Tidal Diamond 896

• Commodore’s Update
• Social Update
• Paddles Up People!
• Rowing Update
• Treasurer Vacancy
• Natterjack Cruise 2023
• What a Year That Was!
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Commodore’s Update

Once again we’ve seen the club full and thriving this month. It’s great to see more people getting back out on the water now the weather’s finally settled, and the Open Day was a great success with over a hundred people enjoying our facilities in the sunshine.

Cadets started up again last week and will be running every Tuesday from 5:30pm. Please do tell friends and family about this – it’s a great, low-key way to get children sailing, and this year we’re including some rowing and paddling as well.

We are very pleased to welcome staff at the Andrew Simpson Watersport Centre to the club as honorary members for the rest of this year. They have been very helpful to us in many ways, and we look forward to building further on this relationship, and maybe joining them for a game of pool on a Friday evening!

Finally, the Exec were pleased to appoint David Heath as Duties Manager, and Steve Yoxon as Fundraising Officer. We look forward to working with them as we develop these new roles.

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
commodore

Social Update

Games Night – June 2nd

Do come along for a social evening, whether you fancy playing darts, board games even chess.

The pool table will have been recovered if you fancy challenging someone to a game! Tokens are £1 for 2 and can be purchased at the bar, each game uses 1 token.

Barn Dance – June 9th

Dust off those cowboy hats and boots, and come along to dosey doe! Chilli con carne is included in the price.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/barn-dance-5

Don’t forget you can always hire the club for your own private parties at very reasonable rates.

You can now also hire the BBQ for only £15.

We do ask that you give it a really good clean after use please, ready for the next person, or if you prefer we can sort out the cleaning for you at a cost of £36.

Details for booking can be found here: – MYTUDORSC, then click browse subscriptions, go to the club hire tab and then select Barbecue.

Please feel free to contact me, or any of the social committee, if there is an event or activity you would like to see, or maybe you have a skill you would be willing to share with us.

I look forward to seeing some of you this Friday

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/freindly-friday-food

Thank you,

Sue Elson
Social Secretary
socialsec

Paddles Up People! – Summer is coming

Summer is almost upon us (hopefully ) and paddling in company is beckoning.

Those of you that came to the celebration evening a few weeks back will remember the exciting plans and ideas Alex presented for getting us all together on the water.

As with everything marvellous about Tudor, the power is in its people. So to that end Alex and I would like to invite you to an informal get together (we can try out the new sofas) on Wednesday 31st May 7pm to 8pm. We want to hear more about what you’d like to do this summer on your kayaks and SUPs and how, together, we can make that happen. Flag officers have to bring biscuits and put the kettle on. If you can’t make it but have ideas please get in touch with me.

“Good things come to those that paddle”

Jane Dare
Rear Commodore
rearcommodore

Rowing Update

Hamble River Raid

Last Saturday’s Hamble River Raid was the first Rowing Regatta of the Season and as usual Tudor made their presence known.

Five Gigs with a crew of 23 rowers/coxes made the short trip down the M27 from Tudor to Hamble le Rice to fly the flag for Tudor Sailing Club, and take part in the annual River Raid which this year included 76 rowing/paddling craft of various types, 13 of which were Bursledon Gigs.

For some this was their first rowing regatta and as the start approached you could sense the nerves and excitement building in the air, but these pre-race nerves soon calmed once the crews had the oars in their hands, and their faces took on a focused look of determination as they prepared for the challenge ahead.

The race follows a 3.6 nautical mile course which runs up river from the Quay at Hamble le Rice to a turning point outside the Jolly Sailor at Bursledon. This years race was particularly hard as crews had to battle against a strong head wind and falling tide for the first half of the race. But as usual the Tudor crews dug in hard, found their rhythm, and battled through the pain barrier to finish the race in strong positions.

