Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

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.

You will be receiving your printed copy of Newsbuoy Winter 2015 with your yearly invoice for membership, which are currently being dispatched.

It is nice to flick through it but it is also available here online.

http://issuu.com/tbyc/docs/newsbuoy_13_for_issuu

All previous Newsbuoys are available from the Link at the top of this page.

The 2016 Sail Training dates have now been published on the “Sail Training” page available from the Sidebar or http://www.tbyc.org/sail-training/ . Full details of the requirements and dates are listed. Stage 1 starts in May and Stage 2 in April but please get you applications in early.

Unfortunately Southend Marine Activity Centre has closed therefore for the foreseeable future it is assumed that our and other Yacht Clubs will be the main locations to complete courses. So it is a good opportunity for us to remind you we do hold other courses that may also be of interest, many tutored by volunteers to keep the cost down.

We usually hold two RYA Power Boat Level 2 courses a year. These courses are always oversubscribed so just requesting a place does not guarantee entry. Priority is usually then given to those members that will be actively operating the club RIBS. If you are interested please email Ken at [email protected] .

First Aid courses are also organised at the club with an external organisation and these are advertised when they happen (although there is one happening on the 20th February). For more information email [email protected] .