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  • 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.
Cruiser sailing Planning and info (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Cruiser racing (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Rowing New and experienced rowers are always welcome to join us;
contact rowing for more details. Gigs are also available for hire here.
Women on the Water Weekly; contact wow for more details.
Maintenance Hours Opportunities to do your club maintenance; to join the WhatsApp group contact maintenance.
New(ish) Members Ask questions and find out about the club;to join the WhatsApp group contact rearcommodore.

Dinghy, Sailing, Cruiser

All contributions for Tidal Diamonds to me by 1400hrs on Tuesdays please; please allow plenty of time for emails to reach me. However exceptions will always be made for emergencies. Note: all content is automatically published on the Tudor website unless requested otherwise.

Regards,
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  • 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.
Cruiser sailing Planning and info (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Cruiser racing (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Rowing New and experienced rowers are always welcome to join us;
contact rowing for more details. Gigs are also available for hire here.
Women on the Water Weekly; contact wow for more details.
Maintenance Hours Opportunities to do your club maintenance; to join the WhatsApp group contact maintenance.
New(ish) Members Ask questions and find out about the club;to join the WhatsApp group contact rearcommodore.

Dinghy, Sailing, Cruiser

All contributions for Tidal Diamonds to me by 1400hrs on Tuesdays please; please allow plenty of time for emails to reach me. However exceptions will always be made for emergencies. Note: all content is automatically published on the Tudor website unless requested otherwise.

Regards,
Paul Tansom

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  • Social Update
  • LadiesTray
  • Ebb & Flow
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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.
Cruiser sailing Planning and info (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Cruiser racing (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Rowing New and experienced rowers are always welcome to join us;
contact rowing for more details. Gigs are also available for hire here.
Women on the Water Weekly; contact wow for more details.
Maintenance Hours Opportunities to do your club maintenance; to join the WhatsApp group contact maintenance.
New(ish) Members Ask questions and find out about the club;to join the WhatsApp group contact rearcommodore.

Dinghy, Sailing, Cruiser

All contributions for Tidal Diamonds to me by 1400hrs on Tuesdays please; please allow plenty of time for emails to reach me. However exceptions will always be made for emergencies. Note: all content is automatically published on the Tudor website unless requested otherwise.

Regards,
Paul Tansom

Tidal Diamond Editor
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  • 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.
Cruiser sailing Planning and info (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Cruiser racing (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Rowing New and experienced rowers are always welcome to join us;
contact rowing for more details. Gigs are also available for hire here.
Women on the Water Weekly; contact wow for more details.
Maintenance Hours Opportunities to do your club maintenance; to join the WhatsApp group contact maintenance.
New(ish) Members Ask questions and find out about the club;to join the WhatsApp group contact rearcommodore.

Dinghy, Sailing, Cruiser

All contributions for Tidal Diamonds to me by 1400hrs on Tuesdays please; please allow plenty of time for emails to reach me. However exceptions will always be made for emergencies. Note: all content is automatically published on the Tudor website unless requested otherwise.

Regards,
Paul Tansom

Tidal Diamond Editor
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PSTT Students branch out into Yachting

Explore the latest updates from the Portsmouth Sail Training Trust, where we share inspiring stories, important announcements and celebrate successes.

PSTT Students branch out into Yachting

Thanks to our partners at Andrew Simpson Yachting (ASY) PSTT students have had the opportunity in 2023 to take part in taster sessions on board a 39ft sailing yacht. For those young people that particularly connected with yachting they were then able to go on to develop this interest into an RYA Start Yachting Course during the summer holidays!

Throughout August ten young people (across several weekends) took part in this heavily subsidised course, paying just £25 each for the two-day course (normally £295pp). Students were fully immersed into life on board – not only learning the ropes with passage planning, steering, sail setting and work on deck, but learning how to live in a small space with others, cooking, cleaning and managing other duties on board.

There is no doubt that students gain enormous benefits from an experience like this. Some of them (before starting the PSTT programme) have never stepped on a boat before. Learning to adapt to life on a yacht with others requires teamwork, good communication, decision making, independence and resilience. These are skills that students develop at sea and will carry with them, transferring into other areas of their life.

“M” said I thought this was an amazing experience learning to yacht and getting to stay onboard overnight” and “J” said “I really enjoyed it when we heeled over lots on the sail back”

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STT Students branch out into Yachting

Explore the latest updates from the Portsmouth Sail Training Trust, where we share inspiring stories, important announcements and celebrate successes.

