Cadet 8407 Fantasy  Jess Quinlan and Alex Warrington

Well Alex and Jess are now back from Buenos Aires having had the trip and experiance of a lifetime. I hope you all were able to follow the event on the Argentinian Website as posted. There were lots of photos and articles posted daily.

As some of you know from experience the sailing conditions in B.A. are extremely hard. They had all wind ranges up to force 5, which is rare for that time of year. The water is very shallow and because of this it is extremely choppy. Couple that with a stronger tide than at TBYC and you’ll find its very tricky to get a cadet moving forwards!!

They had a rocky start but put in some decent results in the mid week. A black flag (pushing too hard!) made them carry a 35th which put the stoppers on a top 20 finish. Sadly a bad last day put them 26th overall.

All said and done, they qualified for the British Team in a tough race series throughout last year. The experience and what they learnt sailing in Argentina will stay with them for life and hopefully stand them in good stead for the future.

All this could not have been possible without the fantastic support and help from this club and friends and family. We were overawed by the level of support. To be part of a club such as this is a truly great thing and we are very grateful to everyone for their kind donations.

Thank You!!

On Behalf of John Boshier :-

Ricky Macgregor kindly brought this to my attention, having watched many of the London Boat Show yachts sail past TBYC, heres one on route to Excel that didn’t quite make it.

http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/436919/wrecked-boat-en-route-to-excel

Chris’ Dad , John Boshier,  has asked me to put this on the web page for him.

Thursday was the first day of the Contender Words events.

Prior to that was the Australian National Championships in which Chris participated in some of the races for experience – but the Worlds is what he is there for.

In the first race of the day Chris came 29  out of 60 boats entered.  Not bad.   Chris said he was doing better than that at the start.  But then had a bit of boat trouble that he could not rectify until the first race was over .

The second race went very  well  –  he finished  11th out of 60  –  pretty good !!!

Overall, based on these two races he is 15th out of 60.

Good Luck Chris.

Regards Dad. (John Boshier)

Worlds Championships finishes on the 11th Jan and he should arrive back in the UK on 15th.

Following the construction of our new slipway i have set up a Sub Committee of Myself, Nick Elmore, Chris Boshier, Mike Thomason, Domonic Speller and Robin Foster-Taylor to address the usability issues. I will be looking to implement improvements at the earliest opportunity.

Peter

Hope you all enjoyed the New Look Newsbuoy, we just need to thank Barry Duce for Co-ordinating its production and all the contributing committee and members who worked at very short notice on some very informative articles and pictures. Obviously it cost a little more cash than before, hopefully it was an enjoyable read and brings us a little more up to date.
Lyndon Nutkins designed and collated the first edition and i would like to thank him for burning the midnight oil for only a very reasonable reward.
Subscription Renewals are coming in at a very fast pace and i thank you all for making this easier on the Office by being so prompt. The 2010 Programme has gone to print and we should be posting this out with 2010 car park stickers mid January. Any Renewal queries please email
[email protected]

Enjoy the Snow

Peter

The weekend starts now!
why not join your sailing friends for some great food and banter friday night at TBYC,
full menu and fantastic specials available with the best estuary view on the foreshore.

Hi Everyone

I hope you are all well and had a fantastic Christmas and New Year. Just a quick note about the Valentines Day dinner on February 13th! Three course meal for $14 a head. To book your table please contact Lorraine or speak to Jo.

Thanks Kylie

Would the person who has `borrowed` my clew strap, downhaul and hawk please return them to my Laser, and this time when they put them back could they do up the cover!!!

New Year New Start! Friday night dining is this Friday and Friday the 22nd, to reserve your table call Jo, 07500 878249 or pop in to see her, full menu available plus some fantastic specials, kick the new year off with your sailing friends.