Tidal Diamond 918

• Social Update
• Nominations Meeting
  
• Cruiser Winter Compound Rules
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Social Update

Turning The Tide – 27th October

Don’t forget our talk this Friday evening which will help you to understand our harbour better and feel safer on the water.

We will be serving a vegetarian/sausage hot pot at around 6.30pm and the talk will start at around 7pm. You don’t have to eat to come along, but pre booking either way would be appreciated so we know numbers to expect/cater for.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/turning-the-tide-1

Curry & Quiz Night – 10th November

Get in your teams and join in our curry and quiz night, compiled and hosted by our lovely Linda V.

Food will be served around 6.30 and the quiz will start at around 7pm.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/curry-quiz-night-2

Tudor Presentation Evening 17th November

A fun social evening open to all, and a chance to celebrate Tudor members achievements.

A buffet will be provided.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/tudor-presentation-evening

Christmas Carols – 2nd December

Come and enjoy a mince pie and sing along to the band. 5.30 start

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. Tickets are selling well, so please don’t miss out!

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/tudor-christmas-party

Sue Elson
Social Secretary
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Nominations Meeting

A reminder that the Nominations Meeting is on Sunday 4th November at 2pm. Please do consider if you could help the club by standing for one of the committees or exec roles. As most years, we have a number of vacancies as people make way having done their stint. The exec is particularly looking for people with good administrative skills to help manage various aspects of the club, people with health & safety experience, or good practical skills.

Attached is a document outlining exec roles, which also describes the work of the committees. Note that there is a proposal this year to streamline the Sailing Committee into a Captains Committee, with separate Dinghy Sailing and Rowing Sub Committees. Hence, we are inviting nominations for a Sailing Secretary and a Captains Secretary, alongside the two slightly different format committees, with elections to be held depending on the outcome of the vote on this proposal.

If you think you may be interested, please get in touch, or let Paul Megson have your nomination.

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
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Cruiser Winter Compound Rules

Cruiser owners, please note the following compound layup rules.

• Sails to be removed by 31 October.
• Electricity not to be left plugged in when boat unattended.
• Ladders to be padlocked underneath boat. Unlocked ladders will be removed.
• Jet washing is only allowed up to 31 December.
• Lock the gates when working on your boat.

Note that relaunch weekend is 23rd & 24th March 2024.

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
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Ebb & Flow

Another interesting piece from the National Coastwatch Institution this week. Signal flags may have largely been replaced by technology, but there are a few still in common use that are worth being aware of, some particularly relevant in the Solent where we have quite a bit of commercial activity. Worth a read.

There are interesting things happening in all parts of the Solent in to restore wildlife and habitat. The BBC has an article on introducing Oysters in Cowes. You can read it at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6pk7ep420zo.

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.

Tidal Diamond 917

• Social Update
• Head of the Ouse Rowing Race
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Social Update

Firstly a big thank you to the volunteers that helped in the galley over the recovery weekend, Dave, Pete, Wendy, Jackie, Penny and David, and the social committee for their time and fabulous food, it is much appreciated.

Turning The Tide – 27th October

We’re delighted to be welcoming John Bearman back to the club to speak. John works for the Hampshire Police Marine Unit and is also a RYA Yachtmaster instructor.

Join us for a look at how the tides work in our harbour, and what affects them. Plus some basic training on all those floating buoys out there and what they mean.

Although this evening is developed for newer members, our seasoned sailors, rowers, and paddlers are very welcome, as the more advice and guidance in the room the better.

We will be serving a vegetarian/sausage hot pot at around 6.30pm and the talk will start at around 7pm. You don’t have to eat to come along, but pre booking either way would be appreciated so we know numbers to expect/cater for.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/turning-the-tide-1

Curry & Quiz Night – 10th November

Come along and join in our curry and quiz night, compiled and hosted by our lovely Linda V.

Food will be served around 6.30 and the quiz will start at around 7pm.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/curry-quiz-night-2

Tudor Presentation Evening 17th November

A fun social evening open to all, and a chance to celebrate Tudor members achievements.

A buffet will be provided.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/tudor-presentation-evening

Christmas Carols – 2nd December

Times and more details to follow

Tudor Christmas Party – 16th December

Come and celebrate Christmas at Tudor! Enjoy an evening of eating, drinking, laughter and dancing to the sounds of a live band.

Christmas buffet provided. Tickets are selling well, so please don’t miss out!

