The event is open to all Cadets, all abilities and class of boat. There are trophies for all competitors and overall winners. The prize giving will be immediately after the race at Thames Estuary Yacht Club.
We will co-ordinate the entry requirements and escort Cadets around the Pier to the start of the Race. Smaller dinghies will need to make their own arrangements to TEYC by road.
At the end of the race, those sailing back will be escorted to TBYC. Sailors will need to keep together irrespective of speed of boat etc.
Leave TBYC beach at 10.45 am (weather dependent) updated nearer to the time, Pico’s etc. will meet on the water at Thames Estuary Yacht Club at 11.30, sail to TBYC Support boat for advice etc.
Please confirm your or your son’s/daughter’s interest or attendance (a confirmation will presume parental permission):
Dear Cadets and Parents,
Further to my message last Saturday, unfortunately the weather was not kind to us, and we could not do the training on the Sunday either. We had a short classroom session to look at a Feva training video and talked about right of way a little.
Nick kindly agreed to join us again and we are planning the Training for this Sunday. Forecast is promising, with moderate to decent wind up to 14 miles/hour.
We plan to do the training – and have short races at the end.
I suggest you plan to arrive at the club at about 11:00, go and change straight away and rig the boats.
There is the running event going on on the seafront, road is going to be closed, however I could not find specific information about the details. I recommend you expect delays and park near the clubhouse. We plan to meet at about 11:00 just to change and rig and get going. Launch the boats at 12:00.
See you on the water:
Andras
Plan:
– Change, and rig the boats straight away
– We will set a triangular course on the water near club mark 3.
– Cadets leave beach at 12:00
– Sailors sail straight to the start line.
– Warm up: figure of 8 around the start line
– Tacking on the whistle towards the windward mark
– One lap of the course, concentrating on sail position/trim (include 5 essentials as appropriate). RIB is going to support sailors with advice.
– Two 2 lap races, small triangular course.
– De-briefing once off the water at the Sail Training Room
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Thames Estuary Yacht Club is organising their regular Open Junior Race.
Our Cadet Committee is strongly supporting the event, we believe that this would be a great opportunity to do something exciting, especially in the view of the great progress of our cadets regularly participating in Pico Racing.
This is rather a short notice, and at present we do not have much details. I approached the Club and will provide more information as soon as I can.
This event needs considerable planning and logistical effort . It would be very helpful to know, how many of you are keen to participate, so that we could make every possible effort to make this a great success. We will need to transport the boats there.
Cadets, this is going to be great fun, big event, meeting other cadets, showing what you learnt and seeing what you can learn from others. Do not be shy, you will love every minute of it. Talk to your friends, go for it.
Parents, we all need your support, more than ever.
I hope to hear from keen sailors and parents soon:
We are doing the training with Nick tomorrow, as it was too windy today. We plan to meet at 15:30 just to change and rig and get going. Launch the boats at 16:30, before the club race. Lewis volunteered to escort us with his RIB. We did the classroom discussion this afternoon. We had 12 cadets on the theory session. Tomorrow the forecast suggests more pleasant wind. I hope you all could join in.
See you on the water:
Andras
Plan:
– Change, and rig the boats straight away
– We will set a triangular course on the water near club mark 3.
– Cadets leave beach at 16.30
– Sailors sail straight to the start line.
– Warm up: figure of 8 around the start line
– Tacking on the whistle towards the windward mark
– One lap of the course, concentrating on sail position/trim (include 5 essentials as appropriate). RIB is going to support sailors with advice.
– Three 2 lap races, small triangular course.
– De-briefing 18.15 – 18.30 Sail Training Room
Please, see our YouTube channel:
TBYCPicofleet
relevant videos:
start signals
figure of 8 course
triangular course
start practice
Race officer: Scott Weller
(Sadly I have to work this weekend.)
Please, support Scott full heartedly, I am sure he would welcome help with the marks, boards, recording results, helping sailors to launch from the beach.
Start planned soon after 12:00 to avoid adverse tide
Proposed meeting on the slipway: 12:00
please, change and rig your boats on the beach
Briefing on the slipway 12:00
Triangular course. Please, all stay in the racing area to enable prompt starting
Please, see our YouTube channel:
TBYCPicofleet
Further events:
2 October 12:00 Sun Autumn 7 & 8
Pico Race Training planned for the
24 September, Saturday with Nick Alston and me
(start on the water planned for 16:30)
Debrief
Pico race: 10/09/2016 Saturday, start at 16:30
It was windy, onshore wind, big, rolling waves, wind around 20 miles/hour, but relatively steady. The weather was cloudy, but to my surprise eager cadets arrived and rigged. We had 6 boats signed up for racing.
On the briefing we planned 2 races, 2 laps each. I emphasised the recommended waiting area and start technique, which we discussed a few times previously (training with Nick, it is on YouTube as well). At the end we planned to do a drill, asking the boats to come and stop at our committee boat, Polly. I gave a hint that it is going to be worth paying a visit.