Navigator and Freedom taking 2nd and 3rd place overall, with Navigator only missing out on the first place (which was taken by our nemesis the Elephant Boat Yard) by 32 seconds. In the end, however, it was the women who stole the day with 3 of the 5 crews being female. Orange Peel took 1st place in the women’s category with Friendship taking 2nd and Olive 4th.

Congratulations to all involved particularly those whose first race this was!

Rowing Friendly Friday – 26th May

This Friday is the 2nd Rowing Friendly Friday of the season which is open to all Tudor members, previous rowing experience is not required, all you need is to be prepared to give it a go. If you would like to join in with the rowing then please arrive by 6pm for a 6:15 briefing and email me at rowing so i can put you on the list.

Whether you want to row or just come along and watch you are very welcome to join the Tudor Rowers this Friday for a fun filled evening.

The galley will be providing curry with a vegetarian option which must be pre-ordered on web collect by Thursday of this week, remember no order, no food.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/freindly-friday-food

Why not try Gig or Sliding Seat Rowing

The rowing section provides introduction sessions for both gig and sliding seat rowing.

The introduction sessions for both gig and sliding seat rowing are now run at 6 pm on Tuesday evenings (alternative times can be arranged if these are not convenient). These free 1hr taster sessions are organised to suit the rower’s individual ability and are great fun.

If you would like to book onto a session then please email me at rowing.

Thank you

John Elson
Rowing Captain
rowing

Treasurer Vacancy

After many years excellent work as Tudor’s Treasurer, Janice is standing down at the end of her current term in September.

We would like to identify a new treasurer in good time so that we can do an orderly hand-over before Janice stands down.

If you think you may be interested in this role, please let me know so that Janice and I can give you more information. You don’t need to have any accountancy qualifications, but should have knowledge of standard finance / accounting practices and good computer skills.

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
commodore

Natterjack Cruise 2023

Natterjack’s 2023 sailing expedition for this year will hopefully make it to Newton Ferrers near Plymouth and back.

The plan, at this time is:

• Langstone to Studland 40nm
• Studland to Lulworth 20nm
• Lulworth to Brixham 60nm
• Brixham to Newton Ferrers 40nm
• Newton Ferrers to Dartmouth 30nm
• Dartmouth to Swanage 70nm
• Swanage to Langstone 40nm

Starting on Tuesday 13th June to around Wednesday, maybe Friday the following week. There are some long passages but the June daylight hours give lots of opportunity for the longer journeys and some flexibility for tides. I’m sailing single-handed however there is a space for a Tudor member to come along if anyone’s interested, shared costs. No experience is necessary. Alternatively maybe other Tudor boats want to come along, flotilla style?

If interested please contact me Brian via the Cruisers WhatsApp group (see below) or via the Tidal Diamond email (the email will be forwarded).

Brian Kinsley

What a Year That Was!

The Open Day was a great success, but it was also the first anniversary for some of us, and what a wonderful year it has been.

It started with some intense but fantastic training by John Woodbridge, that sent me on the path to loving the sport of rowing.

My first row to the ‘Coffee Cup’ was the most memorable with a great sense of achievement. Since then I have been fortunate to row with a number of brilliant people and have continued to learn all about our lovely harbour….some of that learning came from getting stuck in the mud, the most successful lesson in my opinion!

I have achieved many things in those 12 months, including rowing to the Fairway, Around Portsmouth and Hayling island, Man Overboard Training (respect to Steve and John for being the men that went overboard!) The Winter Trophy, Friendly Fridays, The Tudor Challenge….the list goes on.

At the beginning of this year I joined the Social Committee working closely with another group of amazing people…..and boy do they work hard! I was staggered by the amount of work and hours that go on behind the scenes.

My biggest and final achievement of my first year at Tudor was coxing a great crew at the Hamble River Raid…what a day that was! It was exciting, hard work and emotional all rolled into one.

I have made great friends from within the Rowing, s and Kayaking sections and thank them all for their kindness and at times patience with this newbie.

