Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

of everyone who uses Club premises and facilities are of paramount importance.

There have been some incidents recently where children have been quite boisterous in the club house and in the vicinity of the kitchen in particular. This does present safety issues which we must address.

Children playing and running around in the proximity of the kitchen and the pool table pose a very real risk of injury to a child or member of the kitchen staff. The club has a duty of care to all its members and those people employed by the club and for this reason we would ask that children do not play in the area immediately in front of the kitchen or around the pool table.  The playing of ball games in the club house is prohibited (except table tennis and pool).

Parents and carers are reminded of the Parents Charter, a copy of which may be downloaded here:

http://www.tbyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Child-Protection-Parent-Charter.pdf

The charter points out that parents/carers always take the ultimate responsibility for their child/children and any other child left in their care. It is the sole responsibility of the parents to supervise their children whenever they are on the Club premises, surrounding areas and using the Club facilities.

Bev Warrington

Commodore

Friday Cadet night is starting this week.

Dave will be serving food from 17:30 each Friday evening, so bring the whole family, enjoy some food and let the weekend begin.

Further to the post below, Nick Cotgrove has requested volunteers arrive with gardening equipment i.e. hoes, spades, forks, strimmers, barrows etc. in order to clear the Pico bays.

Many thanks.

We need you to help us keep the club ship shape. Jobs need doing in:

• Mens Changing Rooms
• Club House Car Park
• Dinghy Park
• Bosuns/Race Hut
• General Club House

On the day look for Gary Burrows or Nick Cotgrove who will help you find your job.
We would all appreciate a little of  your spare time from 10:00 so we can all enjoy the sailing without worrying about the jobs that need to be done.

Please watch and donate if you can,
Many thanks
Barry

Parent and Cadet 2016 Season Briefing

This Friday at 6-7pm we are going to hold a short briefing for Parents and Cadets.  We will go through opportunities for new members, Friday Cadet night, training, club boats, Pico racing and Cadet club racing. You will get a chance to put names to faces and meet those people who have volunteered to run this year’s events.  Cadets will get an introduction to cadet night from older Cadets, be taught what and where they can play, and most importantly get a chance to meet and socialise with the other cadets. I hope to see you there and aim to give you the confidence to get involved and help make this year an enjoyable and rewarding one for the TBYC Cadets.

Food

Our caterer Dave will be providing burgers, hot dogs and chips so why not get a quick bite to eat this Friday.

CADET Racing

This weekend sees the start of the 2016 racing season for Adults and Cadets.  This year, every club series race will also be a cadet race.  All participating cadets will start from the Committee Boat on the second start and race a windward-leeward course, first beating to the Inflatable Cadet Buoy, then running down to the leeward mark (last course number on the back of the Committee Boat).  You will continue to lap until hooted by the race officer team.  Remember to sign on as a CADET in the Bosuns hut.

Have you seen, or borrowed, recently a road trailer with a missing mud guard.  The owner can’t find this road trailer anywhere in the dinghy park, and would be grateful if anyone can shed light on where it is.  Contact [email protected]

I have included more information below our standard Weather Station display so hopefully the Weather Station page can be one of your main sources of information.

A partial display (limited due to the webpage size) of RNLI Pier Weather Station. This is updated every minute. Especially when we have northerly winds this may give us a true idea of the wind offshore. If this weather station is unavailable it will revert to show the nearest which is Southend Airport. Full display can be accessed from the RNLI Southend Website under Information.

Below the live information is forecast data both from the well loved Windguru and the Met Office.

Friday evening from 7pm. Come along, meet Dave and try some of his excellent cooking. Among other choices Dave will be preparing Beef Stroganoff – for £5.