Tidal Diamond 650

• Social Update
• Open Forum
• Cruiser Ladder Safety
• RNLI cheque from GRR fundraiser
• IoW Ferry
• Diary Dates

Social Update

Christmas shopping, 9th Nov: Soya Creations (home made fancy candles), Blissfull bubbles (soap), Preloved & upcycled (vintage items re-purposed), as well as cards, wrapping paper, books and christmas decorations for sale. Wendy will be cooking hot turkey rolls.

Guest speaker, 30th November: Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust’s Emily Stroud will be talking about local Wildlife and Trust projects that members can get involved with. Bar open at 7pm, people will have chance to buy drinks and settle before the talk, paella will be served around 8pm, after the talk. Emily will be joining us for paella and she’s happy to chat and answer any questions. You can now order chicken & chorizo paella via Webcollect. To cut down on allergens, they won’t contain seafood but there will be a vegetarian version using Quorn.

Quiz night, 7th December: Billy Porter will be quiz master again!

Nicola Craig
Social Committee
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Open Forum

The Langstone Harbour Board Advisory Committee has an Open Forum event this Thursday (1st November) at Andrew Simpson Watersports Centre (just nextdoor). This year the speakers are David Jones from Just One Ocean (The impact of micro-plastics on the coastal environment), Nathan Staley from the Andrew Simpson Watersports Centre (The work of the Andrew SImpson Foundation) and Dr Richard Austin, AONB Manager from Chichester Harbour Conservency (The Definitive Strategy for Bird Aware Solent). There will also be a short Q&A. Please let the Board know you are attending, contact details on the attached flyer or at: http://www.langstoneharbour.org.uk/event-details.php?id=1499

Paul Tansom
PLSA Rep.
secretary.east

Cruiser Ladder Safety

Presently before Portsmouth Crown Courts is a case of a woman falling from the access ladder to a yacht (professionally stored) ashore causing her serious injury.

Now we are ashore, this case is a timely reminder to us all, especially, as towards the end of 2017/2018 lay-up period, we had three Members experience falls in the compound. One of these falls was most definitely from a ladder, fortunately without injury.

Members may care to review their own ladder’s suitability to the task of access and dismounting from your boat, and with particular regard to your duty of care to anyone you may invite aboard your boat, in the light of this information.

Of course, our Club can not be responsible for your ladder or the way it is used, but we don’t want anyone hurt. Club Members might like to consider that our boats in the compound is akin to boat yard with a variety of work being undertaken during lay-up. Appropriate equipment and the use of it will reduce the potential for injury.

Chris Goodyear
Trustee
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RNLI cheque from GRR fundraiser

Hi all Tudor members,

I feel sure that you will all be pleased to know that the Rowing race team raised a hefty £880 from their “Thames Great River Race” fund-raising effort, as you can see in the attached pictures the money was donated to our local RNLI station at Eastney on the 21/10/08. We regularly row past them and it is a comfort to know that they are there should a serious problem arise.

Ian Ducane

IoW Ferry

[For those not on Facebook who may be looking to head marginally further south, particularly now the usual method of travel is in the compound.]

If you’re thinking of going over to the IoW, there’s several ways to get cheaper tickets with Wightlink. If you’re an RYA member or staff then you can get a discount; you can find a discount code by logging into the members area of the RYA website and search for Wightlink. There are also discounts for Caravan Club members, NHS staff, military personnel, Unite Union members. More info can be found on their websites, remember to bring the relevant ID with you. As a foot passenger you can purchase rail tickets from a mainland station to an island station which includes your ferry ticket. You can also use national rail discount cards to get a discount on ferry fares.

Nicola Craig
Social Committee
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Diary Dates

Dinghy, Sailing, Cruiser

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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.

Regards,
Paul Tansom

Tidal Diamond Editor
Tudor Sailing Club

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