Tidal Diamond 742

• Dinghy WhatsApp Group
• Waiting for the Tide
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Dinghy WhatsApp Group

To enable dinghy members to meet up for unofficial social distance group sails I have set up a WhatsApp group. If you would like to join the group then please drop me an email at dinghies. If you are organising a group sail, either it being through the WhatsApp group or between yourselves, please do follow Club and government guidelines. Also please only go out if the conditions are suitable to your experience.

Mark Swallow
Dinghy Captain
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Waiting for the Tide

If you are interested in watching sailing and people working on boats there are a number of YouTube channels available to watch. One caught my eye a while back as the still that came up in a Facebook post looked like the bottom of the A3M, so I just had to find out. It turns out it was, and I’ve intended to add it to a Tidal Diamond before. The channel is Alex Goes Sailing and it is put together by a young lad who had bought a refurbished a 17ft Silhouette. He has subsequently sold this and moved on to a Vivacity 650. I thought it may be of interest to some members, as well as being encouraging to see younger sailors involved in the sort of small boat sailing that Tudor members (young and older) have enjoyed for years.

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 do 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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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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