Thanks to all 72 fellow sandhopper sailors for a great lift in supper, together with our friends from maylandsea bay we raised £325 for Essex air ambulance which David will take to them today as a token of our fund raising efforts for them this year.

Icicle Series  – Change to published Sailing Instructions 

In accordance with Rule 3 & 5 Changes to Sailing Instructions  / schedule of races 

Please be advised that Icicle 5 on Sunday 20^th March will remain at the previously published start time of 11:00hrs. 

A second race on Sunday 20th March will then commence as soon as practical after conclusion of Icicle 5. 

This is by popular demand to replace Icicle 2 which was not sailed due to unsuitable weather conditions. 

2011 Sailing Committee

I am pleased to report that we have now secured the services of Gary Watty of Purple Chilli Catering to take on the kitchen franchise. Gary comes to us with good experience of Yacht Club Catering and we are confident he will be an asset to TBYC.

Gary will be taking over officially from 1st April and for any bookings please call Gary on 07854 229939.

Jo has kindly agreed to stay on to help with the handover to Purple Chilli Catering and our thanks go to her for going the ‘extra mile’ for our club. Well done Jo.

As with all new enterprise, it needs support. Please come down to the club and meet Gary whilst trying the new food experience.

Nick Elmore
Vice Commodore

We have a painting work party on saturday the 19th march starting at 9am, please give some time as there is alot to do with the race box, guard boats etc. Many thanks to Graham Dare who has made an excellent start on the committee boat, lets hope the weather is kind.

May I remind those members who have not renewed their subscriptions to date, that time is running out.

Your membership will automatically cease at the end of March, please do not delay, post it today.

However, if you have not received/lost your renewal invoice or have moved please email [email protected] to update the records.

Published on the behalf of Tony Padbury.

a very big thankyou to Mark Petty-Mayor for an excellent evening covering CPR and defibrillator emergency response training.
we are very lucky to have had a defibrillator very generously donated to TBYC by Team Palmer which is positioned on the wall next to the main bar. This is a very easy to use piece of equipment which along with CPR can really help save someones life.

Mark Petty-Mayor is a natural leader and teacher and we are so very lucky to have such members who are able to donate their time and expertise so generously.

Mark offers all the first aid and emergency response courses through his company to organisations big and small and it would be great if your workplace requires these courses you could contact Mark.

www.ertuk.co.uk

0870 740 9247

thanks again

Peter Thompson
Commodore

I hope nobody will object to me using this board for this, but this coming Saturday I am driving up to Alexander Palace for the Dinghy Show and have a few empty places in the car if anyone else would like a lift.

The Members of TBYC have chosen a new list of wines for the club at an evening hosted by Martin Swindon.

It was a great evening with plenty of wine to choose from and a fantastic buffet to complement.

Click here for the new wine list.

Published on the behalf of Nick Elmore

Posted for Holli Hull,  Chris’s Princess.

Please thank everyone at the club for their support i will be going there today as i have so many good memories there with dad and everyones thoughts and prayers have not gone missed, they are much appreciated, thankyou xxx

The Funeral of Chris Hull will take place at 1.20pm on friday 4th March at Southend Crematorium.
Following celebration wake at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

i understand it to be family flowers only with kind donations to the RNLI

Peter Thompson
Commodore