What a great way to end a working day

Author: Paul Spratt

Dear Boys and girls of the fast cats section. Now I have your attention, I’m looking to Kick start the racing again at the club and would value your opinions. Please can I get all your email address so I can send out reminders and also find out if you are needing crew. We have a thriving club at TBYC , lets use it.

Any sailors, old or young who fancy a go on a high flying projectile. please get in touch for the ride of your life, Sorry Barry, we saw two Sandhoppers trying to replicate at Cat, not fast but very funny.

Open meetings for fast or slow cats are a great way of improving both racing and social skills, if anybody fancies going to a meeting, please let me know as we can help with de-rigging etc. and possible transport to the event. On the last Bank holiday this Month, there is the “Hurricane Nationals” at Stokes bay on the south coast and also a Cat open. Several boats from TBYC are planning to be there, the more the merrier with a great social atmosphere. See you soon. Email: [email protected]

Three boats from TBYC attended Raid de Carnac 2008, Ian and Simon Keam-George, who managed to break their mast on the way to the event but organise another just in time to start racing, finishing mid fleet just above David White & Jon Sweet, both teams on their new F18 Cats. David had a few of his own problems, one of which was just trying to get over the channel with out his passport. On Davids first race in the 125 strong F18 fleet, he managed to break his rudder stock which ended in a capsize in the middle of this lot, Sh**! and had to retire till the next day. Wayne and my self on the Hurricane 5.9sx had a great first day with a position of 16 out of a 41 boats, sailing in a F5 but that was the end of the wind. The following 3 days had dying or no wind, resulting in less races being run than usual. Our long distance race of 40 nm ended being timed out after 6.5 hours on the water and 100 yds from the finishing line, We could almost smell the beer! Carnac is set in the Gulf of Morbihan which is just in the bay of Biscay, Lovely place with sunny beaches etc. but! this was my first visit to Carnac YC and this event, the French club just couldn’t organise a pi??-up in a brewery. All this, makes you thankful to the hard work put into running TBYC and the sailing program. Our races! 99% are run on time! and all with members support. Well done! Cheers from your fast cat capt.

Crew Wanted for Hornet

Regular racing in trapeze / spinnaker boat at Thorpe Bay

Please call Graham 07946 413923

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Thorpe Bay Yacht Club is excited to play host to the 2008 Laser Pico Nationals. This will be an event for all levels of ability and provided you can sail a triangle course you are most welcome to attend. Do not worry if you have not done much racing in the past, the briefing on Saturday morning will cover all the detail you need to know.

Pico’s can be sailed either single or doubled handed and parents are welcome to join in the fun on the water. Please find below to download the Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions, Entry Form and Parent Declaration.

Pico Nationals 2008 Sailing Instructions (Adobe PDF File)

Pico Nationals 2008 Notice of Race (Adobe PDF File)

Pico Nationals 2008 Parents Declaration Form (Adobe PDF File)

Pico Nationals 2008 Entry Form (Adobe PDF File)

Pico Nationals 2008 New Sails and Parts (Adobe PDF File)

Win a New Pico – If you sail in all 6 races over the two day event your Pico will be entered into a special prize raffle to swap with a new Pico. It does not matter if you are at the front, middle or back of the fleet, all will have an equal chance to win the new Pico. The draw will take place during the prize giving on Sunday afternoon. The winners must be present to collect the Pico.

We have lots of other great prizes and trophies also lined up to recognise the best in Pico racing. If you sail a Pico this is a weekend you will not want to miss.

Car Parking

TBYC has ample free car parking and boat storage facilities in the field to the east of the main dinghy park. On arrival you will be given a TBYC car sticker that must be displayed in you car in order to get free car parking.

Accommodation

TBYC is just a couple of miles along the seafront from Southend-On-Sea so has a good selection of hotels and B&B’s. We have listed details of a few local places that are a short distance from the clubhouse.

www.roslinhotel.com

www.beachesguesthouse.co.uk

www.premierinn.com – search for their Thorpe Bay Hotel

If camping facilities are required please contact us. Depending on numbers we can either allow camping at the clubhouse or arrange access to a nearby school.

If you have any questions regarding the weekend please contact Shaun Christian;

Email: [email protected]

Mobile: 07881 501 675

Morning All,

This Sunday is the first long distance race of the year, high tide is at 05.30 so we should leave the moorings at around 07.30, the race will be to the Whittaker Bouy and back taking in a set course which I will email to those who are coming, could you please let me know asap if you are able to play, the weather looks stunning with 14mph winds sunny 70s, we will get back to the moorings as the tide comes across the bank in the afternoon,
Hope you can all come and play, if you are short of a crew or boat let me know and I will put you together, 3 up is always a good idea so you could always bring a friend as well.

Cheers.
Barry

Only a few weeks to go and it looks as if we will have 30 Sandhoppers sailing for the 2008 title.

Entry forms are available from RCYC website or Ken Clarke. We have arranged moorings for all, also there are options for bringing the boats home, we will be sailing to Burham may bank holiday Monday 26th, should make a great picture for the club wall.

For full information about the event please contact Barry or Ken, notice will also be placed on the Sandhopper board at TBYC.

Click on the link to download the notice of race and entry form.

Download the NOR & Entry Form here

Are there any cat sailer’s wanting a lift to Carnac 2008, unfortunately Pete Sherwin has family commitments and has had to bail out. Even if you just want a jolly there’s room in the camper with Wayne and myself. Regards Struan.

The weekend racing saw some difficult conditions however the racing was exciting, it was very gusty and challenging however Saturdays race was won by Satisfaction, 2nd Windrush, 3rd Sandstar ( new boats can be beaten), 4th Apollo, and very very far back in last place was Squiffy.

Sundays Benfleet shield had very mixed conditions, Thompson/Hopper (Sandstar) were top in the Sandhopper fleet coming 2nd overall, well done boys, Satisfaction was second and Sandpiper was third, Apollo had her third collision of the year ( out of four races) and Windrush had 25 foot of plastic wrapped around the keel to help slow things down, pearl threw away a great 3rd place to finish 21st ??? and Squiffy made a better show finishing 4th.

The Sandhopper Nationals are not far away so i’m sure the current racing fleet circa. 12 at the moment will swell over the coming weeks as 22 are booked from TBYC to attend at the moment, many thanks to those who have lent their Sandhoppers to others to help make the event such a success.