Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

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Yantlet Trophy Race – Sunday 22 April 2012

SUPPLEMENTARY SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

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Eligibility – The Yantlet Trophy Race will be open to any boat owned by a member of Thorpe Bay Yacht Club and with a PY of less than 1200. Boats with a PY of 1200 or over will race to the Leigh Buoy and back.

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Safety – All competitors are reminded of the Regulations for the Prevention of Collision at Sea and in particular that ships in the channel will have restricted ability to manoeuvre or are constrained by draught and therefore have priority over sailing vessels. If any boat is asked to change course by the crew of a safety boat she shall comply immediately or be disqualified from the race.

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Safety disclaimer – by signing the declaration sheet for the Yantlet Race owners are accepting responsibility for their actions during the race and indemnifying the club accordingly.

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The Start – there will be 3 starts from the committee boat.

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The Course:

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PN < 1200  and Cruisers

The course will consist of an upwind leg, Leigh buoy to Port, the Yantlet Tower to Port, Leigh Buoy to Starboard then finish at the Shore Box line. The actual course will be displayed on the blackboard to the west of the Bosun’s hut prior to the start.

PN >= 1200

The course will consist of an upwind leg, Leigh buoy to port and finish at the Shore Box Line. The actual course will be displayed on the blackboard to the west of the Bosun’s hut prior to the start.

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Well after the plane breaking down and getting delayed for 27 hours only to have a Virgin flight block the runway up for another few hours I’m finally here.

The boats got stuck in customs for a day and instead of a flatbed car lorry to onload all we got was a covered truck with a tailgate lift.

with some inginuity, brute strenght and plenty of ignorance all boats are on the deck and in one piece, all rigged up just having a bite to eat and then off for some training and hopefully be ready for the US Nationals starting tomorrow.

Awful weather here, 28 degrees and blowing 18-20knots from the West every afternoon.

Chris’s progress Click Here

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Well done to all those who took part in the Easter series and a huge thanks to Steve and Chris for organising the activities.

Prize giving will be taking place tomorrow (Saturday 14th) at 1300hrs in the main bar.

We found a watch in the yacht park yesterday morning (Bank Holiday Monday).

Please let me know if it is yours.

Regards,

Mike

[email protected] or mobile: 07906 279212

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Hi All Sorry for late posting but please find attached Notice of Race & Sailing Instructions.

In brief racing starts Tuesday at 13.00hrs and we plan to have 3 races per day for 3 days

A briefing will be held in the Main bar at 11.00 on Tuesday

Happy sailing Steve

I know that this is a bit on the late side to post for Easter, but my crew has gone to sunnier climes for Easter. This little point makes sailing my National 12 on my own a wee bit tricky. So would any of our cadets care to help me out over Easter with a bit of rope pulling in the front end? I may even go as far a buying an Easter Egg as an incentive!!

If interested please call 01702 205297/07860 737544

Steve Le Grys
National 12 3432

Race Officer training and Committee Boat familiarisation.

Sunday 15th April 2012

The tide is out so there is no racing – it’s time to learn or renew your Race Officer skills and look over the new Committee Boat.

The Committee boat will be moored at the slipway. We will be running sessions at 10 00am, 11.00am and 12 midday.

Apart from familiarising yourself with the new Committee Boat you will be able to learn and discuss Race Officer skills hands-on on the boat.

If you have been allocated a Race Officer or Assistant Race Officer duty and feel the need to brush up on your understanding and to see the new Committee Boat – or you just consider that you need some hands-on Race Officer training for future use – these sessions are for you. All are welcome at all levels.

If you would like to attend one of these sessions please email [email protected] as soon as possible so that we can assess the level of turn out and allocate times. If you have a time preference then please let us know.

Graham Dare

Throughout the winter we have run organised coaching on Cadet nights, this would not have been possible without the expert guidance of our coaches all of whom provided sessions which were all extremely useful, interesting, educational and above all fun.

I would like to thank Rupert, Mike Thomason, Ken Herve, Mark Petty-Mayor, Johnno Gillies and Alex Farrell for delivering such excellent sessions.

We are finalising plans for the next few months – which we hope will now include outdoor and water based activities.

The final winter session is this Thursday, Mike will be outlining how to rig a Pico and no doubt explaining how to tune it to ensure you stand the best chance of winning TOPS races this year.

We look forward to seeing you then.

Mike