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/tudor-christmas-party

Sue Elson
Social Secretary
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Head of the Ouse Rowing Race

On Saturday 14th October, 8 rowers, a cox, supporters, the club’s Bursledon gig ‘Lady Jane’ and 3 dogs travelled to Newhaven for the 3rd annual Head of the Ouse rowing race. What started as a chilly Saturday morning turned into a glorious day.

The race took place on the river Ouse in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs. The course ran between Newhaven and Lewes. The first leg of the race was completed upriver by the Women’s Crews who then swapped with Men’s/Mixed crews for the row back downriver. It was a fixed rowing craft race and 16 boats took part, including 3 Bursledon gigs.

With a rolling start, the Tudor Women’s crew rowed upriver against the wind on the last of the flood tide. They skilfully navigated several whirlpools which helped propel them along. Spurred on by people walking along the track and a healthy intraclub rivalry against the Men’s team, the Tudor Women’s crew finished first over the line.

With the return race downriver starting as the tide began to ebb, and at a narrower part of the river making overtaking a greater challenge, the Tudor Men’s crew had a demanding leg to row.

The end result was another victory for Lady Jane and its crews winning 3 categories:

Fastest Bursledon gig

Fastest Women’s crew

Fastest Women’s Veterans (40+)

… and if there had been an overall fastest boat category, it would have had the Tudor name on it too!

In short: a great day out spent in the company of a fantastic bunch of people.

Karen Lammaing

Ebb & Flow

Something I forgot to mention in last week’s Tidal Diamond is the Bird Aware Solent Great Coastal Bird Watch. It runs from 14th October to 29th October (so there’s still time), and all you have to do is sit for an hour by the coast and note down the birds you see. More details and how to identify the birds can be found at https://birdaware.org/solent/great-coastal-birdwatch-2023/.

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: https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Tudorsailing
• Facebook Members Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1380997942212963/
• Useful Documents: https://www.tudorsailing.org.uk/TudorSailing/?r=/05_sailing/documents/body.php
• Know the Ropes (PDF): https://www.tudorsailing.org.uk/TudorSailing/05_sailing/documents/upload/Know%20the%20Ropes%20New%20Edition%20May%202023.pdf
• Opportunities for sailing and social related maintenance hours can be found at:
  • Dutyman for sailing related duties: https://dutyman.biz/dmmain.aspx?id=T0001338
  • Dutyman for bar and galley duties: https://dutyman.biz/dmmain.aspx?id=T0001746
• Langstone LNtM: https://www.langstoneharbour.org.uk/local-notices-to-mariners
• Chichester LNtM: https://www.conservancy.co.uk/page/notices
• KHM Portsmouth LNtM: https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/khm/portsmouth/local-notices
• National Coast Watch (Gosport): https://www.nci.org.uk/gosport
• NCI Gosport blog: https://ncigosport.blogspot.com/
• Portsmouth Tide Times: https://www.ntslf.org/tides/tidepred?port=Portsmouth
• Southern Water Beachbouy: https://www.southernwater.co.uk/water-for-life/our-bathing-waters/beachbuoy

Diary Dates

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Tidal Diamond 916

• Commodore’s Update
• Class Captain Nominations
• Social Update
• Lady Jane Scores a Hat-trick
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Commodore’s Update

I would like to thank Myles Semmens and Dave Lindsay who have recently stood down from their roles as Bosun and Compound Bosun. They have done a large amount of excellent work managing the club’s equipment and compound over the last few years.

Cruiser Recovery is on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th October. There will be a briefing at the club on Wednesday 11th, 7:30pm. Please note that there will be tractor movements over the next week as we begin to move boats around the compound and bring some early boats in. Do take care as you move around. The main compound will not be available for parking cars until the spring.

We have been working to improve the compound surface and it looks much better in the north of the compound. We are continuing to look at finding a solution for the drainage over the winter.

Finally – Nominations Meeting is coming up on Sunday 5th November. Please do consider if you would like to stand for one of the committees. Also, any proposed Constitution Amendments need to be submitted to this meeting.

Bosuns Committee – Maintaining the Tractors, Hoist, Club Launches and managing the compound.

Maintenance Committee – Maintaining the clubhouse and grounds.

Social Committee – Running the social events and galley.

Sailing Committee – Managing the ‘on-the-water’ calendar and events.

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
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Class Captain Nominations

The roles of class captain are voted each year by their respective section members and minuted at the nominations meeting. They do not require a formal vote at the AGM.

