Saturday sees the start of the Sprint 15 Open. We are expecting around 40+ boats to be racing.
Club Racing will continue as normal from the Shorebox, Sprint 15 Visitors will be parking and storing their boats on the West side of the Car Park (next to the fence) and Camping on the North Side, these areas will be hopefully marked. Parking for Club Cars will still be available in the remaining space and through the gap in the centre.
Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions and Changes to the SI’s and NOR are referenced below:
Congratulations to all sailors who enjoyed fantastic conditions and a great day out on the water yesterday. TBYC was well represented in the race, lets get as many people down to BYC for the BBQ and prize giving on Friday.
Once again thank you to Tony, Toby, Simon and their crews who manned our 3 ribs, providing safety cover for all competitors yesterday, always a reassuring sight to know we are looked after by such experience and competent safety boats. If you see them at the bar, buy them a drink please.
Well done Mike for sailing his Hurricane single handed, completing the course with a capsize by South Shoebury! We may need to look into briefing with course cards, chart and compass for some of the sprints next year..!
The annual Nore race is being run this Sunday by Benfleet Yacht Club.
As an additional safety measure members are being asked to sign out and back in at the bosun’s hut at the top of the slipway, so that we are aware of how many boats are taking part and to ensure that all have returned safely at the end of the day.
The winds for the Nore Race on Sunday 30th June are predicted to be F2/3 gusting 4, from the West or WSW. Just right.
It might change but the days before and after also look good so if the weather slips or accelerates there is still a good chance of good sailing weather.
At Benfleet Yacht Club we expect entrants to wait and check the weather carefully.
So we will keep the race sheets open until Saturday 2pm.
The extra time should make it possible to take late entries by hand to the clubhouse.
It should be a great day’s sailing, and we have the Prizegiving evening to look forward to on Friday 5th July.
See you there! Phil Bostock, Sailing Sec for BYC
The Nore Race is sponsored by Dauntless Boat Yard, and has been for years.
The decision was made this morning to postpone the Regatta and the Chris Hull Memorial Trophy due to the conditions and forecast for the day. We would like to thank all those who have turned up both days, only to end up going home without a sail.
We have provisionally rescheduled the Regatta for the August bank holiday 3 days 24th, 25th and 26th. With 3 days, afternoon tides and a Beach BBQ already scheduled for the Saturday evening. We will confirm this after next month’s Sailing Committee meeting when we finalise arrangements. We would welcome any comments or suggestions prior to the meeting, so if you have any ideas or requests for the event, let us know.
Enjoy the rest of the day and lets hope for more favourable conditions next weekend, when we have Saturday afternoon racing and Tops series, then the BYC Nore Race on Sunday. Entries for the Nore race need to be with Benfleet by 21:00hrs on Friday 28th June. If you cannot get your entry to Benfleet in time, members of the Sailing Committee will be attending a safety briefing at BYC on Thursday and can take any entries with us.