Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Next Saturday 21st May is the beginning of the Summer Saturday Series. 

This is calling all Cadets to join in with the adult racing using a special Cadet Buoy.  

The races will be approximately 50 minutes long and use a shorter course. Perfect for 11 to 15 year olds! Any class of dinghy, helm and crew or single handed.

Cadets: All you need to do is turn up at least one hour before the race and (optional) find me. I will help you understand the course, brief you on the number of laps and even get you on the water!

Remember there are club Picos and a RS Feva available on a first come first served basis.

So, let’s have a big turn out for our first BIG RACE on Saturday 21st May. This week’s race starts at 11.03 for Cadets.

Your guide, but I will explain it all on Saturday.

Cadet course

• There will be an optional briefing 1 hour before start.
• The race will be a windward leeward course starting at the committee boat. It will be the second start with the Fast and Slow Monohulls at ‘Start time’ plus 3 minutes.
• First check the number of laps on the blackboard at the top of the slipway.
• Once on the water, go to the Committee boat and look for the last number on the BACK of the boat, which indicates D on the diagram.
• On the starting signal, you will cross the line and beat to the CADET BUOY, which is a special orange buoy marked with CADET. This will be your windward mark.
• Check whether a Red or Green flag is displayed on the Committee boat; Red means leave marks to port, Green means leave marks to starboard.
• Run or reach down to the course. You must NOT go through the line on the downwind leg (as in the sailing instructions).
• Beat up through the line to the Cadet buoy and continue until the displayed number of laps are completed.
• As you cross the line the committee boat will record your time. They will not give you a signal. Your race is then finished.
• Remember to ‘sign on’ and ‘sign off’ using the CADET sheet in the Bosun’s hut.

Congratulations to Alan Burrell, Duncan De Boltz, Chris Boshier, Jim Bowie, Daren Fitchew, Michael Marriot and Mike and Alex Thomason in winning their class in the Winter or Icicle series of races.
Prizes will be awarded by the Commodore in the main bar after the Ladies/Crews/Singlehanded race today.
Apologies that prizegiving was missed last weekend due to sailing overrunning.

TBYC RACE NOTICE

Monday 2nd May 2016 Ladies/Crews/Singlehanded trophy race.

Three fleets/sets of results – mass start – one course – average lap racing.

Sign on/off for the fleet you intend to be in:

• Ladies’ fleet – any lady helming any boat.

• Crews’ fleet – Anyone who is usually a crew, helming any 2 or 3 person boat.

• Single handed fleet – Anyone helming any single-handed boat of any class

Some ladies could be in any one of the above fleets – you choose before the start, as appropriate – but you can only sign on/off, and be, in one fleet.

Race Committee

29th April 2016

Congratulations to Alan Burrell, Duncan De Boltz, Chris Boshier, Jim Bowie, Daren Fitchew, Michael Marriot and Mike and Alex Thomason in winning their class in the Winter or Icicle series of races.

Prizes will be awarded by the Commodore in the main bar after racing on Sunday (approx 2:00pm)

The 2016 Sailing Instructions are attached. These apply to all club racing for the season 26 March 2016 to 16 October 2016.

There are very few changes  compared with last year. For series racing the same fleets, courses and starting sequence applies.

Two changes to note are:

1.   The Cadet Fleet will race in all series racing ( instead of just a few as last year). This means that the Cadet Special Mark ( their windward mark), and which is usually marked with a ‘C’, will be placed in every series race. Other fleets should note this and not confuse it with any other special mark which may occasionally be used.
2. The outer distance mark on the start line may be moved after the start. ( i.e. the start line, which becomes the gate/finish line, may be shortened after the start)

Happy racing.

TBYC SI’s 2016 – final

We use RYA Portsmouth Numbers for our race results. Each year RYA review these PNs using results data from sailing clubs around the country – including TBYC.

New PNs were published by RYA last month and are being used in TBYC Race Results with effect from 25 March 2016.

A list of changes to boats used at TBYC are listed below. Other TBYC boats remain unchanged.

Parent and Cadet 2016 Season Briefing

This Friday at 6-7pm we are going to hold a short briefing for Parents and Cadets.  We will go through opportunities for new members, Friday Cadet night, training, club boats, Pico racing and Cadet club racing. You will get a chance to put names to faces and meet those people who have volunteered to run this year’s events.  Cadets will get an introduction to cadet night from older Cadets, be taught what and where they can play, and most importantly get a chance to meet and socialise with the other cadets. I hope to see you there and aim to give you the confidence to get involved and help make this year an enjoyable and rewarding one for the TBYC Cadets.

Food

Our caterer Dave will be providing burgers, hot dogs and chips so why not get a quick bite to eat this Friday.

CADET Racing

This weekend sees the start of the 2016 racing season for Adults and Cadets.  This year, every club series race will also be a cadet race.  All participating cadets will start from the Committee Boat on the second start and race a windward-leeward course, first beating to the Inflatable Cadet Buoy, then running down to the leeward mark (last course number on the back of the Committee Boat).  You will continue to lap until hooted by the race officer team.  Remember to sign on as a CADET in the Bosuns hut.

I have included more information below our standard Weather Station display so hopefully the Weather Station page can be one of your main sources of information.

A partial display (limited due to the webpage size) of RNLI Pier Weather Station. This is updated every minute. Especially when we have northerly winds this may give us a true idea of the wind offshore. If this weather station is unavailable it will revert to show the nearest which is Southend Airport. Full display can be accessed from the RNLI Southend Website under Information.

Below the live information is forecast data both from the well loved Windguru and the Met Office.

The following has been added to the Crew Wanted page on the Sidebar

Mike Threadgold
Crew Wanted
Class: Sandhopper
When: 2016 Summer Season
Contact Details: 864617 [email protected]

The 2016 Sail Training dates have now been published on the “Sail Training” page available from the Sidebar or http://www.tbyc.org/sail-training/ . Full details of the requirements and dates are listed. Stage 1 starts in May and Stage 2 in April but please get you applications in early.

Unfortunately Southend Marine Activity Centre has closed therefore for the foreseeable future it is assumed that our and other Yacht Clubs will be the main locations to complete courses. So it is a good opportunity for us to remind you we do hold other courses that may also be of interest, many tutored by volunteers to keep the cost down.

We usually hold two RYA Power Boat Level 2 courses a year. These courses are always oversubscribed so just requesting a place does not guarantee entry. Priority is usually then given to those members that will be actively operating the club RIBS. If you are interested please email Ken at [email protected] .

First Aid courses are also organised at the club with an external organisation and these are advertised when they happen (although there is one happening on the 20th February). For more information email [email protected] .