The event of the year, one not to be missed out on!

Only 120 tickets available, so book early!

Thorpe Bay Yacht Club Summer Ball

May 15^th 2010

Entertainment provided by the band Hardcover

Drinks reception from 6.30pm and sit down at 7.30pm, carriages at 1pm

Menu

Trio of melon with parma ham

Seafood salad

Tomato, Buffalo Mozarella and basil

Duck breast with a cherry and kirsch dressing

Roast Sirloin of beef topped with wild mushrooms and melted stilton sauce

Fillet of Seabass with tuscan sauce

Brie, pesto and tomato tartlet

All served with seasonal potatoes and fresh vegetables

Baileys cream torte

Lemon and lime tart

Summer fruit cheesecake

Coffee and chocolates

Tickets cost £35 per person. To book contact Kylie on 07734904824 or email [email protected]

You can now download Newsbuoy Edition 2 (March 2010) from the link at the top of this page, you can forward it to those friends who may be in other parts of the world for them to keep tabs on TBYC.

There are still a few wine tasting tickets available for Friday Match 19th
if you would like to book some please drop me an email on [email protected]

Also can everyone who has booked tickets and not yet paid please can you put the money in an envelope through the club letter box before Friday if possible? Many thanks!!

Duty swap (Race Officers) required for Paul and Lucille Palmer  on 14th August. Please phone 07799674217.

Thanks.

Dear All,

It is with very great regret that I have to tell you that Alex Moon, dear husband of Ingrid, and father of Harriet (aged 9) and Imogen (5), passed away last weekend after a long fight against Motor Neurone Disease. He was just 39 years of age.

I spoke with Ingrid earlier today, and she told me that the funeral will be at the Southend crematorium, West Chapel, on Thursday, 18th March at 2.40 pm. with an invitation to everybody to go on to Thorpe Bay YC afterwards. Alex loved his sailing from a very early age, and Ingrid wishes that as many of his friends as possible attend the funeral to give him a good send off. Please would you let everyone else know that they would be most welcome. Ingrid would also very much like to see Alex transported in a “sea of flowers”, which can be arranged by contacting Stephen at Scent on the London Road at Leigh, tel: 01702 471818. This would be in preference to any donations, since Ingrid and her family, have already recently raised some £20,000 for the charity.

Furthermore, if you have any snippets or special memories relating to Alex, and in particular his sailing activities, please would you convey them to Ingrid, preferably, but not necessarily, before the funeral. Ingrid would much appreciate this, so please do your best.

Ingrid can be contacted via email at [email protected] or by telephone on 01702 558587. Her address is 6, Braemar Crescent, Leigh on Sea, Essex, SS9 3RL

Alex and Ingrid sailed at The Halfway Yacht Club for many years, first in their Albacore ‘Bilberry’ 6417 and then in ‘Castor and Pollux’ 6683. They latterly joined Thorpe Bay Yacht Club along with many other HYC members, when HYC closed down. Alex managed only a few years sailing at TBYC, but continued to watch the racing intently from their beach hut. Alex and Ingrid were also members of the National Albacore Association and attended the ‘Nationals’ on several occasions. Ingrid would like it to be known that the family has absolutely no intention of selling ‘Castor and Pollux’, because Harriot and Imogen, who are already sailing, want to sail her in years to come.

If you have any questions, etc, please give me a ring on 01268 770188

Regards Jim Percy

On behalf of all TBYC members I would like to thank Peter Thompson of Wetsuit Outlet for donating dry bags for use on the Support Boats.

Can anyone act as Racing Officer and/or Assistant Racing Officer on Saturday 24 April – I am unable to carry out this duty – for yours truly, please?

David Harbage

Many thanks to Ken Herve for a very interesting evening on race preparation and tactics.  We hope to have Ken do another presentation on this wide ranging subject some time in the future.

Also thanks to Chris Boshier for running through the start procedures and Howard Warrington & Martin Eyre for looking after the technical side.

Chris M

Due to the phenomenal amount of jobs cleared last Saturday/Sunday, the working party scheduled in the Sailing Programme for this weekend has been cancelled.

Chris M

The competition amongst the Sandhopper fleet  has grown to new heights with Steve Hopper (Sand Star 159) & Paul Spratt (Apollo 154) with a challenging climb up Mount Kilimanjaro.  The pair have set off from Heathrow today for their pre season training and trip of a lifetime,  Steve has taken a small laptop with him and signal permitting will be sending reports to keep us up to date with their events.

Lets wish them plain sailing & have fun.

11/3/10 16:00hrs Steve has called me several times from his mobile to give me their progress. He said that day one was tough as they walked for 5hrs and they were both exhausted on arriving at camp. Day two they walked for 7hrs and the climb was much steeper and arrived at camp at 4pm completely Kna***ed. Day three was all I could understand as Steve’s call kept failing.

I would have to say by the tone of his voice that things were tough and by the speed of the conversation that they were exhausted and finding it hard to breathe.

I hope they are well and will report any further contact.  Martyn

Made contact again, they are currently at about 15000ft,tired and suffering from the altitude. Paul is suffering most from lack of oxygen, I am not sure if Steve was just suffering from the lack of Blue Sapphire as he had not consumed any  for the last three days.

The climb tomorrow will be a tough one as the slope is getting steeper. Their attempt for the summit will be late on Monday night… Good Luck..   Martyn

Steve phoned me 7am this morning and I could immediately notice a change in his mood, they had both climbed for a couple of hours and were standing on a 1000ft cliff top (must be scary as they are already at 15000ft) Steve said the World looked great and he and Spraty were acclimatising well with the altitude. Their attempt for summit now starts this Sunday at 9pm our time.