Dec
08
2011
Hi All, for all you armchair sailors, and following popular demand I am sponsoring a trophy for the best placed TBYC virtual boat in the game. For those of you who have not entered or who do not know about it, then here are a few facts. The virtual race mirrors the actual Volvo ocean race covering 8 legs over 9 months. The game has in excess of 120000 virtual boats. leg 1 is complete but we will run each leg as a race in a series and load the entrants on Hal’s racing programme as a series. The series will have 2 discards for the 8 legs to enable newcomers to join in and possibly win!!!. After the first leg the top five TBYC boats were 1st Daren Fitchew, 2nd Jeremy Sandford, 3rd Steve Healey, 4th Steve Hopper and 5th David Hopper.
The next leg starts on Sunday 11th Dec 2011 so get registered and join in the banter and fun!!!
You can register at http://www.volvooceanracegame.org/play
Then please leave a comment on this article so we can enter you and your boat in the regatta.
Happy armchair sailing Steve Hopper
Nov
25
2011
Hi all
Just a quick couple of Items for your diary’s
Sunday 27th November 10.30am Sandhopper class association AGM please come along and have your say, remember this is our class and we need to drive it forward.
Wednesday 14th December 20.00hrs Sandhopper Christmas drinks.
Hope to see you all at these 2 event.
Regards Spratty and Rupert
Oct
31
2011
Saturday November 5th will be the last chance to buy prize giving tickets. Also anyone who has booked already and not paid please can you make sure payment is made by November 5th.
There is a small number of tickets available from behind the bar, if not email [email protected]
Oct
19
2011
There are a limited number available from behind the bar and you can also book with myself: [email protected]
Guaranteed to be a great evening, come and support your fellow sailors on their wins.
Oct
17
2011
I found this next to the race hut blackboard and put it indoors before I locked up.
Robin
Sep
11
2011
Congratulations to Chris Clarke & Oliver Herve who are the new Sandhopper national champions
in Sandstorm their brilliant results were 1.1.1.1.2 which sealed victory. 2nd was Apollo with Dan Henderson & Bruce Spratt. 3rd place went to Nick Binnendijk and David Hopper in Scruffy.
26 boats competed in two days of testing conditions
Sep
09
2011
The sandhopper national are being held this weekend at TBYC.
registration is at 8.00am briefing at 8.30 sharp first race 9.30
Sep
05
2011
Looking forwards to the Sandhopper nationals this weekend, there is the expectation of seeing on the water, the finest of boat handling along with the most courteous of sailing etiquette….and the desire not to be T-boned, I don’t know why I have been asked to assemble a protest committee panel really?
However, it is just as well to be prepared so any knowledgeable people of the racing rules please respond below and be available after the racing.
Many thanks
simon
Hi All, for all you armchair sailors, and following popular demand I am sponsoring a trophy for the best placed TBYC virtual boat in the game. For those of you who have not entered or who do not know about it, then here are a few facts. The virtual race mirrors the actual Volvo ocean race covering 8 legs over 9 months. The game has in excess of 120000 virtual boats. leg 1 is complete but we will run each leg as a race in a series and load the entrants on Hal’s racing programme as a series. The series will have 2 discards for the 8 legs to enable newcomers to join in and possibly win!!!. After the first leg the top five TBYC boats were 1st Daren Fitchew, 2nd Jeremy Sandford, 3rd Steve Healey, 4th Steve Hopper and 5th David Hopper.