So my first year has come to an end and I look forward to everything that is to come….thanks to all for making my journey so special…

Dawn Roberts

Ebb & Flow

Another busy Tidal Diamond, and great to hear about such a positive first year of membership. I will leave things there for this week except to wish everyone fair winds and splash free paddles.

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
tidal_diamonds

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:

• Webcollect: https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Tudorsailing
• Facebook Members Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1380997942212963/
• SailEvent race entries: https://sailevent.net/enter/TUDOR
• 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

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
Tudor Sailing Club

If you do not wish to receive such emails please contact Tudor Sailing Club at Tsclangstone or reply to this email.

Tidal Diamond 895

• Social Update
• Club Duty Opportunities
  
• Patrol Boat
• Be a Buddy
• Tudor Rowing on the Great Glen
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Social Update

Open Day – 21st May

Thank you to all of the members for their hard work in getting everything ready for the open day, and for all of the offers to help on the day.

A big thank you to Yvonne for making such a fantastic job of the boat planter.

We should be having 3 more round tables delivered before Sunday. If anyone is available to help put them together could you please contact Bill Jones.

The weather looks to be good and we have a huge turnout expected, so let’s show the prospective members what an amazing club we have!

Friendly Friday – 26th May

The lighter evenings are here, so come along for some fun out on the water, as always everyone is welcome. We will be serving curry and rice.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/freindly-friday-food

Games Night – June 2nd

Do come along for a social evening, whether you like to play darts, monopoly or chess.

Hopefully we will have got the pool table recovered if you fancy challenging someone to a game!

Barn Dance – June 9th

Dust off those cowboy hats and boots, and come along to dosey doe! Chilli con carne is included in the price.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/barn-dance-5

Don’t forget you can always hire the club for your own private parties at very reasonable rates.

You can now also hire the BBQ for only £15.

We do ask that you give it a really good clean after use please, ready for the next person, or if you prefer we can sort out the cleaning for you at a cost of £36.

Details for booking can be found here: – MYTUDORSC, then click browse subscriptions, go to the club hire tab and then select Barbecue.

Please feel free to contact me, or any of the social committee, if there is an event or activity you would like to see, or maybe you have a skill you would be willing to share with us.

Thank you,

Sue Elson
Social Secretary
socialsec

Club Duty Opportunities

Impress our guests this Sunday at the open day

Hi, the open day this Sunday is a vital chance to increase our membership and we need to show the club at its best , with this in mind a clean and tidy up of the clubhouse and surrounding area is needed. This will count towards your duty hours and can be carried out over the next few days at a time to suit yourself. The following work needs your help:

• Clear the small compound of any rubbish, pallets, any broken plastic patio tables.
• Remove weeds from patio and veranda area.
• Remove weeds from fence line, please don’t use a strimmer on the outside as there are plants which will eventually cover the fence.
• Move the life jacket storage box to the south end of the clubhouse.
• Please do NOT put any garden rubbish in the skip.
• The Club house will need a clean on Saturday.

Already 90 people have booked to visit the club so your help would be greatly appreciated and hopefully boost our membership. Please email me at maintenance

Thanks

Bill Jones
Maintenance Officer
maintenance

Patrol Boat

Various sessions now available for all levels – new PB crew, stepping up to PB helm, familiarisation or refreshers. Please contact me at training for details and dates. Great opportunity to learn the role and volunteer for the summer duties.

Thanks

Naomi Langford
Race Management & Training Officer
training

Be a Buddy

You’ll remember this from a few weeks back, so this is a timely nudge with the open day just ahead of us. We’ve had a large number of bookings for the open day and naturally we hope this will lead to new members joining us. The first few weeks for new members are filled with questions. We continue to evolve the support points in place to make life as easy as possible and one of these is buddies. Being a buddy doesn’t mean doing the work for a member or being available 24/7, it’s more about someone knowing your name and asking for a point in the right direction every now and again. Please contact me via email or WhatsApp if you’d be happy to help out either generally or with your specialist subject.

