Last week the final building at the Grain Power station was demolished leaving the way to start the next stage to bring the Chimney down. You can read more and see the video at Kent Online another demolition at power station/ . In the video the main demolishing starts around 50 seconds.

The comments in the above article also suggest that the Chimney maybe seeing its end in September.

There was some exciting achievements for several TBYC Sailors doing the Nore Race (from the provisional results), trophies being received Friday:

Daren Fitchew (Sprint 15)   – Yachting News Trophy                  – Class 2 Multihull

Kyle Stoneham (Moth)        – Nore Race Group 2 Trophy           – Monohull Dinghy Group Overall

Kyle Stoneham (Moth)        – Dauntless Boatyard Trophy          – Class 3 monohull

Kyle Stoneham (Moth)        – Greene King Shield                      – First single-handed monohull

Chris Boshier (Laser)          – Lovejoy Trophy                          – Class 4 monohull

Chris Boshier (Laser)          – Whitbread Trophy                       – Laser 1 Class (singlehanded)

Mark Jewell (Sandhopper)   – Denis Kemp Trophy                    – Class 5 monohull

Mark Jewell (Sandhopper)   – Thorpe Bay YC Trophy                – Sandhopper Class

Line honours for Kyle on the foiling moth in 1hr 20, the total distance sailed an amazing 42km in the race with 72.4km covered on the day.
The fast cats doing 2 laps could easily have covered 85km in the race, quite amazing stamina needed for that in almost perfect conditions.

3 Lasers traveled to the lovely Fishers Green Sailing Club on Saturday 27th June for their annual Laser Open Meeting. Forcast was light winds, heavy showers, sun, heavy wind, thunder and lightning and yes we had it all !
Chris Tillyer was always at the front in the mix as usual and somehow always seemed to be on the right side of the shifts and came away with 3 bullets, one up from 2nd last year, well done Chris great sailing in very testing conditions;
Thorpe Bay overall results were;
Chris Tillyer 1st
Rick Paxman 5th
Jeremy Doran 11th

• Saturday 5pm     Wales v Northern Ireland (Score 1-0)

• Sunday 2pm       France v Ireland (Score 2-1)

• Monday 8pm       England v Iceland

The Club will open especially for the England game on Monday evening.

Please support this event in the traditional method if you can.

Just a reminder that there are only 120 sleeps to the highlight of the TBYC Calendar. All members are welcome to come down in the afternoon and admire the wonderful sea view from the comfort of the Balcony. I’m so exited I could burst!

Fresh from the success of the Summer Ball (what an amazing meal we were treated to!), Dave’s menu for tonight’s Cadet & Families Night is:

Fisherman’s Pie £6 adults; £3 children
Chicken Curry + Rice £6 adults; £3 children
2 Pork Sausages + Mashed Potatoes + Onion Gravy £5 adults; £2.50 children
Pasta Napolitano (with tomatoes, onions & ham) £4 adults; £2 children
Scampi + Fries £6 children; £3 children
Southern Fried Chicken Goujons + Fries £6 adults; £3 children
2 Rashers of Bacon + Chips + Baked Beans £5 adults; £2.50 children
French Fries £1.50
Cheese fries £2.25
Bowl of plain pasta £1.50
Ham Baguette £3.50
Cheese Baguette £3.50
Tuna Mayo Baguette £3.50p
Desert menu available; No other items available