Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

We need volunteers to help with the following Club Racing duties over the next few weekends please

Sat 07 Sep 2024 13:30 Autumn Sat – Assistant RO – Swap with Andrew Stickland or volunteer please

Sat 07 Sep 2024 13:30 Autumn Sat – SS2 Crew – Volunteer please

Sun 22 Sep 2024 13:30 Autumn Sun – SS2 Crew – Swap with Lawrence Crispin or volunteer please

The club tow car (BMW X3) is available to launch RIBs (any club member with a clean license over 25 is insured to drive it)

If you have a duty coming up and want a refresher on what to do please come along to any race and let the Duty Officer know if you would like to join a displacement or the committee boat to help / observe.

Don’t forget you can swap a duty with a VOLUNTEER PLEASE duty by emailing [email protected]

If you can help please volunteer / swap in the usual way via Dutyman or email [email protected]

Many thanks

We intend to Re-Run the Benfleet Shield Trophy Race this Sunday. The weather is looking ideal. Should this change at last minute we will revert to 2 points races. This will be at the Race Officer’s discretion.

The format will be similar to last year with a split start to allow for the faster boats to be in the same tidal conditions as the others and arriving in the creek nearer towards high tide.

WINDWARD /LEEWARD FLEET NOTE: If we revert to 2 races, the original start time for all fleets will revert to 10:30 and run in the usual sequence. The RO will not wait so please be ready.

The start times will be:

Fast Monohull, Monohull and Sandhoppers – (who usually start in the 2nd and 3rd starts) will start at 10:30. Signal will be code flag “R” – General Handicap mass start

Windward/Leeward fleet boats will start at 11:00. Signal will be Code Flag “D” (normal starting signal)

The course will be posted on the white board at the top of the slipway. Ultimately there will be a port hand turning mark in Benfleet Creek. It will be one of the club’s tall orange inflatable buoys.  It will be a committee boat start and a shore-box finish through the club line.

HW is at 12:35. There should be plenty of water to round the mark in the creek.

Starting sequence 3-2-1.

Please see attached the NOR and SI’s for this years cadet regatta.

This is an Open Regatta so please pass to friends from any other clubs, especially from along our foreshore.

TBYC-Youth-Junior-Regatta-NOR-2024

TBYC-Youth-Junior-Regatta-SIs-2024

Day Two Photographs….. go to www.nwa.org.uk

Cadet week 2025 will be the week beginning 11th August

We intend to hold the Benfleet Shield Trophy Race this Sunday. The weather is looking favourable and subject to this holding, we will race. This may change at last minute and revert to 2 points races. This will be at the Race Officer’s discretion.

The format will be similar to last year with a split start to allow for the faster boats to be in the same tidal conditions as the others and arriving in the creek nearer towards high tide.

The start times will be:

Fast Monohull, Monohull and Sandhoppers – (who usually start in the 2nd and 3rd starts) will start at 11:15. Signal will be code flag “R” – General Handicap mass start

Windward/Leeward fleet boats will start at 11:45. Signal will be Code Flag “D” (normal starting signal)

The course will be posted on the white board at the top of the slipway. Ultimately there will be a port hand turning mark in Benfleet Creek. It will be one of the club’s tall orange inflatable buoys.  It will be a committee boat start and a shore-box finish through the club line.

HW is at 13:32. There should be plenty of water to round the mark in the creek.

Starting sequence 3-2-1.