Tidal Diamond 922
- Social Update
- Staying Safe
- End of Season Get Together and Awards Evening
- Ebb & Flow
- Useful Links
- Diary Dates
Social Update
Christmas Carols – 2nd December
Get into the Christmas spirit, enjoy a mince pie and sing along to the band. 5.30 start.
Family and friends are welcome. There is no charge, but please book so you don’t miss out on the mince pies or get onto Santa’s naughty list!.
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/christmas-carols-1
Tudor Christmas Party – 16th December
Let’s celebrate Christmas at Tudor! Enjoy an evening of eating, drinking, laughter and dancing to the sounds of a live band.
Christmas buffet provided. Ticket only event.
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/tudor-christmas-party
Sue Elson
Social Secretary
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Staying Safe
All,
I hope you all had a good season on the water, and as the year comes to an end I wanted to share some reflections on safety.
Keeping things safe and tidy
Please continue to help keep the clubhouse and compound tidy, by doing your bit to stop any of your own equipment being a trip hazard (eg dinghy trailers, cradles, or craft sticking out). Also if you spot anything you can’t easily put right (trip hazards, items blocking fire exits etc) then please contact me or one of the Exec so we can get someone to address the concern.
Staying afloat!
A reminder that you’re safer on the water if you wear a lifejacket or buoyancy aid. Also, regularly check your lifejackets are operational (for example, check that the cylinder is still in date and has a firing cartridge). It’s also worth inflating them to make sure they don’t leak. Here’s a good video on how to carry out lifejacket checks: https://rnli.org/magazine/magazine-featured-list/2020/april/how-to-check-and-maintain-your-lifejacket.
Because of the importance of this the Club now has a Byelaw which requires everyone under the age of 18 who goes afloat to wear a suitable lifejacket or buoyancy aid.
Watch out – dredger about
Please continue to keep an eye on the dredger, particularly around high water when it’s most likely to be on the move. Keep your distance and don’t lose sight of the dredger’s bridge – if you can’t see the bridge you’re probably too close and they probably can’t see you! We will be sharing our programme of 2024 key events on the water (such as our Regatta days) with the HM and Kendalls so they are aware that the channel could be busier than usual.
Checking your mooring
For those of you who have a club mooring, please take care when you do your essential winter checks. Make sure the weather conditions are suitable for you to use your dinghy, check it has a bung, your engine works, and that you have oars and rollocks as a back up. It’s worth trying to buddy up with someone to make the job easier.
Finally, please continue to report any incidents or near misses. The attached document tells you how to do this.
All the best,
Rob Waring
Vice Commodore
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End of Season Get Together and Awards Evening
Great evening last week at Tudor with the club room full of members celebrating the achievements of the 2023 season. For those that could not attend the special awards were as follows:
- Terry Fleming Memorial Trophy – presented to Maggie Hodge for her world record row around the UK.
- Specsavers Trophy – presented to Mark Swallow for reading the course wrong and losing places in the race as a result.
- Tudor Rose Bowl – presented to Hannah Barnes for her service to the club efforts with women on the water
- Flounder Trophy – awarded to Alex Ford for his start of season antics, Here is his account of the “Shakedown sail didn’t happen as the keel was stuck (no surprise but still annoying), so motored to the sands. Sorted the keel out then restarted my brand new engine (3rd trip, had been perfect up to that moment and it started and ran up to just above idle but any higher revs than that it stuttered and cut out. Checked the fuel system and no joy, tried running it from its inbuilt tank to no avail. Motored back to the new mooring, went to take the engine off and dropped my keys in full run of tide. Took me 20 mins to find them floating for freedom towards the Solent. Eventually removed the engine, got to the slip and realised my Tudor keys were on the boat still. Went and got them Then got 3/4 up the slip and heard a pop as one of my tender tyres blew out. I think it’s time to go back to bed, and potentially stay there”.
A big thank you to everyone who made the evening possible.
Photos will be published on the TSC website in the next few days.
Hannah Barnes
Dinghy Captain
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Ebb & Flow
Two Tudor items this week:
Firstly a reminder that we have the Christmas Jumper swap running. The rail is now in the club room and open for business.
Secondly, a request for old, but not too rusty, anchor chain. This will be used to replace the broken slipway chains.
As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address, it is always nice to hear from members. Any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds always most welcome.
Let’s be careful out there.
Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links
- WebCollect: dinghies for more details.
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