Please click the link for the TBYC 2025 season’s SI’s 2025 Sailing Instructions

Check to see who is on Duty and make sure it is not you (It’s a scrollable window)

Please be aware that, due to the Southend Half Marathon, Thorpe Esplanade will be closed from 8.45 am on Sunday 8th June.  There will be no access to the grass car park.

The road may be closed until 12 noon.

For more information go to  https://www.havenshospices.org.uk/southend-half-marathon/#moreinformation

This is a very enjoyable boat to sail, which is in excellent condition. A great boat for beginners or experienced sailors wanting to race a fast, responsive, stable boat. The boat is currently located in Southend (near TBYC) and is ready to sail.
The sale includes:
– Cruising mainsail and jib (both in very good condition)
– Monofilm fully battened race mainsail (excellent condition)
– Sail bags
– Daggerboard
– Epoxy rudder/tiller assembly
– Launching trolley
– Combi road trailer (new wheels and tyres fitted)
– Breathable cover (serviceable condition)
Price: £1,100 ono
Contact: Tolga on 07771 727108 or tolga78@hotmail.com

Members,

The time has come for the Big TBYC Regatta this May Bank Holiday!

We welcome all sailors and all ages to enter this event over the 3-day weekend!

Don’t forget to grab your BBQ tickets for the Saturday Night!

You can find your SI/NOR for the Regatta here 2025 TBYC Regatta Sailing Instructions

As always, we look forward to seeing as many as you out on the water!

Regards
Your Sailing Committee

Thorpe Bay Yacht Club runs on the energy and dedication of its members. From committees to maintenance teams, it’s the volunteers who help keep things running smoothly—and help keep membership costs down.

Right now, we’re looking for members with specific skills to support a few key projects:

New Website
We’re planning to rebuild the club’s website over the next year. To get it right, we need someone who can help manage the process—from shaping how it looks and functions, to keeping the content fresh and useful. If you’ve got experience in websites or digital communication, we’d love to hear from you. Estimated time required – 2 hours per week for 10 weeks – Post Website launch 1 hour per week

Branding
Alongside the new website, we’re thinking it’s time to review how the club presents itself. From the logo and colours to the tone of our communications, we want a consistent image that reflects who we are. If branding or design is in your wheelhouse, your input could really help shape how we come across to both members and visitors. – Estimated time required – 1 hour per week for 6 weeks

Press Officer
We’d also like to find someone who can help us share club news and stories with the local press and beyond. It’s a great chance to help raise our profile and celebrate what we do. Estimated time required – 1 hour per week – Ongoing

It should be noted that none of the above positions, require you to attend any committee meetings

If you can help with any of these, or want to find out more, please get in touch. You’d be making a real difference to the future of the club.

Thanks,

Martin Swindon – Commodore@tbyc.org

Rupert Snow – Vicecommodore@tbyc.org

Mark Robinson – Honorarysecretary@tbyc.org

Lesley Dye – Membersecretary@tbyc.org

TBYC RNLI Pursuit Race Sunday 1st June 2025 SSI’s

Race Duration and Entry
Entry fee for the race is a £3 per boat voluntary contribution – All proceeds will be donated to the RNLI. Please place the entry fee in the container located on the main bar on the race day.
The Race Duration has been calculated based on the slowest class, RS Tera Sport, sailing for 1.5 hours. Start times for all other classes have been calculated based on the handicap numbers in use at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club as at May 2025.

Classes not allocated a start time / number should contact dutyadmin@tbyc.org BEFORE Race Day to be allocated a start time / number. Competitors sailing boats without a start time allocated will not be eligible to race.

The Course
Committee Boat or Shore Box start – The start numbers / times will be posted on the Bosuns hut blackboard along with the course.

The Start
The start time for the first boat (RS Tera Sport) is 15:30 hours
Start times for all classes have been rounded to the nearest minute and are published on the Start Times sheet attached to these supplementary sailing instructions. When possible, the Race Officer will answer questions regarding position in the sequence from competitors prior to the start. This information is entirely at the discretion of the race committee and will not be grounds for redress.
Thorpe Bay Yacht Club Flags will only be used in the initial 3-minute warning and preparatory period before the first start.
International Code Flag R shall be used as the warning signal for the first start.
Sound signals shall govern the starting sequence thereafter.
The first start number will be displayed at 3 mins before the start and will not be removed until the start. Subsequent start numbers will replace the preceding number as soon as possible after the preceding class start and will be displayed for the duration of the time until the subsequent class start, e.g. If the gap between 2 starts is one minute the class start number will be displayed for approximately one minute. If the gap between 2 starts is seven minutes the class start number will be displayed for approximately seven minutes.
Start numbers will be displayed on the Port Side of the Committee Boat or held aloft by the RO
A single sound signal will be made for each of the designated starts even if no boat starts in that class.
There will be no recalls and at the discretion of the Race Officer premature starters will be penalised by 5 places in the finishing order, with no recourse to appeal or redress. Competitors are required to keep clear of the line until after the start immediately prior to their class.

Finishing
The race will finish exactly 1.5 hours after the first start time. A support boat flying a blue flag will motor to the point where the lead boat has reached at the pre-determined finish time and sound a signal indicating that the lead boat has finished.
The support boat will drop an inflatable mark and all competitors shall sail towards this mark.
A support boat will then motor back through the fleet recording the finishing position of each boat as far as possible through the fleet. This is likely to be restricted to the front of the fleet depending upon conditions and positions on the course and is likely to be the first 5 boats only. (Where possible competitors should note the sail numbers of the boat in front of them at the time of the finish signal and record this on the declaration sheet the Bosun’s Hut.).
After the finishing sound signal, boats shall not overtake a boat in front but shall continue sailing until the support boat has passed them, recording their position, or the race officer on the support boat has indicated that he/she has finished recording places, at which time they will be deemed to have finished.

Start Times for Classes are below.
Please ensure you know your start NUMBER & time.

RNLI Pursuit Race 2025 Start time list

Saturday 26^th April

9.30am – 12.30pm

We are running a Support Boat Duty Introduction/Refresher course for helms and crew on Saturday 26^th April from 9.30am

The course will be held in the commodore’s bar, and will include, duty responsibilities, righting capsized dinghies including a Tera and Catamaran plus mark laying.

This course is to introduce new members to the clubs Support Boat Duty requirements together with showing current members key skills and knowledge that they may be uncertain of.

If you would like to attend, please email Scott Weller on houserep@tbyc.org or Martin Swindon on commodore@tbyc.org  to confirm.