Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Good morning,

Not long now until the Sandhopper Nationals at TBYC and great to see some of those entries coming through and some surprise entries expected as well! We could have 17+ boats on the start line this year which would be fantastic.

Janet will not be able to join us this year as she is on holiday. Therefore, could I ask that you complete the paperwork promptly (By Wednesday) and make payment so this can be dealt with ahead of time.

Also, as a reminder to compete in the National Championships you must be an (Sandhopper Class British Association) SCBA Member, this is still only £10 to be a full member or £5 as an associate. If you are already a member, just a payment is required to the SCBA account (details below) with your name as a reference.  If you are not a member, can you please complete the attached form, return this as per the instructions and make the payment with you name as a reference.

The BBQ is booked for Saturday night this is £12+ per head, it will include a choice of meats and salad. The SCBA will be providing complementary nibbles and a Pimms and Lemonade as well.  Please let Mark Robinson ([email protected]) and I know if you are intending to join us for the BBQ, so we can let the chef know the expected numbers. All are welcome. Start time will be circa 18:00, Mark will confirm the full details and menu shortly.

Links to forms are below:

Sandhopper 2022 Entry Form docx

Sandhopper 2022 SI & NoR

SCBA Membership Form

Endeavour Trophy results 2022. Congratulations to Allen & Paul and well done to everyone else for a great day’s racing.

Wes Absolom (Race Officer)

Congratulations to the TBYC Endeavour 2022 winners, Allen Burrell & Paul Beasley in Bluejacket. Thank you to Wes Absolom and Harrison Floyd for officiating the race and dealing with the challenging light conditions. Special thanks to all of the Sandhopper owners that gave their boats so readily for the race and then supported today and the fantastic volunteers as ever. There was some great close racing in some challenging conditions and multiple winners in the races today, proving how close the competition was!

Can sailors and the owners of the Sandhoppers please be at the slipway for 10:30 this Saturday morning for the briefing.

The sailing instructions are can be found in this link: Endeavour-Sailing-Instructions-2022

This years competitors are:

Sandhopper – Primo  Chris Clarke & Ken Clarke

Cruiser – The Dogs Paul Farrall & Alex Farrall

Finn – Bluejacket Allen Burrell & Paul Beasley

Sprint – Remedy Gary Sverdloff & Andrew Hannah

Windward/Leeward – Nemesis Nick Elmore & Andrew Wood

Hurricane – Zeus Harry Boygle & George Warrington

Cadet – Squiffy Cadet Week Winner & Alex Warrington

Laser – Disco Chris Boshier & Dominic Speller

Good luck and thank you to all of the Sandhopper owners that have let your boats be used for the race of champions at TBYC again.

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

The RNLI Pursuit Race has a different start time for each class of boat, starting from 13:30 and finishes two hours later at 15:30 . The idea is the boats should all finish about the same time based on their PN classification.

If you want to enter and your boat class is not listed below please contact me at [email protected] by 10am on Friday to get a start time.

The idea of the race is to support the RNLI and a collection box will be on the club bar for entrants (and anyone) to donate whatever they like.

Link to download your own copy –  RNLI Pursuit Race starts 3 June 2022

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.

Thu 02 Jun 2022 13:00 McKinlay Cup – Race Officer – COVERED thanks to Peter T

Thu 02 Jun 2022 13:00 McKinlay Cup – Assistant Race Officer – COVERED thanks Pippa M

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