Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

This course is now fully booked, I will be arranging anothe course in the autumn, so please let me know by email if you are interested.

On Saturday 23rd March 2013, from 9am to 5pm, we will be running an RYA recognised First Aid Course.
The cost of the course is £37.50 per person and we are limited to just 12 people.
The course is being organised by Martin Swindon, and places will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
If you would like to go on the course, please email Martin on [email protected] ASAP

Do you want to know how to..

Make fibreglass repairs to your boat
Repair holes / cracks etc with epoxy
Or just stick bits together properly
Then come to our…

FIBREGLASS & EPOXY MASTERCLASS

Wednesday 20th Feb – 8pm in the main bar

David Johnson will be giving another of his popular talks and demos on how to do various fibreglass works on your boat – focusing on fairing in keels (by popular demand)

Organised by the Sandhopper Class  – All members / classes welcome

SANDHOPPER QUIZ NIGHT

Friday 22nd Feb 2013

OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS

Tables of 6 to 8

Tony and Janet will be your quizmasters starting at 7:30 

Cost is still only £5 per person and includes antipasti to refresh you at half time!

Please book with Mark on 07957 801 099 or [email protected] 

I have moderated and seen to the programming of the TBYC website for 5 years now, it’s time to hand over the keys to someone with the necessary skills.

This has nothing to do with the hosting because as of last November Ian Homan took over the hosting from me and is kindly hosting the website on his server but does not have an active role in the administration of the site.

The role would require you to know about WordPress and HTML to administer the site.

If any member is interested in taking over my role then please contact Janet Willsmore at the club with your experience.  email: [email protected]

Martyn Eyre

At the RNLI Supporters dinner last night, I am very pleased and honoured to receive, on behalf of Thorpe Bay Yacht Club, a letter of thanks signed by the Cheif Executive of the RNLI for the years of support our club has given to the Institute. Thanks were given to us for not only the financial donations but also for welcoming members of the crews and committees to use our club facilities.

We also received a plaque, of thanks, from the Institute.

The award can be seen on the wall by the main bar.

Nick Elmore
Commodore

Don’t write all the racing dates from the sailing programme, which is due out soon, onto a Calendar. This is just to confirm that a TBYC Racing Calendar 2013-2014 is in production and will be available soon, although as a reminder it is preorder only. More details to follow, however it is expected to be a similar price to last year. Again the Calendar contains all the racing and many other dates pre printed, with loads of great photos from last year by Linzi.
The Calendar doesn’t start until April so will follow on from last years.

If you brought a last years there is a couple of changes that now need to be made, the Sandhopper and Cruiser Lift in have now been arranged for the 23rd and 24th March.

Next Tuesday evening, Jim McSorely will give an illustrated talk on his cruises in Croatian waters, at 8:30 in the  Commodore’s Bar.

All TBYC members are welcome to this Cruising Section social event.

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The following week (29th) Bob and Janine are running one of their popular Quiz Evenings, in aid of the RNLI.

Last year’s was great fun, so get your team together now…

PS The Cruising Section Sailing and Social programme is once more online.

Now Sold Enforced sale, due to my arthritic deterioration.

Many of you know how I stand – not very well in fact! The arthritis in my feet and ankles has deteriorated to a point where it has, at last, got the better of me. There is not much that can be done for this problem. You cannot have a new foot the way you can have a new hip, so sadly I cannot sail anymore. It is impossible for me to maintain my boat as I can longer climb into her in the dinghy park, or get underneath to paint or walk out to her on the mud.   Sorry to burden you with my ills, but that is why I have to sell “Sandpiper” quickly.

So, if someone would take by boat quickly for just £1,000, I would be pleased to let her go, but only for an immediate sale, and for her to be sailed at Thorpe Bay, and she has to be taken “as is.

“Sandpiper” is not in immaculate condition.  It has been difficult to get done all that I should do.  However she is fit to race for a while as she is.  There is no osmosis and sails, rigging and fittings are OK.  Last season she served us ideally without any trouble.  At the beginning of the season we were still participating in fairly wild conditions with no problem, without anything needing immediate attention.

If you wish to have a look at “Sandpiper”, she is first on the right down the steps into the dinghy park.

If you are interested or want more information, please contact me – John Boshier

At the recent Lifejacket Clinic, RNLI experts found loose and corroded cylinders, out-of-date activators, missing crotch straps, and abraded holes in jackets from all sections of the Club.

Nationally, the RNLI find faults in over 1/3 of lifejackets checked, and recommend annual servicing and monthly quick checks.  Check yours over now – the life you save may be your own!

Following the Thorpe Bay drowning in December, the RNLI now recommend automatic activation for inflatable lifejackets, as well as crotch straps, and –  for cruisers – spray hoods and lights.

The Cruising Section thank the Southend RNLI Sea Safety Team for running the clinic.

…and well done to all involved in the Frozen Sheets Open Meeting on Saturday. Despite a wicked east wind there were enough hardy and enthusiastic competitors and helpers to ensure it went ahead in style, with rum punch and sausage rolls in the Bosun’s Hut afterwards to thaw us out. Congratulations to the winners, especially well deserved considering the conditions. A good job by all concerned.