STT Students branch out into Yachting

Thanks to our partners at Andrew Simpson Yachting (ASY) PSTT students have had the opportunity in 2023 to take part in taster sessions on board a 39ft sailing yacht. For those young people that particularly connected with yachting they were then able to go on to develop this interest into an RYA Start Yachting Course during the summer holidays!

Throughout August ten young people (across several weekends) took part in this heavily subsidised course, paying just £25 each for the two-day course (normally £295pp). Students were fully immersed into life on board – not only learning the ropes with passage planning, steering, sail setting and work on deck, but learning how to live in a small space with others, cooking, cleaning and managing other duties on board.

There is no doubt that students gain enormous benefits from an experience like this. Some of them (before starting the PSTT programme) have never stepped on a boat before. Learning to adapt to life on a yacht with others requires teamwork, good communication, decision making, independence and resilience. These are skills that students develop at sea and will carry with them, transferring into other areas of their life.

“M” said I thought this was an amazing experience learning to yacht and getting to stay onboard overnight” and “J” said “I really enjoyed it when we heeled over lots on the sail back”

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  • 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
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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.

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Useful Links

  • WebCollect: dinghies for more details.
Cruiser sailing Planning and info (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Cruiser racing (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Rowing New and experienced rowers are always welcome to join us;
contact rowing for more details. Gigs are also available for hire here.
Women on the Water Weekly; contact wow for more details.
Maintenance Hours Opportunities to do your club maintenance; to join the WhatsApp group contact maintenance.
New(ish) Members Ask questions and find out about the club;to join the WhatsApp group contact rearcommodore.

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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.

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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
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Useful Links

  • WebCollect: dinghies for more details.
Cruiser sailing Planning and info (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Cruiser racing (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Rowing New and experienced rowers are always welcome to join us;
contact rowing for more details. Gigs are also available for hire here.
Women on the Water Weekly; contact wow for more details.
Maintenance Hours Opportunities to do your club maintenance; to join the WhatsApp group contact maintenance.
New(ish) Members Ask questions and find out about the club;to join the WhatsApp group contact rearcommodore.

Dinghy, Sailing, Cruiser

All contributions for Tidal Diamonds to me by 1400hrs on Tuesdays please; please allow plenty of time for emails to reach me. However exceptions will always be made for emergencies. Note: all content is automatically published on the Tudor website unless requested otherwise.

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  • Commodore’s Update
  • Tudor Regatta 2nd & 3rd September
  • Barts Bash 16th September
  • Women on the Water have an Eventful Evening
  • Swanwick, Bursledon and Warsash Regatta
  • It’s a Bug Life
  • Ebb & Flow
  • Useful Links
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Commodore’s Update

I’m pleased to let you know that the Exec have appointed Richard Bryant to be our new treasurer from 1st November. Richard has many years of experience working in financial management, and we look forward to welcoming him to the team.

You will have hopefully seen the proposed byelaw changes last week. Please do take time to have a look at these and feedback any comments for us to consider. The byelaws set out how the club operates and are important in helping to keep everything running smoothly.

It’s been excellent seeing the club so busy over the summer, despite the weather doing its best to put us off. The Tudor Challenge was a huge success, with over a hundred rowers on the water. Women on the Water has been going from strength to strength, Cadets is now firmly re-establishing itself thanks to Dani’s hard work, regular kayak session are up and running, and cruisers and dinghies have been active as ever, regularly welcoming people from other sections to have a go.

Do come along to the regatta next weekend, even if just to enjoy the bar and barbeque. Barts Bash is also coming up on 16th September, giving you and your family a chance to have a go at a new watersport with our neighbours at the Andrew Simpson centre.

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
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Tudor Regatta 2nd & 3rd September

Activities for everyone!

Please come along and support our wonderful club.

Saturday 2nd September

Kayak Games , Dinghy & Cruiser Racing (dinghy racing visible from club), BBQ and Bar, Rowing Races & Fun on the Water, Help Build a Bug Hotel, Paint a Poppy

Sunday 3rd September

Dinghy & Cruiser Racing (dinghy racing visible from club) , BBQ and Bar , Regatta Prizegiving

Regatta Sailing Instructions

Please find attached the Sailing instructions for this weekends regatta. Any questions then please drop me a line

Hannah Barnes
Dinghy Captain
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Barts Bash 16th September

On 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 streetfood. So please do consider popping next door and supporting them by buying some lunch.

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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Women on the Water have an Eventful Evening

This season we have been lucky at WoW to have opportunities for the ladies to try cruiser sailing onboard Grace and also Aquila.

