Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

This Sunday will be the 5th Bart’s Bash, how time flies
This year they’re going for the Guiness record of most boats in one race so come along, sign up at https://www.bartsbash.com/participant-sign-up
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bart-s-bashsupporters
sign on in the bosun’s hut and come and race in the largest sailing race in the world.
Sailing will be mass start from the committee boat, with an upwind downwind course incorporating a spreader mark.

We are doing it in aid of Cancer Research to remember all our Cruiser and Yacht Club Friends lost to this terrible disease.

It is £3 per person and the winning team will …. win a ….drink from the bar!! and of course the glory of becoming winners! There will be a raffle and the main prize is tickets to a show at the Cliffs Pavilion !!

Please arrive no later than 7.45 – 8 to sort yourselves a table / team (max in a team is 8) and get the drinks in as we start at ……8.30 PROMPT.

All club members and guests are welcome. The questions are all General Knowledge so nobody should struggle with an answer.

John and Monica

The Dinghy Park will be closed to members for safety reasons this weekend as below:

Saturday 1st April – Sandhopper Lift In – Closed from 9am to about 12am (when completed)

Sunday 2nd April – Cruiser Lift In – Closed in the morning until completed

Please do not try and enter the Dinghy Park or drive through it into the car park as the tractors will be moving in the area. Lift support teams will prevent anyone trying to access and turn them away

Thanks for your understanding.

David will be doing another of his very popular talks and demonstrations on things Epoxy on Wednesday 22nd February at TBYC Main bar starting at 8pm.

If you have any fibreglass / epoxy work to do on your boat this year now is your chance to pick up some tips and to ask  the expert!

Davids talks and demos are not only instructive but very entertaining as well so don’t miss out and come along and enjoy a beer or 2 while being entertained.

Please come and join us at the Club Tuesday 6th December at 8.00pm (8.30pm to start singing, please come early not to miss the start) for an evening of carol singing with Rayleigh Brass Band.

All Club members and their guests are welcome. You will be able to enjoy some nibbles while you sing, courtesy of the Cruiser Section.