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THREE COURSE CHRISTMAS DINNER followed by dancing into the small hours Arrive 7:00 for 7:30 for a pre-dinner glass of bubbly!
Carriages at 1am Dress: as smart as you like
Congratulations to Alan Burrell, Duncan De Boltz, Chris Boshier, Jim Bowie, Daren Fitchew, Michael Marriot and Mike and Alex Thomason in winning their class in the Winter or Icicle series of races.
Prizes will be awarded by the Commodore in the main bar after the Ladies/Crews/Singlehanded race today.
Apologies that prizegiving was missed last weekend due to sailing overrunning.
Next Pico race 8th of May, Sunday, start at 13:20
Proposed meeting time is 12:00 in the dinghy park.
Similar structure, as previously.
Demonstration of close hauled sailing by the jib on the grass, if enough wind.
Demonstration of lying to (standing still).
Otherwise dry practice.
I am thinking about a trapezoid course (modified triangular course).
If the weather is trying, we may stick to our gate course.
Monday 2nd May 2016 Ladies/Crews/Singlehanded trophy race.
Three fleets/sets of results – mass start – one course – average lap racing.
Sign on/off for the fleet you intend to be in:
• Ladies’ fleet – any lady helming any boat.
• Crews’ fleet – Anyone who is usually a crew, helming any 2 or 3 person boat.
• Single handed fleet – Anyone helming any single-handed boat of any class
Some ladies could be in any one of the above fleets – you choose before the start, as appropriate – but you can only sign on/off, and be, in one fleet.
There are always lots of jobs cropping up that need doing to keep the club house in order. I believe we can undertake some of these without needing to call in contractors. Instead of leaving all these jobs until a working party it would be nice to get them done as they arise. So if anyone out there from a trades background or DIY expert feels that they may be able to help in any way it would be great to hear from you.
I only have small jobs in mind, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cadets, parents, family and Friday diners, Dave will be serving food from 17:30 till 20:00 again this friday.
Dave’s menu for this week:
Home made lasagne+ salad £6 (£3)
Four Cheese plough mans supper £6
Scampi + Fries+Salad (£6 or £3 )
Chicken Nuggetts+Fries+ Salad(£6 or £3)
Home made soup+bread £2.95p
Baked Jacket Potato £3.50p..Add fillings…cheese 75p….beans…75p…Tuna mayo £1…Coleslaw…75p
Bacon Baguette… £3.50p.(£2)
sausage Baguette £3.50p(£2)
Chips…£1.50p…Cheesy Chips £2.25p
Service from 5.30 to 8.00
No other menu items will be available on Friday evening.
If you are on the May Stage 1 Sail Training course which starts next week, then after dinner I will be going through the knots and parts of the boat that you need to know.
Remember,Cadet Week formsare now available to down load and need returning by Monday 2nd May. Why not bring it down with the cadets on Friday. You can post it through the letter box or pass it to me directly.
Last weekend saw many of our Sprint 15 sailors racing at Marconi in windy and cold conditions.
Thorpe Bay made an impressive start to the newly introduced Traveller Team Trophy with a turnout of six competitors.
The highlight of the weekend was a long race around Osea and Northey Islands, with a strong if inconsistent northerly breeze, this proved to be one of the fastest round the island races with a fetch for much of the race.
Many of our team getting top 10 position. Chris Tillyer and Steve Healy being split by Jenny Ball our TBYC regular winter visitor, followed closely by Jim Bowie and Daren Fitchew.