Naturally existing class captains are encouraged and welcomed to stand again for the next year, but additionally all members have the opportunity to stand for one of the positions. If you’d like to stand (re-stand) for class captain please let me or the current cap know by Friday Oct 20th.

If you’d like to discuss what’s involved with the class captain role please do get in touch.

Jane Dare
Rear Commodore
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Social Update

Recovery food options – 14th October
Thank you to those of you who have chosen your food options for this weekend’s recovery. Could those of you who wish to get the food of your choice please pre book.
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/recovery-food-options
Turning The Tide – 27th October
We’re delighted to be welcoming John Bearman back to the club to speak. John works for the Hampshire Police Marine Unit and is also a RYA yachtmaster instructor.
Join us for a look at how the tides work in our harbour, and what affects them. Plus some basic training on all those floating buoys out there and what they mean.
Although this evening is developed for newer members, our seasoned sailors, rowers, and paddlers are very welcome, as the more advice and guidance in the room the better.
We will be serving a vegetarian/sausage hot pot at around 6.30pm and the talk will start at around 7pm. You don’t have to eat to come along, but pre booking either way would be appreciated so we know numbers to expect/cater for.
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/turning-the-tide-1
Curry & Quiz Night – 10th November
Come along and join in our curry and quiz night, compiled and hosted by our lovely Linda.
Food will be served around 6.30 and the quiz will start at around 7pm.
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/curry-quiz-night-2
Tudor Presentation Evening 17th November
A fun social evening open to all, and a chance to celebrate Tudor members achievements.
A buffet will be provided.
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/tudor-presentation-evening
Tudor Christmas Party – 16th December
Get your tickets, get those glad rags on, get down to Tudor and get on the dance floor!
There will be a live band and we will be serving a Christmas buffet.
Party Time!!
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/tudor-christmas-party
Sue Elson
Social Secretary
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Lady Jane Scores a Hat-trick

Tudor only entered one crew for the 3 Harbours Inaugural Head of the Harbour Rowing Race which was held the Sunday before last. But that was all we needed to secure 3 trophies for 1st over the line, 1st in the over 40s category, and 1st Bursledon Gig.

It was a hard fought race (open to mixed crews only) who had to battle against a spring tide along a 7km course between Northney Marina to Hayling Island Sailing Club. The Tudor crew of Ladina, Michelle, Keron, John W and Martino put in a fantastic performance against stiff competition from 20 other crews to win the three 1st place trophies.

Congratulations to the crew of Lady Jane for their well deserved hat-trick! Just think what we could achieve if we entered 2 crews next year.

Also thank you to Tudor Sailing Club for allowing Nemo to be used as a safety boat for the event.

John Elson
Rowing Captain
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Ebb & Flow

Well the cut off time has passed and the usual suspects have provided content, so being in Southampton General at the moment, editing on my phone and not being sure what’s next I’m calling time and pressing the send.

Cruiser owners, remember to attend the Recovery Briefing tomorrow night at 1930hrs, and generally remember the lift out weekend and restricted access to the club for safety reasons.

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.

Tidal Diamond 915

• Social Update
• Keeping our Clubhouse Looking Good
• Rowing by Moonlight
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Social Update

Firstly a big thank you to all of you who attended the talk on Friday, and to Jenny and Rob from the SSAC who kindly explained about the work of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue.

This is the website https://bdmlr.org.uk/ if you wish to find out more.

As there is no requirement to be a diver, I am very tempted to take a marine mammal medic course…. I shall probably wait for the warmer weather though!

Recovery food options – 14th October

Hi Cruisers, could you please pre book your food for the recovery weekend.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/recovery-food-options

Turning The Tide – 27th October

We’re delighted to be welcoming John Bearman back to the club to speak. John works for the Hampshire Police Marine Unit and is also a RYA yachtmaster instructor.

Join us for a look at how the tides work in our harbour, and what affects them. Plus some basic training on all those floating buoys out there and what they mean.

Although this evening is developed for newer members, our seasoned sailors, rowers, and paddlers are very welcome, as the more advice and guidance in the room the better.

We will be serving a vegetarian/sausage hot pot at around 6.30pm and the talk will start at around 7pm. You don’t have to eat to come along, but pre booking either way would be appreciated so we know numbers to expect/cater for.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/turning-the-tide-1

Tudor Christmas Party – 16th December

Please save the date, we will be rocking around the Christma tree with a live band.