On Thursday 24th we had both Aquila and Grace out sailing with all lady crews many of which had never sailed before. The ladies aboard Aquila were Julie, Yvonne, Nina, and Karen. On board Grace were Linda, Penny, Debbie, Joanna, and myself.

The ladies boarded Grace and whilst Linda prepared the boat to slip the visitor mooring she gave a run down of the various controls and names for boat bits. We left the mooring an motored for a short time whilst hoisting the main sail and unfurling the genoa. We then had a lovely gentle sail down the harbour tacking all the way as the wind was against us. We sailed to south of East Milton and then decided to gybe round and run back up harbour to meet up with Aquila and let the ladies have a go on the helm. All was well, the gybe went smoothly and we started heading north. It was at this point that the wind decided to drop and leave us at the mercy of the outgoing tide. No worries, we can motor towards East Milton and get into the moorings and out of the tide. Linda fired up the engine and immediately it was apparent that the engine was not running as it should, we headed towards an empty mooring in the hope that the engine would keep going and we could get out of the tide. That was wishful thinking, the engine gave up about 10 feet from the buoy still with no wind to propel us forwards. Linda went down below and tinkered with the engine and after a while got it going again long enough for us to get to the mooring, it was a one chance pick up and I was glad that the boat didn’t play any tricks on me as I was on the helm with Linda on the bow. Get it wrong and we would have had to throw the anchor over to stop us drifting south. Several calls later and a rescue mission was on with the ladies on Aquila preparing to come and rescue us and take us back to the mooring using an alongside tow. We also had the lovely Ross from AWSC on standby at the centre with RIB to come and get us if needed. Linda being the wonder-woman that she is went down below and bled the engine fuel system and after letting the engine run for 5 minutes the previous problem seemed to have gone away and the engine was running smoothly. We decided to make a run for it and left the mooring and motored back up the harbour taking as short as possible route and staying out the tide, the ladies got to have a go at steering the boat whilst learning to watch the depth and avoid the obstacles. The crew on Aquila were most disappointed that they didn’t need to be international rescue as they had planned and got themselves ready to assist (which we were very grateful for). We gently arrived back at the visitor mooring and Linda rowed the ladies ashore whilst I stayed aboard to tidy the sails away and ready the boat for being left. We had left the engine running whilst on the mooring and thought we were home dry……..the ladies on Aquila were on their mooring and waiting for us to moor safely before they went ashore. We motored nicely off the mooring and all was well until we were a few boats away from Grace’ mooring. We both could hear that the engine problem was back as could Aquila across the channel. We had momentum and it looked like we would make it to the mooring, that was until the wind returned and blew to boat towards the mud and away from the mooring. I was on the bow and ready to deploy the anchor but quick-thinking Linda jumped in the tender, I threw her a rope and she rowed furiously towards the mooring to try and unite the two of us. If you hadn’t already guessed, yes the rope was too short to reach, I had to nip back sharpish to the cockpit and laid my hands on the first bit of rope I could find (it’s tricky when it’s not your boat and you are not familiar where everything is). Quickly I tied the ropes together and Linda tied the buoy to the other end, at which point I noticed that one of the oars from the tender was floating past but out of my reach. Linda hauled the tender down the rope towards Grace and slingshot of it in pursuit of the oar which she caught up with. I then tried to pull Grace towards the mooring using the rope, it was made tricker as we had not had a chance to raise the keel fully and Grace was a starting to stick. A gentle rocking got her unstuck and I managed to pull her to the mooring and get us all tied on. Thankfully the row back to the slipway was uneventful! Whilst this might seem like we had a dramatic evening everyone stayed calm, ate the shortbread that Penny had brought with her and admired the brilliant view of the sunset and rainbows. We all had a great time and it is a trip that I am sure everyone will remember for a long time.

Hannah Barnes
Women on the Water Co-ordinator / Dinghy Captain
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Swanwick, Bursledon and Warsash Regatta

Saturday 26 Aug saw 2x gigs leave Tudor Base for an excursion deep into enemy territory on the Hamble River for a Right Royal Regatta at Warsash Sailing Club.

The Freedom crew (Mr D, John, Sandy and Glenn) were looking to hold on to the Boatyard Sheave Trophy for a 3rd straight year after it was wrestled from the Elephant Boatyard race team in 2021 and retained in 2022, whilst John Woodbridge had assembled an internationally flavoured crew (see photos) featuring long-standing club member Martino Pani (Italy) and visiting Spanish rower Carmen Mulet. New club member Kirsty Stark completed the Lady Jane crew.

