Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

UPDATE – 15 March

A few duties have become vacant over the next few months and we would be grateful for volunteers to fill them. They are:

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• Monday 1 April – Easter Egg Race – 14.30 start – (RACE OFFICER  – now filled – Thanks Robin)  and (SS2 CREW – now filled – Thanks Alexander)
• Sunday 2 June – Summer Sunday – 18.00 Start – RACE OFFICER  
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Please volunteer through DUTYMAN ( click on the icon next to the duty in the ‘volunteer’ section) or contact Graham Dare ( 07946 413923 or [email protected]).

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Thanks for your help.

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The TBYC Racing Calendar featuring pictures of club racing from last year by Linzi Swindon and all race/event details (April-March) is now available from the TBYC office and bar for £12.

We have enough for the people that purchased them last year and if we run out you can preorder at the same price by middle of March and it will be delivered before the Calendar starts.

Many people last year asked if we could produce a file that could be imported to your various combinations of electronic diaries (Outlook, Gmail, Smartphones) to include details of the Club Programme. DutyMan have recently done an upgrade which means this is now possible and Graham Dare has included the start times on the race name to make this more useful.

The following link is the file in a format that is recognised by most packages (.ICS). To put into Outlook you can use the Import Option once the file is saved, and within Gmail Google Calendar you can just add the URL directly as anothers calendar. http://www.dutyman.biz/eventfeed/?id=T0001839&m=h11rCbtm . This options is also available for Smartphones, although sometimes it is just best to share an existing calendar. If you use a Google calendar then just add [email protected] as another calendar.

If you are more adventurous all this information is available in the Smartphone tab once logged into DutyMan, including links specifically for your duties. Remember however the file format isn’t just restricted to Smartphones.

Don’t write all the racing dates from the sailing programme, which is due out soon, onto a Calendar. This is just to confirm that a TBYC Racing Calendar 2013-2014 is in production and will be available soon, although as a reminder it is preorder only. More details to follow, however it is expected to be a similar price to last year. Again the Calendar contains all the racing and many other dates pre printed, with loads of great photos from last year by Linzi.
The Calendar doesn’t start until April so will follow on from last years.

If you brought a last years there is a couple of changes that now need to be made, the Sandhopper and Cruiser Lift in have now been arranged for the 23rd and 24th March.

The Frozen Sheets race will start at 11.00 am on Saturday 12th January 2013.

The kitchen will be open for pre race breakfast, and prize giving will be held in the main bar as soon as possible after the race finishes.

Frozen sheets 2012 SI’s

The Frozen Sheets Open Meeting has been postponed to Saturday 12th January 2013.

Start time will be 11.00 am.

The Frozen Sheets race starts at 11.00 am on Saturday 29th December.

The kitchen will be open for pre-race breakfast.

Prize giving will be held in the main bar as soon as possible after the race.

Frozen sheets 2012 SI’s

We will be naming and launching the new club Rib on Saturday 29th December at 9.30 immediatly preceeding the Frozen Sheets Trophy Race.

We look forward to seeing many members take part in the launch with a small drink prior to setting off on the annual Frozen Sheets race.

The Brass Monkey Race is being run on the Sunday 30th December at Leigh Sailing Club with many boats going from TBYC and rescue cover from our new ribs.

Nick Elmore
Commodore