Sue Elson
Social Secretary
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Keeping our Clubhouse Looking Good

Autumn already but hopefully you’ve had a chance to enjoy yourself out on the water and use all the facilities our club has to offer. You may have noticed various improvements around the club, the patio area is almost complete and the repairs and decoration above the workshop door, new padlocks on the gates, etc. Lots of regular checks are carried out each month to ensure things work as you would expect but we need you to report problems, please email me at maintenance. If you still need to complete some duty hours here are a few jobs we would like to finish this year.

1. Replace wooden threshold on the race box door frame.
2. Repaint blue panel on race box door.
3. Re-stain all wooden thresholds and barge boards.
4. Fit curved Tudor Sailing Club sign above dartboard.
5. Re-fix panel to door in bar cellar and paint.
6. Repaint doors and frames in bar area.
7. Check paintwork in changing rooms and touch up where needed.
8. Check gutters and clear as necessary.
9. Rehang fairy lights at the south end of clubroom.
10. Re-paint start line racing triangles.

There are probably more jobs and improvements around the club that you may have noticed that we may have missed, please let us know. If you can help please send me an email including a mobile and I’ll call and explain in more detail what needs doing.

Bill Jones
Maintenance Officer
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Rowing by Moonlight

Unlike other forms of boating our gig rowing continues all year round without a break due to its immunity to cold temperatures, wind, rough sea and lack of daylight.

It is this last point “lack of daylight” that I highlight here.

Currently several boats venture out every Wednesday evening, one week to the pub and the other back to the club bar which means that for several months we row in the dark, except that we don’t row in the dark, within 10 minutes of launching ones night vision builds up and even with a heavy cloud cover it is relatively easy to “see”.

I have done thousands of miles of night cruiser sailing but never bore of the special pleasure of being afloat at night, removed from the comfort zone of daylight, the senses are heightened and even in the safe waters of Langstone a sense of adventure pervades the atmosphere.

Different phenomena such as a large full moon or the glory of the Milky Way add yet another layer of pleasure to the activity and it is the very physicality of rowing that not only keeps the cold at bay but due to the extra blood flow seems to pump up the pleasure level.

Attached is a pic. taken in 2019 which reminded me of a past winters night, the water was glass smooth, not a ripple, the air was crystal clear without a hint of cloud and each and every star was reflected in the sea, it was if we were rowing through the night sky with stars above, below and all around, one of those small experiences in life that has the ability to plunge deep into the psyche and lodge there forever.

The level of winter activity after dark is generally very low, however occasionally we come across groups of sea Kayakers, their huddled group of lights traversing Langstone, they don’t respond much to our greetings, perhaps like us they are buried in the experience which chatter can spoil.

There are great benefits to young sailors by being able to safely go afloat during the hours of darkness, the experience dissipates any trepidation that they will “blindly crash into stuff” and along with this positive realisation is the equally useful lesson in “Navigating by lights”, the novice sailor can be forgiven for thinking that navigating at night must be far more difficult than during the day, but in a lot of of ways navigating by lit bouys and lighthouses is easier because the light patterns can be read from a far greater distance than any painted name. I am in no doubt that conning a boat at night brings the young sailor an increase in both confidence and seamanship.

For a gig rower all the seasons bring their pleasures but rowing under a “Winter Moon” takes some beating

Ian Ducane

Ebb & Flow

It was nice to see a good number of Tudor members at the Open Forum tonight, which was very well attended and had some interesting talks. The Vice Chair, Mark, stood in for me as I got caught up in the football traffic (not because I was at QA as I thought may be the case), and then continued as there was no way I was going to be able to leap around getting the microphone to people while walking with a crutch. There are a lot of interesting things happening, or possibly happening in the future, in and around Langstone.

For anyone interested in the Forts in the Solent there’s an interesting article from the Island Echo on them at: https://www.islandecho.co.uk/palmerstons-4-follies-stuck-in-the-middle-of-the-solent/. If you are particularly interested you may find the Palmerston Forts Society website or Facebook group of interest, which can be found at: https://www.palmerstonfortssociety.org.uk/ and https://www.facebook.com/PalmerstonFortsSociety.

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.

Tidal Diamond 914

• Social Update
• LadiesTray
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Social Update

Marine Life Rescue Talk – Friday 29th September

Jenny and Rob from the SSAC have kindly agreed to come along and give a talk about the British divers marine life rescue organisation and their involvement in it.

