Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Many thanks to Howard Warrington and his team for two excellent races today,
Brilliant Courses along with a curve ball!
thanks again Howard the Sandhopper fleet loved it.
Even if i was DBL I had a great time…

The sailing committee discussed and agreed that the postponed Yantlet Trophy should be resailed on an appropriate weekend, but after ensuring that the circumstances for that new day were acceptable for such a long race without detriment to any other possible racing.

Therefore the Yantlet Trophy has now been rescheduled for this Sunday, amended sailing instructions are in the following link.

Yantlet-2015-resail-supp-SIs

We require a helm for SS3 this Sunday. Race starts at 2:30pm. If you can help please contact the Duty Officer Paul Morgan on 07741 201052 or volunteer directly on DutyMan. Your help would be appreciated.

On Sunday our Racing (Petal Plate) coincides with the Southend Half Marathon, however as long as people turn up reasonably early you should not be affected. the important times are as follows:

09:25 The Seafront will be closed to traffic, therefore if you are not parked by the Dinghy park by then you will have to park on local roads.

09:35 Movement of boats from the Dinghy Park to the Beach will be stopped. Soon after 2000 runners will be entering the Seafront, so please don’t think you have the right of way after this time. Why not get your boat on the beach and then get changed.

After the racing there should be gaps in runners to allow boats to cross, marshalls should try and help. Although I would suggest we should be giving way to runners.

12:30 The road reopens to get your car back out of the Car Park.

We require a crew SS3 for this Thursday. Race starts at 7:00pm we need to launch both safety boats to cover Midweek racing. If you can help please contact the Duty Officer Nick Cotgrove on 07793 758775. Your help would be appreciated.

We require a crew SS3 for tomorrow. Race starts at 10:00am and all safety boats are required as it is a long distance race. If you can help please contact the Duty Officer Steve Healy on 07821 085700.

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The supplementary Sailing Instructions for the Yantlet Trophy Race on 31 May 2015 are attached below.

Yantlet 2015 – supp SIs

This bank holiday Sunday is the Ladies, Crews and singlehanded races.  These will be 3 separate general handicap trophy races sailed from a mass start at 15:30.  The helm of each boat should be as the name of the trophy suggests; a lady helm (single or double handed boats), any double handed boat with the usual crew helming the boat, or a single handed boat racing as normal.

There should be something for all, but if you are not covered by the above classes then let me know and we will ensure you can race on the day.

enjoy the weekends water

Jeremy

We have had a brilliant weekend training on Seasafe 3 and Seasafe 5 and have six newly qualified powerboat drivers.  Congratulations to Andy Noden, Andrew Webster, Tommy Holmes, Mark Robinson, Oliver Ellis and John Laliberte.

We also enjoyed welcoming our two new RYA Powerboat Instructors, Martin and Jourdan Swindon, who did a great job teaching.

Well done to you all!

Toby Speller & Ken Clarke