Tidal Diamond 836

• Launch Weekend
• Relaunch Briefing and Compound Reorganisation
• Training – Water Side
• Social Update
• Horse Sand Fort Row
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Launch Weekend

Wednesday 6 April is the cruiser launch briefing which will be held at the club with the bar open. ALL cruiser members are required to attend to listen to the do’s and don’t’s to make this a successful launch operation.

Cruiser members are also required to turn up and stay throughout BOTH launch days, regardless of when their cruiser is put in the water (Saturday or Sunday), until launch is completed, as 3-4 crew members will be required to help launch each boat from the hoist.

Saturday launch will be an early start with members arriving 6am to clear the way for the hoist and launch the support boats etc.

Your support is appreciated.

Regards

Myles Semmens
Bosun
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Relaunch Briefing and Compound Reorganisation

Hi – please can I draw your attention to the following information.

The briefing for the cruiser relaunch will be held at 8pm Wednesday 6th (bar will be open). This is an important event where we allocate jobs for the weekend, organise the first few launches and give you updates on procedures. Please make every effort to attend.

Relaunch itself will begin at 6:30am for 7am on Saturday 9th. Times tbc for Sunday 10th

Compound Reorganisation – 10am to 12 noon on Saturday 23rd April (2 weeks after relaunch due to Easter). I will send out more details nearer the time, but please put this date in your diary.

Cruisers – please ensure that your buoy is clearly labelled with your number prior to relaunch.

Dinghy owners – we will be labelling all dinghies that are not labelled with your name and type of boat using plastic labels (as per the bylaws). Please ensure before 23rd April that you trolley is in good repair, tyres pumped up and that the boat is not full of water.

Please note that the slipway will be closed for the weekend for all other activities. We will notify members by email if we finish early on Sunday.

Colin Thorpe
Compound Bosun
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Training – Water Side

Following on from Alex Ford’s excellent guide published by email on 23rd March, if you wish to volunteer for Race Officer or Power Boat training please fill in your details on the club website and I can add you to my lists.

From the website homepage (www.tudorsailing.org.uk) click on the Members tab then choose ‘Request Training’ from the drop down menu.

Please only sign up for the next level of training once you have completed the one before.

For power boat it would be helpful if you could also email me at training if you have any relevant qualifications or experience so I can group you into the appropriate training sessions. Also if you are a trained helm happy to volunteer to run shore-based familiarisation sessions to new PB volunteers please do email me and we can make arrangements. This can be a stand alone session or if you are happy to turn up early to a PB duty I can arrange a trainee or two to meet you there to shadow the setup.

We are hoping to run some power boat training sessions on 7th / 8th April and during the first week of May (1st -8th) so please keep an eye out for updates and invites.

Race officer training will re-commence soon and include opportunities to train to manage races from our committee boat, Bruce, as well as from the race box at the club. There will be initial familiarisation individual and small group sessions available some evenings to sign up for as well as more in depth training to take place alongside the race programme set out in our activities calendar.

I am therefore looking for experienced Race Officers to volunteer to assist with training, either to train new volunteers from scratch or to be a buddy to help them progress their training and become approved. Please email me if you are able to help in this way.

Training time through our approved programme count towards your duty hours so please do sign up!

Thank you

Naomi Langford
Race Management
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Social Update

Cruiser Launch – 9th & 10th April

Food is available for all you hard workers. Please book on WebCollect:

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/cruiser-relaunch

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/cruiser-relaunch-sunday

Any help in the galley on Sunday would be welcome:

https://dutyman.biz/dmmain.aspx?id=T0001746

Mamma Mia Singalong – 15th April 7.00pm

Come along for a bit of fun on Good Friday, we will be serving popcorn and ice cream and it is only £3!

I promise I won’t sing too loudly!

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/mamma-mia-sing-a-long

Curry Night – 22nd April 6.30- 8.00pm

It’s a Friday night, so why cook if you don’t have to? We will be serving chicken tikka masala with rice, along with a vegetarian option.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/curry-night-4

Friendly Friday Rowing Race Night – 29th April

This is the evening when 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 come along and join in, or just to watch and have something to eat.

Cod and chips will be served after the races

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

Sue Elson
Social Secretary
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Horse Sand Fort Row

Most weeks around Thursday lunch time the chaps start a discussion about where we could row on the Saturday morning. It was enormously exciting last week when the famous Fort row was suggested (exciting for me mainly because I’ve never completed this row before).

It didn’t disappoint. An easy row to the harbour entrance and a light North Easterly breeze tempted our fleet of four boats to head out to the fairway mark then rounding Horse sand Fort, back along the “Blocks” to beach at the “Coffee cup” for a well earned break. All was well until we came to launch for the return to the club. The wind had risen with a tad more East to it, causing a rough launch into breaking surf, then a rough and rather tough ”attrition” haul along Eastney front before reaching the comparative calm of the run. For the ‘fort first timers’ it was as challenging as it was exciting and though measurement apps varied it registered between 19k to 21k depending on which boat you rowed. Some of us are nursing a few blisters. Those of us without fancy pumps were glad we had a bailer. It was fantastic to ‘bump into’ club members on the beach who joined us for coffee.

I’ve attached a couple of pictures (taken before the wind had risen). Thank you to our most experienced rowers for keeping everyone safe and making it memorable and lots of fun. It’s definitely one we’ll be repeating when time and weather allow. Don’t forget to get in touch if you want to row. We promise your first row will be gentle .

Jane Dare
Rowing Captain
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Ebb & Flow

With reference above to getting documents from the website I thought it worth mentioning that the login details change each year, with a brief period when both old and new work. The new 2022 login details will be with your membership documents that can be collected along with your stickers. Collection dates are:

• Friday 1st April from (7pm) – at the Grand Reopening of the bar, before the Prizegiving ceremony starts – Mo Clark covering.
• Sunday 3tf April from 11:00 to 17:00 – look for Laurent Jaunet around the club.
• Wednesday 6th April from 7:30pm – before the cruiser launch briefing which starts at 8pm.
• Saturday 9th April – cruiser owners launching either before then or in the first hour or so of launches on the day should contact Linda Vacher, who will be on hand for the launches. Dale Adams will take over for the rest of the day.
• Sunday 10th April. Lauren Smith (Stell) will cover Sunday.

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
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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:

• Webcollect: https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc
• 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
• QHM Portsmouth LNtM: https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/qhm/portsmouth/local-notices

• 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
• 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

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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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. 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.

The briefing for the cruiser relaunch will be held at 8pm Wednesday 6th (bar will be open). This is an important event where we allocate jobs for the weekend, organise the first few launches and give you updates on procedures. Please make every effort to attend.

Relaunch itself will begin at 6:30am for 7am on Saturday 9th. Times tbc for Sunday 10th

Compound Reorganisation – 10am to 12 noon on Saturday 23rd April (2 weeks after relaunch due to Easter). I will send out more details nearer the time, but please put this date in your diary.

Cruisers – please ensure that your buoy is clearly labelled with your number prior to relaunch.

Dinghy owners – we will be labelling all dinghies that are not labelled with your name and type of boat using plastic labels (as per the bylaws). Please ensure before 23rd April that you trolley is in good repair, tyres pumped up and that the boat is not full of water.

Please note that the slipway will be closed for the weekend for all other activities. We will notify members by email if we finish early on Sunday.

Colin Thorpe

Compound Bosun

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