On arrival, team coxes Linda Vacher (Freedom) and Yvonne Adams (Lady Jane) poured over the 2.5-mile course notes and established strategy with John W. Although shorter than the Tudor teams are accustomed to, the course presented a challenging, prolonged ‘sprint’ in moderate south-westerly wind.

The typically British Summer sharp showers eased as the 9 Bursledon Gigs approached the start line and the Tudor crews stripped to battle dress. Each crew set off on a staggered start with Freedom going 7th, Lady Jane 8th and the Elephant Boatyard Race Team last.

Freedom made a punchy start, rowing somewhere close to full power for the first few minutes before settling into the well-established ‘long and strong’ stroke rhythm that Tudor rowers are well known for.

Meanwhile, Lady Jane had made a fantastic start which saw them gain on Freedom in the early stages, before gallantly trying to hold off the looming Elephant Boatyard Team.

The race was a gruelling 20min slog which saw both Tudor gigs overtake other crews both on the way out to the race turn, and on the home leg.

On completion in front of Warsash Sailing Club, the tired crews nursed their blistered hands with cold drinks and awaited the final timings from Race Officer Jim Williams.

As the crews assembled in the Clubhouse for the presentation, no one from Tudor was entirely certain of the placings, although the Elephant Team looked to have had the edge on their home ground.

Announced in reverse order, the Mistress crew placed 3rd in 21mins 6secs. Race Officer Jim then described an unusual situation in which 2 crews had both recorded the exact same winning time of 20min 22secs.

And so it was that Freedom retained the Boatyard Sheave for a 3rd successive year, sharing 1st place (see photo of joint 1st place crews) and the Boatyard Sheave Trophy with the Elephant Boatyard Race Team.

Lady Jane finished 5th in 21min 17secs, only 1 minute behind the winning crews – a great achievement for a scratch crew assembled only 2-days before the race.

Rowing Captain John Elson restored the Boatyard Sheave to its place in the Tudor Trophy cabinet during the battle de-brief back at Tudor Base. And there it will remain, for now, until someone remembers to transfer it back to the Hamble River for its shared 2023/24 ownership with the Elephant Team.

Glenn Jeffrey

It’s a Bug Life

We’re hoping to start building a habitat for our insect friends and we need your help.

This won’t be just any bug box, this will be a bug mansion.

Please let me know if you have a few natural materials to donate such as wood, bamboo pieces, pine cones, wood blocks, roof tiles, burlap/hessian fabric, extruded/perforated bricks. We plan to start the build at our Regatta weekend and it will be situated close to the border alongside the community area to complement the trees and shrubs being planted there.

Nicola and I invite your children and grandchildren to come up with a fun catchy name for our bug loving haven. There’ll be a prize for the winning name, so start thinking and get your entries in as soon as possible. If you, your children, or grandchildren would like to help with the building please let me know.

Jane Dare
Rear Commodore
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Ebb & Flow

With a raft of article and even more attachments to peruse this week I shall sign off with two things. Firstly, for anyone who missed it, a link to a BBC piece on the water spout spotted of the Isle of Wight this week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-66632419. Secondly, a quick advert for a boat for sale.

Boat for Sale

Eryngium – Snapdragon 747 – 24’6” – 15HP Yanmar Engine – £2,500

The Snapdragon 747 is a capable small cruiser. She would make an excellent first boat. Antifouled this season. Available to view in the compound.

See ApolloDuck.com for full details, or contact Chris on 07830 163575

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
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Useful Links

  • WebCollect: dinghies for more details.
Cruiser sailing Planning and info (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Cruiser racing (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Rowing New and experienced rowers are always welcome to join us;
contact rowing for more details. Gigs are also available for hire here.
Women on the Water Weekly; contact wow for more details.
Maintenance Hours Opportunities to do your club maintenance; to join the WhatsApp group contact maintenance.
New(ish) Members Ask questions and find out about the club;to join the WhatsApp group contact rearcommodore.

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  • Rowing Update
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Club Duty Opportunities

Volunteers are badly needed to cover future events, particularly the Regatta on 2nd and 3rd September. Most people who can be allocated to duties (i.e. not senior members, not fulfilling club roles, and trained) have already done their duties, as for a number of reasons fewer people are available then we anticipated. To cover these events, therefore, we either need people to do more duties or people on the reserve list to step up to do them.

The club calendar for this year required approximately 261 “wetside” (race officer and patrol boat) duties, of which 175 are now already done. This leave 86 duties, of which 24 are allocated. That leaves 63 (24 Helm, 20 Crew and 19 Race Officers) that still require volunteers to fulfil them which will only be filled if members volunteer to do the duties.