Jenny is an advanced medic and has been involved in rescues of seals, whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Please book on webcollect if you wish to eat before the talk, we will be serving chilli and rice from 6:30pm

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/marine-life-rescue-talk

Thank you

Sue Elson
Social Secretary
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Ladies Tray

The ladies tray has been rescheduled and will now take place on Sunday alongside the novice & endeavour trophies.

Hannah Barnes
Dinghy Captain
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Ebb & Flow

To whet your appetite for the BDMLR talk on Friday I thought I’d attach a couple of photographs from my training on Hayling Island back in 2011. To find out more about exactly what is going on there you’ll have to book a place and attend

I will round off with a repeat of the invite to the Langstone Harbour Board Open Forum. It is on Tuesday 3rd October, from 7pm to 9pm at ECA. We have speakers from the Blue Marine Foundation (on the Solent Seascape Project), Clean Harbours Partnership (on Life after Pollution), Langstone Harbour Board (on a Vision for the Future) and RSPB (on the Three Harbours Partnership). There is a special ferry service for anyone coming from Hayling Island. More details on the attached flyer (just let us know you are coming so we have an idea of numbers). It is open to all stakeholders, so that covers anyone local with an interest in Langstone Harbour.

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.

Tidal Diamond 913

• Social Update
• Thames Great River Race 2023
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Social Update

Marine Life Rescue Talk – Friday 29th September

Jenny and Rob from the SSAC have kindly agreed to come along and give a talk about the British divers marine life rescue organisation and their involvement in it.

Jenny is an advanced medic and has been involved in rescues of seals, whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Please book on webcollect if you wish to eat before the talk, we will be serving chilli and rice from 6:30pm

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/marine-life-rescue-talk

TSC Photographic Competition

We need to play a bit of catching up, so please keep your fabulous photographs coming in to tscmedia for our calendar competition to raise funds for the RNLI.

Please feel free to resubmit pictures, the voting has been very close!

Thank you

Sue Elson
Social Secretary
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Thames Great River Race 2023

Last Saturday saw the action in the “Thames Great River Race 2023”, the big UK/International race of the year for all fixed seat rowers, 229 boats from many (Highly competitive) European countries plus a crew from New Zealand and the USA raced 22 miles up the Thames from Millwall to Richmond, Tudor SC have entered this race since 2017 always with great success and this year was no different with 6 of our Gigs at the start line bringing in some hugely impressive results at the finish:

• Navigator 9th overall and fastest Bursledon.
• Freedom 11th overall and fastest over 60`s Veterans.
• Crazy Daisy 17th. overall.
• Lady Jane 54th overall.
• Friendship 65th overall and 2nd in Women’s over 40`s Veterans.
• Rosie 68th overall and 4th in the Woman`s over 40`s Veterans.

The weather was a bit warmer than ideal which saps the energy but generally the race was a smooth process apart from a software failure which meant that the organisers had to use their fingers and toes to crunch the results which did not become available until Monday.

As usual we had the “race in a race” between Navigator and Freedom, this internal battle is highly beneficial to both boats as it assists in driving us ahead of the other competitors and also as usual, they finished within shouting distance of each other with Navigator taking the honours on this occasion, less than a minute separation! Quite amazing after 2hrs and 40mins of flat-out racing, nobody drives these gigs faster than Tudor.

The atmosphere at this race is amazing as hundreds of boats gather in the river prior to the start all working hard to stem the current and avoid collisions, not easy when each boat is effectively 18ft + wide with a poor turning circle, all dealt with by much banter and goodwill.

This year saw the introduction of a specific new trophy for the fastest Bursledon Gig, the ”Friendship” trophy was jointly commissioned by and donated to the GRR by Hamble River Rowing and Tudor Sailing Club, thus revealing the close bond between us.

It was a great race among great people who all know how to live life and with a great result for Tudor SC…..Magic

Written by Ian DuCane

Ebb & Flow

First off a quick correction to last weeks Tidal Diamond. Somehow, in spite of my habit of checking all links in a preview, two managed to get removed from the Oo(al)H Race Report. The results are on the Tudor Website: Link to Results, and likely of more interest now, the video is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c09-bOR9ak.

Next, a reminder that the Formula Kite European Championships are this weekend of Eastney Beach. I suspect it will be both a spectacal and busy. More details at: https://www.rya.org.uk/events/formula-kite-euros.

