Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

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.

Congratulations must go to our team of David White and Kyle Stoneham on their Nacra Infusion F 18 Catamaran for winning the East Coast 3 Piers Race. 74 catamaran boats entered the race to Walton Pier and back to Marconi Sailing Club in the River Blackwater – a distance of over 40 miles. The race this year had favourable winds and sunny weather for the most part.

The Race is run from Marconi Sailing Club in aid of the Cirdan Sailing Trust – a charity started in Maldon in 1983 – which help young people broaden their horizons through the challenge and adventure of life on large traditional sailing vessels.

Well done guys.

Following the termination of Purple Chilli Catering we appointed Waller Catering for a trial period. Waller Catering came to TBYC with glowing references and a history of fine food catering.

Over the past two weeks we have had many concerns raised from the members with the catering and have now subsequently ended the trial period with Waller Catering.

Rather than close the kitchen we have taken the decision to keep it open for the normal Club Menu.

We have held on to our cook Keith who has agreed to work with the club until the appointment of a new caterer can be made.

The General Committee will sit next Monday 16th July and will review a number of catering options for club.

I have to thank our Vice Commodore Martin Swindon with whom I have been working closely, to try to resolve this matter in the best way to suit all members.

I would also like to thank you, the members, for your support during this period of change,

Nick Elmore

Commodore

Congratulations to David Hopper & Paul Dell for winning the mono hull class in a 29er,(they were flying)

Mike Thomason was second in a Pico ( fantastic effort)

Jeremy Sandford & Julian Reichert were first in the fast catarmaran section in their Hurricane also taking line honours.

Matt Rainbow and his TBYC crew were second in the cruiser section missing the top spot by a few seconds.

The conditions saturday were tough with 30mph winds and rough seas, first class performance from quality sailors.

we will be holding our annual fun day out by the mulberry harbour on saturday 14th July.

Everyone is welcome the more boats, toys and people the better, the committee boat will be out to ensure we have a toilet and cooking facilities, bring your packed lunch and drinks these can be stored on the committee boat, all 4 seasafes will be going, why not try a different boat to sail, water ski, donut or rounders?

For those of us taking boats we will be leaving TBYC from 10.30 if you are not taking a boat you can catch a ride on any seasafe or walk out later.

always a good day. Ive booked the sun and 28 degrees

The Committee boat will be stationed at the Mulbury for the Nore racers from TBYC to hook upto after the race. If you wish to leave your food etc on her please be on the slipway at 10.00am Saturday morning.to load up.
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TBYC are very pleased to announce that as from today we are pleased to welcome Waller Catering as a permanent caterer for our club.

Veronica Waller and her team look foward to welcoming members for a full range of meals at our regular opening times and to cover our sailing hours.

I would ask you all to support Veronica as she gets used to our likes and dislikes.

If you want to speak to Veronica for bookings or parties, her contact details are :

Waller Catering – Veronica and Alan – Telephone Number – 01702 530002 or 01702 299227

Email – [email protected]
Or come and visit Waller Catering at the Club

Nick Elmore
Commodore

Just a reminder of the fun at the regatta last year, make sure you smile for Tony this weekend and be part of the 2012 regatta film.