Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

You should be receiving your printed copy of Newsbuoy (which also includes some flyers to pin up) very soon. But if you can’t wait it is now available online.

http://issuu.com/tbyc/docs/newsbuoy10_web

You should also receive the 2014 Programme  and Car Parking stickers around the same time.

Full Members of T.B.Y.C. now have the opportunity to publicise their individual business skills on the club web site to help promote their particular skills to the membership of the club.

There are many potential categories which can be created by the applicant – examples are Accounting, Boat Repairs, Carpenters, Computer Repairs, Electricians, Insurance, Plasterers, Plumbers, Sail Repairs to Window Repairs.

For those members who wish to take up this offer all that is required is to complete the application form and submit to the Club Secretary who will arrange the insertion of the category that you wish to promote.

The Members Skills Directory can be accessed on the left hand navigator under “Useful Info”

I would just like to extend my sincere thanks to John Casson, Graham Slack and Tony Clarke for their efforts in persevering in such extraordinary weather conditions this morning to work on the Club displacement boats.

Our next planned working party is on Sunday 9th March. All volunteers gratefully accepted!

Toby Speller

During late December your General Committee attended an on site meeting with Richard Atkins from Southend Borough Council together with the Council contractors to discuss the proposed sliding flood gate and their plans for beach re-cycling along the foreshore.

Since this meeting, we have been in regular and meaningful discussion with the Council officers and their contractors and it is encouraging to report that our Council are very supportive of TBYC and are prepared to listen and react to the concerns that your General Committee have and continue to put forward.

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Hopefully the recent storms are now behind us and last week the Council made a start on beach re cycling at Shoebury Common to provide some protection for the beach hut owners east of our slipway who have taken a severe pounding during the past weeks.

I fully understand the concerns by members that there is talk of the Council removing sand from the Yacht Club beach to re cycle to the beach to the east.

To advise I have received a confirmation from Richard Atkins of SBC stating that the Council Contractors will not be removing sand from the Yacht Club bay – that is between the concrete groyne and the first wooden groyne. Furthermore SBC have also confirmed the contractors will be re cycling sand later this week from the second and third bays to the west – to beach hut owners to the east as well as to the Yacht Club beach to maintain our launching facilities.

A further report to follow on the beach re cycling and proposed flood gate.

Mike Thomason
Commodore

All past and present Newsbuoys that are in our recent glossy format are now available on ISSUU. ISSUU is a website which allows good access to magazine material and has many other sailing related publications in an easy to read format, which can be accessed from most platforms. I have just found it very interesting going back through the years.

If you have a login you can also follow TBYC to be notified of any updates when published.

Go to Newsbuoy Archive

Have you outgrown one of your SD Cards and it is now sat in a draw doing nothing. Please could you donate it to the club. We have a need for a few SD cards, but they don’t have to be large. If you can, please put them in an envelope and drop them behind the bar for my attention. As they say “Reuse, Reduce, Recycle.”

Thanks.
Paul Morgan
(SD Card – is a non-volatile memory card format for use in portable devices, such as mobile phones, digital cameras, GPS navigation devices, and tablet computers. )

All members are invited to a presentation by the Roach Sailing Association on Tuesday 14th January at 8.15pm.

The presentation will cover general sailing in and around the Roach area with highlights of some residents that are afloat.

For more information contact Gaynor Thompson 01702 588239 or 07776 155933.

Please note that the New Years Day Brunch starts at 10.30, the event is sold out and you may have to be a bit flexible if all the tables are busy, looking forward to kicking off the New year with good friends.

Sara

A few members have recently mentioned how good Facebook and Twitter are when wanting to get involved in social discussions and networking. So this is a reminder that TBYC is on both for anybody that wasn’t aware, especially if you have only recently joined those facilities. Links have been added to the top of our webpage so you can access and follow us without having problems searching. We are happy for you to retweet and share items from TBYC.