Tidal Diamond 746

• Thanks to All Who Assisted with the Cruiser Relaunching
• Return of Racing
• Waiting for the Tide
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Thanks to All Who Assisted with the Cruiser Relaunching

I would just like to say a slightly belated big thank you to all of those who helped with relaunching cruisers over the last couple of months. A lot of members were involved, tractor drivers, banksmen, traffic controllers, general helpers etc. and I very much appreciate everyone who was involved. Thanks to you we managed to launch about half of our fleet, all of those who wanted to launch.

Richard Gunn
Commodore
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Return of Racing

The sailing committee are pleased to announce that dinghy racing will resume from the 1st August 2020.

The dinghy captain has created a calendar of events that will be published soon on the website. As a result we require members to come forward to volunteer for the race officer and patrol boat helm and crew roles using Dutyman. It is vital that we are able to fill all of these duties as without them no racing will be able to take place.

All duty volunteers and race participants are to read the Tudor Sailing Club – Restarting Dinghy Racing document on the website prior to traveling to the race as this will explain the revised procedures that have been put in place during Covid19 restrictions.

If you have any questions please contact the Dinghy Captain, Mark Swallow via email at dinghiestudorsailing.org.uk

Richard Deacon
Sailing Secretary
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Waiting for the Tide

I thought it worth a quick note this week that Langstone has a new Harbour Master. Nigel Jardine has retired after many years with the board, and Billy Johnson has joined us from Littlehampton. https://twitter.com/langstonehb/status/1285490372630720512

As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address if you feeling isolated and cut off from the world. It is always nice to hear from members, and any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds would be most welcome.

Stay safe.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links

I thought it worth continuing to include a few useful links here as a handy place to find them if you haven’t already got them bookmarked:

• Government information on Coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
• NHS information on Coronavirus: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
• RYA information on Coronovirus: https://www.rya.org.uk/knowledge-advice/current-affairs/Pages/coronavirus-covid-19.aspx

It is probably also worth noting:

• Langstone Harbour Board office is closed and they are working on limited capacity with minimal staff at the moment: http://www.langstoneharbour.org.uk/
• National Coastwatch has had to close their NCI stations: https://www.nci.org.uk/content/nci-stations-close-due-coronavirus-concerns
• RNLI stations are open, but they are hoping people stay at home* as per Government guidance; there is always the possibility that they are unable to field a full crew due to Coronovirus, so this staying at home would seem a wise option: https://rnli.org/
• Getting on the water is being actively discouraged, notably in Portsmouth Harbour: https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-ministry-defence-police-stop-sailors-water-portsmouth-harbour-amid-covid-19-lockdown-2521619

* this taken from the Portsmouth Lifeboat Station Facebook page.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Diary Dates

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Regards,
Paul Tansom

Tidal Diamond Editor
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