Now that the Cruisers and Sandhoppers are back on their moorings, could all members with boats in the dinghy park ensure their beloved vessels are moved into their allocated spaces as soon as possible.

The amended allocated space plan is on the notice board in the main lobby. If your boat is not listed then contact John Laliberte for a space.

If you have a Kayak, Canoe, Windsurfer or Paddleboard and require storage space on the racks for the summer, please mark your vessel with your name and postcode and contact the Club Secretary to pay your storage fees.

If your launching trolley is untagged, please write your name and sail number on the back part of your cover so John can fix the tag to your trolley.

TBYC Commodore Bar SAT MAY 9TH 2015

Looking forward to seeing you all again soon.  Gill

I am delighted to announce that the first of our FREE entertainment nights for members will take place on Saturday 18th April, starting at 7.30pm.

The fantastic Jason West will be playing saxophone and treating us to some brilliant classic and modern jazz, blues and soul.  The Galley Kitchen will be open on that evening if you fancy some of Steve’s fantastic food to make the evening complete.

Some come down and enjoy an evening on us in great surroundings with your friends!

Footage of today’s race from on board Windrush

please book direct with Steve on 07947 741946 or by email to [email protected]

Easter Sunday 2015

Starters

Chicken and lentil soup with cheese straws

Coarse country pork pate with toast and red onion chutney

Caesar salad with parmesan croutons and sunblush tomatoes
Main courses

Roast Turkey, bread sauce and cranberry jelly, sage and onion stuffing and Chardonnay gravy

Braised lamb with red wine and bay leaves, rosemary and suet cobbler

Served with sea salted roast potatoes, a selection of winter vegetables, and
cauliflower cheese

Salt cod and potato ‘brandade’, parsley sauce and poached egg

Homemade pizza, tomato, goat’s cheese, marinated olives

Desserts

Apricot rice pudding

Sticky toffee pudding with caramel sauce and ice cream

£12.50 per person for 3 courses or £10 per person for 2 courses
Children’s (under 12) portions and alternative menu available

You should be receiving your printed copy of Newsbuoy Spring 2015 although with Easter it maybe delayed in the post. But if you haven’t it is also available here online.

 
http://issuu.com/tbyc/docs/newsbuoy12v6_issuu
 
 

The Sailing Instructions are now available for the main 2015 sailing seasons.

Sailing Instructions 2015

They are available here and in the Club Racing Information on the SideBar

Yesterday a small number of volunteers met on the slipway at 08:30.  Their task was to lift and recover all 15 race marks, using the SS2 and SS3 that have been freshly serviced and maintained and painted by Toby Speller, John Casson, Paul Farrall and their team of helpers. We then had to unload the rescue boats and move all the marks, chain and concrete blocks to the top of the slipway.  After a quick well earned cup of tea and a hose down, the second job to remove all the chain from the buoys and blocks, end to end the chain, checking it as they went, then to re shackle it all up, replacing marks 2, 4, 7, 9, 12 and 14 with orange buoys (a response to discussions at last years Sailing AGM, course cards with orange buoys).  If that was not enough the buoys, chain and blocks were then loaded into SS2 and SS3 before being re-laid using 2 handheld GPS in a slightly condensed version of last years positions.

You may not notice the subtle change, but the west side of the mark grid is now closer to the Roslin Hotel rather than the Halfway house.  This huge, dirty and demanding task was completed in 6 hours by me and my team of Struan Wallace, John Casson, Alan Grant, Paul Beasley, Paul Morgan and Jack Morgan.  If you see these guys this weekend, give them a big thank you and buy them a drink.  Without them we would have not fixed buoys to start the season.

Enjoy the long Easter weekends racing and the start of the season.

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Our first ‘New Cadet Racing’ season starts tomorrow Friday, with a training session that is aimed at sailors approximately 11 – 13 year old.
We will meet by the Dinghy Park gate at 10.00 am for a briefing.  We want to be started at 11.00 am.

We will aim the session at those can sail, and would benefit from a structured training session.  Picos, RS boats etc., helm and crew or single handed.

My first session will be:

Warm up reaches
Tacking on the whistle
Quick starts
Mini races (to familiarise the cadet with the new course)
Approx. 50 minutes

Just turn up, even if you were not one of the 24 youngsters and their parents that attended the meeting last week. All welcome!

A fun way to start the new season.

Thanks to Lewis Brake for taking the footage