Congratulations to the TBYC Endeavour 2022 winners, Allen Burrell & Paul Beasley in Bluejacket. Thank you to Wes Absolom and Harrison Floyd for officiating the race and dealing with the challenging light conditions. Special thanks to all of the Sandhopper owners that gave their boats so readily for the race and then supported today and the fantastic volunteers as ever. There was some great close racing in some challenging conditions and multiple winners in the races today, proving how close the competition was!

Can sailors and the owners of the Sandhoppers please be at the slipway for 10:30 this Saturday morning for the briefing.

The sailing instructions are can be found in this link: Endeavour-Sailing-Instructions-2022

This years competitors are:

Sandhopper – Primo  Chris Clarke & Ken Clarke

Cruiser – The Dogs Paul Farrall & Alex Farrall

Finn – Bluejacket Allen Burrell & Paul Beasley

Sprint – Remedy Gary Sverdloff & Andrew Hannah

Windward/Leeward – Nemesis Nick Elmore & Andrew Wood

Hurricane – Zeus Harry Boygle & George Warrington

Cadet – Squiffy Cadet Week Winner & Alex Warrington

Laser – Disco Chris Boshier & Dominic Speller

Good luck and thank you to all of the Sandhopper owners that have let your boats be used for the race of champions at TBYC again.

Built in 1996

Comes with:

A suit of Hyde sails, Dolphin spinnaker, Lonton and Gray sails which are old but ok for cruising. 

Some of the blocks, sheets and halyards (now in  4mm dyneema) have been replaced, New foil bag made by Wilkinsons of Faversham which is unused, Older cover 

Asking price £3500 

The boat was previously owned by the David Johnson who replaced the floor, just before it was sold in 2020.

The boat is in Gravesend, can be put afloat there or delivered to you!

Contact Paul Winterflood for more details

[email protected]

07720 617534

Julian and I are Race officer and Assistant RO this Saturday, however can’t be here to run the racing and need so ask someone to step in please.
Sat 16th @ 13.30 Shorebox start.

Update: Thank you Phil Crawford for volunteering as RO – WE DO STILL NEED AN ASSISTANT PLEASE… No experience necessary, just write sail numbers and times..! 

Hi All, I have put together a new Sandhopper T Shirt for this year. https://bit.ly/3N31ky0 if you want to amend it to have your boat name on it, just add to your basket, go into edit and you can change what ever you like. (Remember to delete the original purchase from your basket otherwise you will end up with two!) You can also change the T shirt basis from Mens to Womens or the Style or make a Jumper… Its up to you.. Its easier or a tablet or pc/mac rather than a phone as the text is a little small!

We have now concluded the Adult Sailing Support Sessions for the Winter as we now have changed seasons and will be out on the water. All of the sessions were recorded and the packs are now available to download. We will be continuing our support of Beginner Adults, but will be taking a break for a couple of weeks to gather our thoughts and plans.

Please note: these sessions are not formal training. They are sharing of experiences from the Sandhopper Fleet as well as many other sailors from the Club, we are not qualified coaches. For formal training we suggest that you approach the RYA or other qualified coaches.

Below you will see the details of what subjects were covered in Q1 2022, these were recorded on Zoom (now on You tube) and the slide packs have been made available with the original links to reference material and videos used. The sound quality varies, but the packs and links in the slides should help.

Session 1

Club Induction, different boats at TBYC, Basics – Parts of a boat, Port/Starboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erfd3NuMeo0

Slide Pack

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15z5I3FE_MfTNMitikqaVOAVHfrpPoR1a/view?usp=sharing

Session 2

Points of Sailing, launching a Laser, returning to shore, boat control – tacking & stopping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wHG6LIqADs

Slide Pack

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XrJKh-QoxorAVEUdyeXHyGbjL4ERnUk9/view?usp=sharing

Session 3
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