Jane Dare
Rear Commodore
rearcommodore

Tudor Rowing on the Great Glen

Take a group of eight keen and adventurous rowers, mix it with a bunch of new friends, add dramatic scenery, breathtaking lakes, narrow locks, mossy and heathery mountains, castle ruins, furry cows and a pinch of Scottish accent and you’ll have the perfect recipe for a glorious experience!

Over the last bank holiday weekend, the Tudor rowers partnered up with St. Andrews Coastal Rowing Club and ventured the Great Glen Fault, rowing through the Caledonian Canal from Fort William to Inverness. The 60 miles (nearly 97 km) journey was spread over three days, rowing with mixed crews on St. Ayles skiffs.

A series of locks and canals took the group to their first loch, Loch Lochy, a 10 miles (16 km) lake surrounded by a beautiful view of the Highlands: the sun blessed the crossing, and the rowers had ideal weather conditions to familiarise with the skiffs and have a few sprints on those black waters. After more locks, canals and Loch Oich, the gigs arrived at Fort Augustus, a scenic village with an impressive staircase of five locks that led the rowers into the majestic Loch Ness. With its 22,5 miles (36 km) length, 745 ft (227 m) depth in its deepest point, and really dark waters, all the rowers were mesmerised by its charm, and some of them swear to have seen some unusual swirling and rippling of the water surface, perhaps due to Nessie coming closer to the surface to have a look at its new guests!

The final destination, Inverness, came way too soon; the group of rowers started their journey as two distinct entities, each one representing their own club, but arrived at the finish line as a single big group of friends, exchanging promises to meet up again, perhaps down on the Solent.

If anyone wants to join the rowing group, please send an email to rowing, new people are always welcome!

Lucia Crotti

Ebb & Flow

The Life Recreation ReMEDIES Project has been featured in a video by the Eden Project on the importance of Seagrass for the environment and water quality. You can see the video at https://youtu.be/aW9WJZaD9Ds and read more at https://www.edenproject.com/seagrass and https://saveourseabed.co.uk. I remember using the top of the seagrass showing above the surface as a sign that it was time to get back to the mooring pronto back when I was first sailing at Tudor. From the moorings to the shore was covered with it on both sides.

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
tidal_diamonds

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:

• Webcollect: https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Tudorsailing
• Facebook Members Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1380997942212963/
• SailEvent race entries: https://sailevent.net/enter/TUDOR
• 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

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
Tudor Sailing Club

If you do not wish to receive such emails please contact Tudor Sailing Club at Tsclangstone or reply to this email.

Tidal Diamond 894

• Social Update
• Cadets
• Community Conversation Osborne Bay Voluntary No Anchor Zone Proposal
• Promotional Video Added to YouTube
• Row GB Race
  
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Social Update

I hope you all enjoyed the bank holiday weekend.

Don’t forget to keep please keep your fabulous photographs coming in to tscmedia for this month’s competition.

All winning entrants will be displayed in the club and in next year’s calendar, where all profits from sales at the end of this year will go to the RNLI.

The World’s Toughest Row – Talk & Buffet – This Friday 12th May

44 days, 11 hours, and 39 minutes. 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean.

Come and hear about club member Kevin Watkins epic journey from new rower to braving heat, waves, exhaustion, the personal battles and emotional roller-coasters himself and crew mates Gemma and Adam endured whilst taking part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, which is billed as the world’s toughest row.

The bar will be open and we will be providing an evening buffet with 50% of the profits going to Raring to Rows chosen charity Action Medical Research for Children.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/the-worlds-toughest-row-talk-buffet

Friendly Friday – 26th May

The lighter evenings are here, so come along for some fun out on the water. Followed by quiche, potatoes and salad

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/freindly-friday-food

Barn Dance – June 9th

Dust off those cowboy hats and boots, and come along to dosey doe!

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/barn-dance-5

We are still looking for volunteers in the galley for the open day if you need your duty hours please come along and help.