Almost last, a piece that may be of interest on Langstone Harbour and the Harbour Board on the BBC website at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-66797922.

Finally, an invite to the Langstone Harbour Board Open Forum. It is on Tuesday 3rd October, from 7pm to 9pm at ECA. We have speakers from the Blue Marine Foundation (on the Solent Seascape Project), Clean Harbours Partnership (on Life after Pollution), Langstone Harbour Board (on a Vision for the Future) and RSPB (on the Three Harbours Partnership). There is a special ferry service for anyone coming from Hayling Island. More details on the attached flyer (just let us know you are coming so we have an idea of numbers).

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.

Tidal Diamond 912

• Bart’s Bash Saturday
• Tudor Rowing – Seaford Regatta “The Rowing Monster”
• Oo(aI)H race report – A view from the front(ish)
• Handheld VHF found outside the club
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Bart’s Bash Saturday

This coming Saturday, 16th September, there is Bart’s Bash race with a starting time of 1pm. This year will be the tenth year that Bart’s Bash race has taken place. As per previous years, we have invited ASWC next door to take part in our race. The race will be multiple laps of a short course starting at the club line. There will be a briefing at 12:30 on the club house lawn which will go over the race course and answer any questions you may have about racing. This event is a charity race in the aid of The Andrew Simpson Foundation. The race is not taken too seriously and it is there to encourage people to get out on the water dinghy sailing with patrol boat cover. Even if you sail a slow boat please do think about taking part.

ASWC next door will also be running taster sessions during the day as well as having food available from the cookhouse street food. So please do consider popping next door and supporting them by buying some lunch. They will also be running a raffle to help the good work that they do.

To celebrate the 10th year of the Barts bash there is branded clothing available at https://andrewsimpsoncentres.org/shop/

If you have any questions before the event, then please do get in contact.

Mark Swallow
Sailing Secretary
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Tudor Rowing – Seaford Regatta “The Rowing Monster”

On Saturday 9th September a team of 5 rowers from the Tudor Rowing section went to the Seaford Rowing Regatta which is held at Newhaven.

The event was originally planned for 22 July but this had to be postponed due to unseasonably strong winds and rain, and so we are now rowing on one of the hottest days of the year! Three clubs local to the area organised the event and provided the boats – Cornish pilot gigs, which is a new rowing experience for the Tudor Rowing section, but a good opportunity to expand our rowing expertise. The event consisted of 5 separate races over a 2.8 Km course set in Newhaven Bay, a very different setting to the tranquillity of Langstone Harbour.

As we didn’t have enough crew to fill a Cornish gig (6 rowers + a cox) we were teamed up with Rowhedge Coastal Rowing Club (RCRC) so we could row in 5 events.

The slightly different rowing technique was soon mastered with some impressive results two first places, two seconds and a third, good going for a team new to pilot gigs. We also beat two Cornish gig rowing clubs based in Langstone Harbour, quite an achievement.

An unusual accolade was given at the prizegiving, when the organisers announced that they hadn’t realised when they combined the strengths of Tudor and Rowhedge rowing clubs that they had created a Rowing Monster! A title to be remembered.

Special thanks to John for doing all the organisation and to Maggie for driving us all to Newhaven and back.

Written by Warwick Tilley

Oo(aI)H race report – A view from the front(ish)

Due to work and holiday “commitments”, August was not a very ‘saily’ month for me and, after being pipped for the bronze medal by half a point in the final standings of the Sunset Series, I was looking forward to some speedy fun over a longer course, which seems to suit both me and my boat better – cue the Out of Harbour Race on 26 August.

Unfortunately, because only one patrol boat helm and crew could be found (thank you Paul and Nikki Rivington, and to Richard Adams for being the Race Officer), this became the rather long-winded “Out of (actually In) Harbour Race (due to logistical reasons)” but 10.5 miles still awaited the 10 crews that rigged up in eager anticipation on the Saturday morning.

11-18kts from the WSW were forecast and it looked like fulfilling the promise of perfect conditions for my Blaze. The usual start line jousting was spiced up by Russell and Dave’s late arrival on the water, after the countdown sequence had begun, “due to logistical challenges” and Brian’s fantastic port-tack line dip, tack and start at the front tactic.

These days, having one of the faster boats among the usual suspects who turn up to race, my sailing ability is vastly flattered in being able to get a (normally) rubbish start and then just undertake everyone to leeward using a bigger sail and a faster hull. No exception this time, either, and with the added joy of having Bernie on his Blaze for company and a one-on-one match race between similar dinghies in the offing. This time I vowed not to capsize and put up a better fight of it.

