Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

Congratulations to Alex Warrington, Rob Bailey, John Cullender, Greg Hickling, Matthew Lloyd & Dan Bailey for successful completion of the RYA Level 2 Powerboat training course at TBYC over the weekend.

We all enjoyed the fantastic weather conditions!

Well Done.

Ken, Tony & Toby

Well done to Chris Boshier who came 1st in the Contender Eastern Area Champs BCA Travellers  this weekend at Stone.

I have just been told that due to organisation issues this weekends Laser Open Meeting has been cancelled, they are hoping to re run later in the year. Rick Paxman

Thanks to Irina Tretyakova for taking photos of this years Regatta they are now available in the “Photo Gallery 2” on the sidebar or from the following link Regatta 2014 on Flickr

The TBYC Cadets will be flying the flag again this weekend.  This time in Weymouth for the 2nd World Team Qualifier.  The weather is looking a little light so their technical abilities will be required!

Again, you can watch it live on t’internet with the Sailracer GPS tracking and Twitter feed blogging. @GBRCadets @sailrace

The link to the event site is: http://events.sailracer.org/eventsites/default_s.asp?eventid=188712

There should be a button on the page to click – “Weymouth Live” for the GPS tracking.

TBYC Regatta, 3rd, 4th and 5th May 2014 

8 races over 3 days.  Fast Cat Chris Hull Memorial Trophy on Monday.

Free entry to members and visitors, camping available.  Excellent food and entertainment planned for Saturday Evening (tickets available from the bar now).

Saturday registration from 11:30, briefing in clubhouse 12:00.

First race Saturday 13:30, Race 4 Sunday 14:00, Race 7 Monday 15:00, prize giving as soon as possible after racing

Click the link below for the NOR & Supplementary Sailing Instructions.

TBYC Regatta 2014 NOR V0-1                                    TBYC Regatta 2014 SIs V1-0

I am delighted to announce that at this year’s Regatta party we will be welcoming the world famous ‘JiveSwing’ to provide our entertainment. They are a dance company who specialise in 1940s Lindy Hop, Blues, 1920’s Charleston, Cake Walk and Authentic Jazz.  They will be doing some demos overseen by an experienced teacher and then inviting members to join in. Jive Swing have appeared on programmes such as Britain’s Got Talent and Wartime Farm as well as many adverts for major companies and they regularly tour the world.

Tickets are now on sale at the bargain price of just £10 for adults and £5 for children to include food and entertainment, available from Sara Speller.

Scott is offering the following yummy 2-course menu:-

Mains:

Chicken Korma & Rice

Sausage, Mash & Onion Gravy

Desserts:

Chocolate Fudge Cake

Apple Tart & Custard

Food is available from 6.00pm and the entertainment will commence at 7.00pm.

Please use the attached form to order your tickets and indicate menu choices.  There are also hard copies of this form on the bar.  TBYC Regatta Form 2014

Please enclose either cash or a cheque with your form and put it into the Club postbox marked “Attention Sara Speller – Regatta Party”.  If  you prefer to pay by card, please do so as usual at the bar, ask a member of staff to mark your form “paid” and pop it into the Club postbox, again marked “Attention Sara Speller – Regatta Party”.

Any queries, including from visiting sailors who are unable to purchase tickets in advance, please contact Sara Speller on 07799 892732 or the Club Secretary on 01702 587563.

The Race Officer and Assistant are looking for someone to help them with race management on the Committee Boat for tomorrow’s racing ( Sat 26 April) .

This is 2 races back to back for all 5 fleets with the first start at 09.30am. You would need to be at the club slipway at 08.15am.

This would be good experience for anyone who has not done much, or any, race management previously or who wishes to polish up their experience and familiarise themselves with the Committee Boat.

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If you can help, please contact Graham Dare – [email protected] or 07946 413923.

This week-end (26 & 27 April) is the first of 3 week-end mini-series in the 2014 TBYC Race Calendar. The format is the same as the week-end mini-series in 2013.

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Each mini-series has 2 races back to back on the Saturday and Sunday for each fleet, with results based on one discard if all 4 races are sailed.   The same 3 starts sequence and 5 fleets as for normal club series racing is maintained in accordance with the 2014 Sailing Instructions.

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As last year, the races on Saturday and Sunday will also each count towards the Spring Saturday Series and Spring Sunday Series as appropriate so if you only sail one of the days at a week-end your sailing is still contributing towards a Saturday or Sunday series result.

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The other 2 week-end mini-series in 2014 are on 19 & 20 July 2014 and 13 &14 September 2014.

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