Sue Elson
Social Secretary
socialsec

Cadets

Cadets will be starting up again very soon on Tuesday evenings. Please contact Dani at cadets if you’d like to get involved with this.

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
commodore

Promotional Video Added to YouTube

If you’ve not seen it already, here’s the link to a short promotional video for the club’s open day. Please share the video with friends and colleagues that may be interested in attending, and share on any local community groups you belong to. It’s got some great footage that showcases all our club has to offer

If you are loading video of you racing or having fun on the water onto your personal YouTube accounts, please also consider contacting me and allowing us to use your video on our official YouTube account. Varied content from across all sections will not only help encourage new members but also inspire existing members.

https://youtu.be/ZA4yfr_WBO8

Our thanks to everyone that is shown in the video and those that worked hard to create it. If your footage is not included, we have you waiting in the wings for future projects.

Jane Dare
Rear Commodore
rearcommodore

Community Conversation Osborne Bay Voluntary No Anchor Zone Proposal

Osborne Bay hosts a significant area of seagrass, but there are already signs of disturbance from recreational activity. One of the aims of the ReMEDIES project is to reduce and remove some of this pressure to allow this seagrass bed to flourish without need for restorative measures, such as seagrass planting, in the future. To achieve this, Natural England have proposed a Voluntary No Anchor Zone (VNAZ) to help boaters make informed decisions about where to anchor. Join us at Hill Head Sailing Club to hear more about the project and the proposed VNAZ. This will be an open forum for discussion, questions and feedback, we would love to hear from you.

Please see the proposal document below for more information.
Osborne Bay Voluntary No Anchor Zone Proposal

Date: Thursday 11/05/2023
Time: 18:10 to 19:30
Location: Hill Head Sailing Club, The Club House, Cliff Road, Hill Head, Fareham, Hampshire PO14 3JT
Telephone: 01329 664843

Please note there is free parking at the venue after 18:00

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
commodore

Row GB Race

So what does a midlife crisis look like? Some take up new hobbies, others start riding motorcycles but in the rowing section of Tudor we do epic adventures. I needed something to challenge me before i tuned 50 next year so this I my crisis and it might even come with a world record.

On the 4th June I start the biggest adventure on the water – the GB Row Challenge is a 2000 mile continuous and unsupported rowing race around the entire coast of Great Britain.​

As part of Team Ithaca, I will depart from tower bridge in what is acknowledged as the world’s toughest rowing race: battling through some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, complex tidal steams and the volatile British weather.

Only one female crew has ever achieved this incredible feat. Team ithaca will be the next female crew to join the history books, as part of GB Row 2023.

Throughout our race, we’ll be partnered with the University of Portsmouth, collecting vital environmental samples and datafor their research into: marine biodiversity via eDNAsampling; microplasticsin our waters; airborne microplastics; water temperature; salinity; ocean noiseand pollution.

The correlation between these data sets will allow for trends to be assessed over time. This will be the first time this has been done effectively in UK waters.

We are also rowing for a charity called ‘CanRehab’

CanRehab trust helps people living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis to become or stay active by providing safe, individualised exercise programmes. People who have had a cancer diagnosis are matched with a registered cancer exercise qualified instructor who can provide them with either online or face to face individualised support. CanRehab trust was founded by Dr Anna Campbell MBE who is professor with a special interest in cancer and exercise and founder of the first training provider for cancer and exercise rehabilitation in the UK. The charity seeks to support people affected by cancer to stay or become more active and increase their ability to self-management during and after cancer treatments and improve their quality of life. CanRehab trust has developed a register of approved personal trainers and health professionals qualified to provide safe tailored exercise programmes for people living with cancer. We aim to match individuals who require an exercise programme to the appropriately qualified instructor who can provide a number of safe and effective exercise sessions tailored to the person’s needs based on their diagnosis, stage of treatment, other health issues and previous exercise experience.