The race lasted over 1h45m so rather than bore you with constant commentary, here are the condensed highlights:

• fast close reach up to Sword Point in the predicted wind (and gusts), which got more towards the top end as we hit the wind funnel that is Russell’s channel. Not my best start but I managed to pull ahead in the excellent wind, leaving Bernie behind at this early stage
• run down to Alpha, where Iain and Pete in their broad-reaching Laser 4000 were able to use the spinnaker to good effect to get to the buoy first
• tacks back up to NW Sinah. My hiking shorts and pads are too loose, giving me alternate pins and needles and dead legs without doing much padding and meaning I spent much of my runs retrieving them from somewhere near my ankles. Replacements in the post
• repeat for lap two. However, 2/3 of the way up to NW Sinah again, there was a massive wind shift of about 45 degrees to the north, meaning a fantastic lift for me, who happened to be in the right place for it. Still unable to shake the ever-tenacious Neil and Denise in Sanderling II, who undoubtedly, undoubtedly profited too
• back down to Alpha for the last time and I could see the bottom of Iain and Pete’s Laser – not me stuffing up a gybe, for once
• LOWLIGHT – Andy coming off worse from an encounter with the boom on the Pico (during the wind shift?) and having to retire to count the stars revolving around his head
• super fun and fast blast back to the line with the wind back to its original direction and my boat planing on its best point of sail, measured by my GPS at over 22kph/12kts. Pancake-flat water, sunshine and big smiles
• second over the line behind the Laser 4000 but close enough to have beaten them on handicap. Looked like it was in the bag, with Bernie next and Neil and Denise fourth. But despite an 8m15s deficit, my N&D nemesis bagged the win on handicap by almost 90 seconds – grrrr. Must still get myself a Wayfarer – not that I’d be able to sail it anywhere near as well as Neil/Denise or Terry/Alison so I may as well continue to have fun out front(ish)
• all kudos points to Russell and Dave whose Wayfarer finished almost half an hour behind that of Terry & Alison. They thought they might have sailed an extra lap – we know the real reason

Thank you to all who helped organise and who took part in this epic day on the water.

The results are here and I’ve condensed 108 minutes into a more modern-attention-span-friendly 12-minute video in case you’re interested.

Rupert Rhodes
Blaze 850

Handheld VHF found outside the club

A handheld VHF radio (ICOM IC-M25) was found outside the club on the 28 July and handed to me. Despite having put messages out on various WhatsApp groups no one has come forward to claim it. If you think that this might be your radio then please email me at rowing@tudorsailing.org.uk.

John Elson
Rowing Captain
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Ebb & Flow

To round off this weeks Tidal Diamond here is a link to a short YouTube video on the Hayling Ferry. I know Colin through LHB and the Advisory Committee, and he does a fantastic job keeping this valuable local service running. https://youtu.be/jdzQqeuYwQc?si=IaHyXZQ9yqI9xfYg.

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 would be 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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• Bar Training
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Bar Training

Being bar trained is the easiest way to make sure you and your thirsty crew mates can buy a round at the club. The more members trained, the more often the bar can be open. Use the QR code in the picture attached (we will also display at the club) to request training.

Emailing the Bar Manager email address will still work if you don’t use WhatsApp, but joining the training group streamlines the process for us all, gets questions answered quickly, and helps you meet other members.

Maggie Hodge
Bar Manager
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Ebb & Flow

Clearly everyone is recovering after the weekend, so a short edition this week. For those not on Facebook or WhatsApp I will just add that the club is looking for three members to be part of the bar aread deep clean team. Contact the Bar Manager as for the bar training – details above (and on the other attachment).

I will also note, although not with enthusiasm as I am yet to be mobile enough to get on the water, that the cruiser recover dates are 14th and 15th October, and since it was asked on WhatsApp I will add that the launch dates next year are 23rd and 24th March (although that is TBC).

Finally, for those who missed it, BBC Breakfast were at Eastney this morning reporting on the water companies “dry spilling”, as in illegally discharging during dry weather. It looks as though the iPlayer piece will be replaced tomorrow morning (not fun to skip through and several repeated pieces), but more details can be found at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66670132.

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 would be most welcome.

Let’s be careful out there.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links

• WebCollect: dinghies for more details.