Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

The race this Sunday at 16.30 is the Hunter Cup Mr Phil Hunter would like to have this occasion to remember his father Dennis and for us to sail in his memory. Mr Hunter will accompany the race officers on the Committee Boat as a guest of the club for the race.

After the race Mr Hunter will present the winner with the Hunter Cup and a Firkin of Ale – as this was one one of our traditions. The winner is then urged to share the ale with his fellow sailors of the day. This should then become an annual event with this special prize giving ceremony all in memory of Dennis Hunter.

I would like to see as many members as possible sail on the day and stay after for the Prize giving – there will be prizes to third place overall.

Nick Elmore
Commodore

It is with great sadness I have to inform you that Dennis Hunter passed away on 29th August.

His funeral service is on Wednesday 19th September at the larger west chapel, Southend Crematorium, Sutton Road starting at 12noon. There is also a celebration of his life, that will be held immediately after the funeral service at St Clements Court West ( ground floor lobby ), Broadway West, Leigh on Sea SS9 2BW. We would welcome all Thorpe Bay Yacht Club current & past senior members that new him. Can you mention his funeral service to as many of the senior members as possible – thanks.

For those of you who did not know Dennis – he was one of our founder members and played a part in the shaping of Thorpe Bay Yacht Club. I met with him and his son Phil a few months ago to discuss his part in the club in its early days. It is a real shame that he could not see the Hunter Cup race this Sunday as he had planned. He will be sorely missed.

Nick Elmore
Commodore

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Well done to Peter Thompson & Rupert Snow from the sandhopper fleet for spotting one of our cruisers in trouble drifting in very windy conditions with 5 people aboard, They swam out to seasafe 3 and effected a rescue and tow back to the mooring.

TBYC are very lucky to have such diligent and competent people who are willing to take it upon themselves to help others.

Thank you also to the RNLI who  attended and assisted with securing the vessel and bringing the crew ashore .

The Sandhopper Nationals will be held on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd September. Entry form, Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions are attached.  Questions – contact Paul or Rupert.

The Nationals dinner will be held at TBYC on Saturday, 7.30  for 8.00 pm.  Enquires – contact Mark Robinson.

Sandhopper Nationals 2012 Entry Form

sandhopper NOR 2012

sandhopper si revision

Sprint 15 for sale £1,400.00

Sail no. 140089

Ready to sail and comes with a road trailer.

Please call to view.

Shaun Christian – 07881 501675

Found on East Beach yesterday. Does it belong to anyone at TBYC?

The General Committee at TBYC would like to invite you to a new members evening at the Clubhouse on Thursday 16th August from 19:30 onwards.

As this is our regular cadet night the evening will be completely informal, but will give you a chance to meet other adult members and cadets.

The Commodore and some members of the General Committee will be there to welcome you and help with any queries that you may have regarding the Club facilities etc.

You are probably already involved with the sailing activities at the Club, but, if not, this will be a great opportunity to get acquainted with other members and cadets before cadet week begins.

For those of you who are novice sailors, or who have not started sailing yet, we hope to have a Pico in the dinghy park to demonstrate how to rig our Club’s favourite cadet boat.

Whether you are an active sailor or just enjoy watching the kids on the water we hope that you will come along and meet some like minded people.

I would appreciate it if you would let me know if you can attend the evening. My phone number and e-mail address are on the back of the sailing programme.

Regards
William Daly
Membership Secretary

Liz Austin, Nick Cotgrove, Barry and Mike Duce, Will Daly, Paul Farrall, Chris Gibson, Alan Grant, Tony Padbury, Paul Spratt, Toby Speller, David Slade, Peter Thompson and anyone else I’ve missed (sorry) who pitched in and got their feet wet scrubbing off and antifouling the committee boat on Saturday. It’s so rewarding to join in a work party, doing a worthwhile job and feeling part of the Club.

If you can spare a bit of time on saturday morning around 11.00 we will be bringing the committee boat into the shore to scrub and antifoul as well as a general clean up of the boat and a few repairs to the race box.

please come along if you can the more of us the quicker it will be.

many thanks.