The Regatta duties are the most important to fill, so please consider volunteering to cover those if you can.

In the next month, the following duties are currently ‘Volunteer Required’:

  • Friday 25 Aug 2023 – Sunset Series 8
    Duty: Patrol Boat Crew
    Duty time: 19:00
  • Saturday 26 Aug 2023 – Out of Harbour Race
    Duty: Patrol Boat Crew
    Duty: Patrol Boat Helm
    Duty time: 11:00
    Duty: Race Officer – Club Line
    Duty time: 11:00
  • Saturday 02 Sep 2023 – Tudor Regatta (LHCCS 6 & 7) Start time TBC
    Duty: Patrol Boat Helm
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    Duty: Race Officer – Boat
    Duty time: 12:45
  • Sunday 03 Sep 2023 – Tudor Regatta (LHCCS 8) Start time TBC
    Duty: Patrol Boat Crew
    Duty: Patrol Boat Crew
    Duty: Patrol Boat Helm
    Duty: Patrol Boat Helm
    Duty: Race Officer – Boat
    Duty time: 13:45

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Rowing Update

Tudor Challenge 2023

It was a great turnout at last Saturday’s annual Tudor Challenge.

With 22 gigs (120 competitors) taking part in the event the club was very busy. Although the decision was taken to shorten the course because of the strong south westerly breeze, the race lived up to its name and provided a tough challenge for the rowers involved.

As usual the Tudor crews performed well and retained many of the trophies that were being competed for. The Trophy winners were:

  • Overall Fastest on Handicap – Navigator Crew – Tudor Sailing Club
  • Fastest Celtic Longboat – Cygnet Crew – Chichester Yacht Club
  • Fastest Pilot Gig – Taran Crew – Lewes Pilot Gig Club
  • Fastest Solent Galley – Lady Langstone Crew – Langstone Cutters
  • Fastest Clayton Skiff – Gladys Crew – Langstone Cutters
  • Fastest Bursledon Gig – Navigator Crew – Tudor Sailing Club
  • Fastest Vets on handicap (over 55) – Olive Crew – Tudor Sailing Club
  • Fastest Women’s Vets on handicap (over 55) – Friendship Crew – Tudor Sailing Club
  • Fastest Women on handicap – Friendship Crew – Tudor Sailing Club
  • Fastest Mixed Crew on handicap – Freedom Crew -Tudor Sailing Club.

This year the event saw international representation with the Captain from St Andrews Rowing Club flying down specially to take part in the event and a visiting rower from Valencia Rowing Club, Spain taking part.

This is only the 2nd year of the event and it is already proving popular in the regional rowing calendar. Plans are already in hand for the 2024 event.

A big thank you goes to all the volunteers who helped make this day such a great success and without who the event could not have been held.

Thank you!

This Fridays Friendly Rowing Race Evening has been postponed

It has been agreed that due a clash with other external events this Fridays Friendly Rowing Race evening has been postponed. This event will now be held at 3pm on the afternoon of Saturday 2nd September and will form part of the annual Tudor Regatta weekend.

I apologise for any inconvenience that this change in date might cause.

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Ebb & Flow

I’ve rearranged the Diary Dates section this week. The ‘Shore Side’ and ‘On the Water’ sections never match up in terms of numbers, and with the increase in regular organised activities on the water over the past couple of years, moving them from side by side to one after the other seems a better format. It has also allowed me to drop the Christmas Carols for now, because, well, the season is still in full swing and Christmas is a long way off – all be it some shops will no doubt start pushing Christmas next month! All of which is leading up to noting that you now need to read down the list for next section.

Before I sign off for this week, I will point you back up to the top item and the call for club duties (don’t forget to read on down afterwards). Being a member run club not only keeps costs down, but also gives opportunities to learn new things and make new friends by volunteering to help out. It helps avoid paying club duty too, and getting this done during the season helps avoid trying to get it sorted at the last minute. At the end of the day it is fun too, so do sign up to help out, training is available to get you up to speed, as is support getting you started.

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
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Useful Links

  • WebCollect: dinghies for more details.
Cruiser sailing Planning and info (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Cruiser racing (WhatsApp group); contact cruisers for more details.
Rowing New and experienced rowers are always welcome to join us;
contact rowing for more details. Gigs are also available for hire here.
Women on the Water Weekly; contact wow for more details.
Maintenance Hours Opportunities to do your club maintenance; to join the WhatsApp group contact maintenance.
New(ish) Members Ask questions and find out about the club;to join the WhatsApp group contact rearcommodore.

Dinghy, Sailing, Cruiser

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