So if you are at loose end of the 4th June and want to wave me off from tower bridge then please let me know, or if you want to come see the boat the day before in London I can arrange that as well, we will be based in St Catherine’s dock from the 1st until we leave.

https://www.teamithaca.com

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/teamithaca

From your friendly bar manager and her midlife crisis

Maggie Hodge
Bar Manager
barmanager

Ebb & Flow

It is difficult to follow that collection of articles, particularly with the last one combining the environment, charity and possible world records! I’ll give it a go though by simply highlighting a few things.

Above, and below in the Diary Dates, it is worth noting that cadets will be back up and running on Tuesdays from next week. For more details contact the Cadet Captain on the email above.

Another item worth bringing more attention to from the Diary Dates below is the Supported Recreational Sailing starting this coming Saturday. For more details see below the Diary dates for the contact email for the Dinghy Captain and the WhatsApp group.

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
tidal_diamonds

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:

• Webcollect: https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Tudorsailing
• Facebook Members Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1380997942212963/
• SailEvent race entries: https://sailevent.net/enter/TUDOR
• 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

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
Tudor Sailing Club

If you do not wish to receive such emails please contact Tudor Sailing Club at Tsclangstone or reply to this email.

Tidal Diamond 893

• Saturday Series 5 & 6
• Social Update
• Cruiser Update
• Try Gig or Sliding Seat Rowing
• Southsea Watersports Festival
• Boyhood Dreams
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Saturday 6th May: Saturday Series 5 & 6: 12:00 first race start

These will be run from the club line this week using a short course with multiple laps. I’ll use the northern set of harbour marks and laid marks between Airspeed and Mallard South. Course will be displayed on the whiteboard before launch.

Winds currently look lovely and no need to sail down harbour first so a great opportunity to join in one or both. Each estimated to take about 30-40 mins. Race 2 will shortly follow completion of race 1. All sailors welcome on the water and cheering from the club encouraged as they pass by!

See you there.

Naomi Langford
Race Management & Training Officer
training

Social Update

Games Evening & Royal Quiz – 5th May

Come along and join in one of our popular social games evenings. The bar will be open, and we will be having a fun Royal quiz if you fancy taking part ahead of the coronation.

The World’s Toughest Row – Talk & Buffet – 12th May

44 days, 11 hours, and 39 minutes. 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean.

Come and hear about club member Kevin Watkins epic journey from new rower to braving heat, waves, exhaustion, the personal battles and emotional roller-coasters himself and crew mates Gemma and Adam endured whilst taking part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, which is billed as the world’s toughest row.

The bar will be open and we will be providing an evening buffet with 50% of the profits going to Raring to Rows chosen charity Action Medical Research for Children.

Please note spaces are limited.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/the-worlds-toughest-row-talk-buffet

Sue Elson
Social Secretary
socialsec

Cruiser Update

Cruiser Calendar and Cruiser Crewing

It’s great to see lots of cruisers getting out, whether heading off on a cruise, day-sailing or racing. Several members, including dinghy sailors, have expressed an interest in crewing on board a cruiser so we have added a page to our google sheets Cruiser Calendar where you can offer yourselves as crew. You will see that the Calendar has 3 tabs – one is the Calendar itself, one shows Cruise Plans (for cruisers to share their plans if they want) and the third is for Crew Available. Any member can use this to offer themselves as crew, and cruiser owners, please do check this if you are looking for crew or could offer a crewing opportunity. It should help members to link up and plan something suitable. Please note that members of the Cruiser WhatsApp group can find a link to the Calendar under ‘Documents’ so it is always easy to find. I gather that some people have had difficulty accessing it so I can only suggest that you check your settings, or save the Calendar link elsewhere for easy access.

If you fancy crewing for a cruiser race, there is a Crewmatch facility already in place via the Tudor website. Just click on the race you are interested in and use the button there to create a New Crewmatch entry (either crew offered or crew wanted).

For any cruisers that fancy giving racing a go, please contact me or Andy Healey to be added to the Cruiser Racing WhatsApp Group.

