETTER STILL, move it to the west side of the boat park and JOIN THE REST OF US in the Winter Series.

The more efficiently we dinghy and cat sailors clear the space for the cruisers the more compactly they are installed, leaving us more space for our boats, so it’s in our interests to co-operate as fully as possible. Not only that, but the Master Recruiter for the Sprint 15 class and Keeper of the Boat Park – none other than Andrew Hannah – has sworn severe retribution for any boats not complying. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Those stalwarts joining us keen Sprint sailors for the season of PROPER sailing need to enter by Saturday 25^th October.  Unfortunately the Sandhoppers won’t be with us – Barry is feeling his age and it is said that this year he may hibernate.

Finally, I’m bowing out after an interesting year. There is a tremendous spirit within this club in which everybody pulls together and I’m a very grateful beneficiary of that culture.  Many people have helped me at various times. My successor is that Contender sailor and master-fixer of broken Sprints, Chris Boshier. I wish him well in the post and hope you will all support him as you have me.

Don’t forget the Winter Series.  See you there!

Howard Hawkes.

congratulations to Paul Spratt for achieving his first award at SLIMMING WORLD this week, keep it up Paul you may start a trend with the rest of us.

so if you see Paul at the club please remember to congratulate him.

Many thanks to those who helped with the scrubbing and antifouling on the slip last night especially Sam, Struan, Peter, Liz, Robin, Andrew, Chris and Chris who worked flat out from start to finish, cheers guys.

Dear Hurricane sailors, here’s a listing off all the Association events for 2008 you can find more information on the Web Site:http://www.hurricane59.com

See you on the water soon:

Saturday June 28-29, Rutland Cat Open
Open fleet
www.rutlandsc.co.uk
Results

Saturday, July 05-06 2008, TT Stone
Own start. A Classes attending
www.stonesc.co.uk
Results

Sunday, July 13 2008, Piers Race Marconi
Good oppurtunity to promote Hurricanes to all classes
www.marconi-sc.org.uk
Results

Saturday, August 02-03 2008, TT Canvey Island
Own start. A Classes attending
www.islandyachtclub.co.uk
Results

Saturday, September 20-21 2008, TT/Open Whitstable
Own start. Forts race plus round the cans
www.wyc.org.uk
Results

Friday, September 26-28 2008, TT Brightlingsea
Own start. Spitfires and Shadows attending
www.sailbrightlingsea.com
Results

Saturday, October 18-19 2008, Cat Open Grafham
Open fleet at present
www.grafham.org
Results

Copyright © 1987-2008 Hurricane 5.9 International Class Association. Al

Due to the Air show exclusion zone we will have to swap the Shoreline Trophy with the Petal plate.

The programme alterations now read

Petal plate 25th May 14.30 start

Shoreline trophy 8^th June 15.00 start.

To celebrate 60 glorious years of sailing at Thorpe Bay, the Commodore would like to extend an invitation to all members to join him for a glass of champagne and a few nibbles, on Sunday 18th May, at approximately 1 o’clock, in the main bar – immediately after the Hobday Anniversary Race. It’s not often you get a free drink from the Commodore, so please come along and join him and make the most of this rare opportunity!

Dear All, It’s that time of year again. The club stairwell needs brightened up with your latest boat pic’s. Please send your photographs in h/res digital or print format, for my attention, care of the club secretary, Lorraine.

Many thanks, Struan

P.S. Original material will be returned via the club Sec.

Thorpe Bay Yacht Club has been accredited with RYA training status.

The training centre’s principal is Ken Clarke and the Chief Training Instructor will be Tony Clarke.

This accreditation will allow us to train members on our Club’s safety boats.

A big THANK YOU must go to Ken and Tony for all the hard work they have put in to acheiveing this.

Well done boy’s!!

Would all members kindly note that Southend Council have insisted that we do not park on their grass in front of our dinghy park. Failure to comply will result in a parking ticket. We have been warned !!

Martyn Eyre
Vice Commodore