Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Please note that due to lack of day light the Midweek race this Tuesday 16th September is cancelled.

Thank you to your sailing committee representatives who have put together this years Sailing Instructions, incorporating the decisions voiced and approved at last Novembers Sailing AGM. Although the majority or the SI’s remain unchanged, please take the time to familiarise yourself with the classes, courses and start sequence before you race this weekend. Remember, we are now racing under the 2025-2028 Racing rules of sailing.

TBYC SI 2025

http://https://www.sailing.org/inside-world-sailing/rules-regulations/racingrules/

If you have any immediate questions please contact your Class Captain, Sailing Secretary or Rear Commodore Racing.

Jeremy Sandford

[email protected]

13:30 Frozen sheets, HW15:32 5.62m

Remember its a Mass start Trophy Race (Class Flag R)
Course will be on the blackboard prior to the race.

We have Rum Punch and mince pies available in the Bosuns Hut served by our Commodore and his team to keep you warm!

Prizegiving in the bar asap after sailing.

An assistant race officer is required to ensure club racing can go ahead tomorrow. No experience necessary! Please let confirm on duty man if you can do it or email.

[email protected]

This request has been posted on behalf of Steve Healy who is the race officer for the day.

Julian and I are Race officer and Assistant RO this Saturday, however can’t be here to run the racing and need so ask someone to step in please.
Sat 16th @ 13.30 Shorebox start.

Update: Thank you Phil Crawford for volunteering as RO – WE DO STILL NEED AN ASSISTANT PLEASE… No experience necessary, just write sail numbers and times..! 

We need volunteers to help with the following Club Racing duties this weekend please

Please do volunteer if you can help as without these racing can’t go ahead.

Sat 18 Jun 2022 14:30 Summer Sat – Race Officer – VOLUNTEER PLEASE

Sat 18 Jun 2022 14:30 Summer Sat – Assistant Race Officer – VOLUNTEER PLEASE

Sat 18 Jun 2022 14:30 Summer Sat – RIB Launch – VOLUNTEER PLEASE

Sat 18 Jun 2022 14:30 Summer Sat – RIB crew – Swap with Ben Hole or VOLUNTEER PLEASE

Sun 19 Jun 2022 15:00 Summer Sun – SS2 Crew – Swap with Jim Johnson or VOLUNTEER PLEASE

Sun 19 Jun 2022 15:00 Summer Sun – SS2 Crew – Swap with Richard Smith or VOLUNTEER PLEASE

Sun 19 Jun 2022 15:00 Summer Sun – RIB Crew – Swap with Louise Woodley or VOLUNTEER PLEASE

The club tow car (BMW X3) is available to launch RIBs (any club member with a clean license over 25 is insured to drive it)

If you have a duty coming up and want a refresher on what to do please come along to any race and let the Duty Officer know if you would like to join a displacement or the committee boat to help / observe.

Don’t forget you can swap a duty with a VOLUNTEER PLEASE duty by emailing [email protected]

If you can help please volunteer / swap in the usual way via Dutyman or email [email protected]

Many thanks

We have now concluded the Adult Sailing Support Sessions for the Winter as we now have changed seasons and will be out on the water. All of the sessions were recorded and the packs are now available to download. We will be continuing our support of Beginner Adults, but will be taking a break for a couple of weeks to gather our thoughts and plans.

Please note: these sessions are not formal training. They are sharing of experiences from the Sandhopper Fleet as well as many other sailors from the Club, we are not qualified coaches. For formal training we suggest that you approach the RYA or other qualified coaches.

Below you will see the details of what subjects were covered in Q1 2022, these were recorded on Zoom (now on You tube) and the slide packs have been made available with the original links to reference material and videos used. The sound quality varies, but the packs and links in the slides should help.

Session 1

Club Induction, different boats at TBYC, Basics – Parts of a boat, Port/Starboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erfd3NuMeo0

Slide Pack

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15z5I3FE_MfTNMitikqaVOAVHfrpPoR1a/view?usp=sharing

Session 2

Points of Sailing, launching a Laser, returning to shore, boat control – tacking & stopping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wHG6LIqADs

Slide Pack

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XrJKh-QoxorAVEUdyeXHyGbjL4ERnUk9/view?usp=sharing

Session 3
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We need volunteers to help with support boat duties this weekend please

All covered now so many thanks to the volunteers who have made it possible for racing to go ahead today

Sat 31 Jul 2021 15:30 Trophy re-sail – Peter Hayes Trophy – Race Officer – COVERED thanks Peter T & Clara

Sat 31 Jul 2021 15:30 Trophy re-sail – Peter Hayes Trophy – RIB Launcher – COVERED thanks Peter T

Sat 31 Jul 2021 15:30 Trophy re-sail – Peter Hayes Trophy – Duty Officer – COVERED thanks John Casson

Sun 01 Aug 2021 16:30 Summer Sun – SS3 Crew – COVERED thanks Etienne Deklerk

Don’t forget you can swap a duty with a VOLUNTEER PLEASE duty

If you can help please volunteer / swap in the usual way via Dutyman or email [email protected]

Many thanks

Hi all, here’s the SI’s for the winter, for those of you that can’t be bothered to read it, courses and fleets are the same as last year

http://www.tbyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Winter-Series-SIs-2019-20.pdf

entries now being accepted for winter 2019/20  Winter-Series-Entry-Form

fees will be same as winter storage, please see attached Winter storage rates 2019 20