Kat Robinson
Cruiser Captain
cruisers

Why not try Gig or Sliding Seat Rowing

The rowing section provides introduction sessions for both gig and sliding seat rowing.

The introduction gig rows are run at 6 pm on Tuesday evenings, whilst the introduction sliding seat rows are run at 11:30 am on a Saturday morning, (alternative times can be arranged if these are not convenient). These free 1hr taster sessions are organised to suit the rower’s individual ability and are great fun.

If you would like to book onto one of these sessions then please email me at rowing.

Thank you

John Elson
Rowing Captain
rowing

Southsea Watersports Festival July 9th

Hi everyone. Quick heads up as people are asking. Yes! I’m delighted to say Tudor will be attending the Southsea Watersports Festival this year along with SSAC and our neighbours ASWC.It’s going to be an amazing day at the beach representing Tudor and hopefully encouraging lots of new members. We won’t start advertising it officially until after our own Open Day as naturally we’d like to encourage and support attendance there first. (Thank you to everyone sharing the Open Day posts, more to come so please keep an eye out). After the open day,. I’ll give you all more information on how you can enjoy and support the Watersports Festival.Here’s the link to more info.https://facebook.com/events/s/southsea-watersports-festival-/865731778088442/Jane Dare
Rear Commodore
rearcommodore

Boyhood Dreams

Being a Brummie Boy and landlubber my childhood revolved around climbing trees, playing in the street, and kicking, catching or hitting balls of various sizes and hardness. However, the long summer holidays were interrupted with a heavenly fortnight in Bournemouth. The seaside!

Boats of every kind left this kid wide-eyed and desirous that one day a life by the coast was the place to be. Somehow, nearly half a century on (good grief!) and this vision has at last materialised. One of the few positives of the pandemic!

Life has odd twists and the glorious weather in March 2020 allowed the part of London where I lived to have a respite from the daily 04.30 flight from Singapore landing on my bed and for the Thames to be recaptured by nature. But spring and summer turned to autumn. Winter in my empty nest had no attraction and by a series of coincidences I ended up in Emsworth. New friends and a new future beckoned and I moved here at the end of November 2021.

Matters didn’t turn out quite as planned. But having spent far too many hours on a Concept2, in a frequently fruitless attempt to return to street footie fitness, the desire to try coastal rowing was encouraged by my neighbour, Sue, a stalwart of the Coastal Rowing Academy. Sue strongly recommended TSC as both welcoming and friendly. I was not to be disappointed.

John, Captain of Rowing, suggested an intro row in February where my complete ineptitude was ruthlessly exposed! Blisters – everywhere – appeared (and still are), but the pleasure of being on the water on a dark Wednesday evening rowing to and from The Ferryboat Inn was bliss after a day of Teams meetings. Somehow, the couple of pints appeared to improve my style – at least in my mind!

Winter has turned to spring and being out whilst the sun is breaking through the morning mist, or as it sets, has had an unbelievably positive effect on my well-being. With wonderful support from everyone within the rowing section, who are either Venetian or, seemingly, known each other since childhood, I could not have felt more welcome. This includes amazing Italian pasta dishes at the end of an evening row. Favolosa!

Friendly Friday, where everyone is thrown in the mix, including members from other local rowing clubs, is a brilliant social evening and it appears that if you turn up, you’re presented with a cup!

And the latest adventure – a row around Portsea Island. Not quite the Atlantic, like one club member’s amazing achievement, but a great challenge for this senior novice. Again, much encouragement and gentle banter from all that participated. Something I have missed hugely since my long distant rugby playing days.

So, thinking of joining Tudor Sailing Club’s rowing section? Jump in! The water’s lovely!

Jonathan Buckingham
Tudor Sailing Club Member
May 2023

Ebb & Flow

Another busy Tidal Diamond, which reflects lots of activity on and off the water to enjoy. As mentioned above, there is now a cruiser racing WhatsApp group, and I have added details to the bottom of the Diary Dates section with the other groups. I will also note that the document referenced in the cruiser update is, as stated, linked in the WhatsApp group. I haven’t included a link here as this is published on the website, so the document would then be easily accessible (and editable) by anyone rather easily.

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
tidal_diamonds

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:

• Webcollect: https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Tudorsailing
• Facebook Members Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1380997942212963/
• SailEvent race entries: https://sailevent.net/enter/TUDOR
• 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

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
Tudor Sailing Club

If you do not wish to receive such emails please contact Tudor Sailing Club at Tsclangstone or reply to this email.

Tidal Diamond 892

• Friendly Friday
• Social Update
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Friendly Friday – 28th April

Busy, busy, busy this Friday evening at TSC with activities planned for dinghies, cruisers, kayakers and rowers. The slipway will be busy so please be mindful of this when launching. Please stack launching trollies in the small compound so there is room and access for everyone.

Cruiser race starts at 6pm from the club line.

Sunset Paddle – launches approx 6.30pm, this is a cruise in company so drop a line in the WhatsApp group to see who else is going afloat. Tide will be rising so please stay out of the channel as the cruisers and dinghies will be restricted mainly to the channel due to the neap tide.

Rowing – short course races from club line round broom and back, starts approx at 6.30pm.

Dinghy Sailing – Sunset series race, starting at 7pm.

The galley and bar will be open so please book your food in advance using WebCollect so that Sue and the team can plan accordingly.

Hannah Barnes
Dinghy Captain
dinghies

Social Update

Friendly Friday – 28th April

Everyone is welcome to come along and join in this Friday. The rowers put their names in a hat and get to row with people of differing capabilities for a fun row round Broom and back.

It’s a great way to get to know each other. If you haven’t rowed before or are relatively new, that is no problem, everyone is welcome to join in or just to watch and have something to eat.

Please prebook food. We will be serving gammon with pineapple, mash and peas.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/friendly-friday

Games Evening & Royal Quiz – 5th May

Come along and join in one of our popular social games evenings. We will have a Royal quiz if you fancy taking part ahead of the coronation.

We will be serving jacket potatoes with ‘coronation’ chicken….. There will be other filling options available.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/games-night-royal-quiz

The World’s Toughest Row – Talk & Buffet – 12th May

44 days, 11 hours, and 39 minutes. 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean.

Come and hear about club member Kevin Watkins epic journey from new rower to braving heat, waves, exhaustion, the personal battles and emotional rollercoasters himself and crew mates Gemma and Adam endured whilst taking part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, which is billed as the world’s toughest row.

The bar will be open and we will be providing an evening buffet with 50% of the profits going to Raring to Rows chosen charity Action Medical Research for Children.

Please note spaces are limited.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/the-worlds-toughest-row-talk-buffet

Sue Elson
Social Secretary
socialsec

Ebb & Flow

After another mamoth list of on the water activities to list in the Diary Dates section I think I will simply leave you with a question that I came across the other day:

Q: what do you call a sail with just two corners?

I’ve put the answer I found between the Useful Links below and the aforementioned Diary Dates, so you have a little time to think about it.

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
tidal_diamonds

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:

• Webcollect: https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Tudorsailing
• Facebook Members Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1380997942212963/
• SailEvent race entries: https://sailevent.net/enter/TUDOR
• 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

A: I’m sorry, I haven’t a clew (with all due apologies!)

Diary Dates

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
Tudor Sailing Club

If you do not wish to receive such emails please contact Tudor Sailing Club at Tsclangstone or reply to this email.

We have an unmarked trailer, an unmarked inflatable dinghy in a bag in the main compound, also an unmarked rowing boat next to the clubhouse please let me know if you own one of these asap other wise they will be disposed of shortly.

Pictures attached.

Regards Bosun

Myles Semmens

If you do not wish to receive such emails please contact Tudor Sailing Club at Tsclangstone or reply to this email.