Tidal Diamond 634

• Langstone Regatta
• Available Bar & Galley Duties
• Use of Club Dinghies
• Low Water Cruise
• Pilfering from yacht moorings
• Diary Dates

Langstone Regatta – Saturday 14th July – 12:45

Langstone SC will host their annual regatta this weekend. The Sailing Instructions for the event are attached to this TD. Langstone SC have taken the decision to cancel the Prentice Plate on the Sunday in lieu of the World Cup Final and instead, the Regatta decider will be race 1, Prentice Plate, race 2 on the Saturday.

The 2 races on the Saturday will also be used to form the next leg of the Langstone Combined Clubs Series – see attached.

There is no cost to enter the regatta if you sail round to the club, only if you choose to visit the club following the racing for afternoon tea.

Richard Barnes
Dinghy Captain
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Available Bar and Galley Duties

We have a few gaps in the bar and galley duty calendar over the next few months that need volunteers! If you are available to cover one or more of these duties please volunteer via Duty Man. The dates are:

If you are not yet bar or galley trained, or require a refresher please email me with the duties you wish to volunteer for and I will arrange the necessary training for you.

Remember that the bar and galley are not able to operate without volunteers!

Jason Chipper
Bar Manager
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Use of Club Dinghies

Please note that the club Fevas, Quba and Teras should only be used if the wind is no stronger than a force 4 wind (max 16 knots). This should be measured as per the Cambermet service which can be found at www.cambermet.co.uk. This is in line with the manufacturers recommendations for these dinghies and is in place to ensure that the hulls are not over stressed by the forces caused by high winds. Please therefore check the weather conditions before taking the club boats out. If you have used Fast Courts to book and pay for a club boat, you will be refunded if you are unable to use it due to the weather conditions.

Will Stokely
Sailing Secretary
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Low Water Cruise 8th July

The weather was beautiful!!

We started off the day with a plethora of different boats ready to be rigged and set out.

Bosun (2A 2C), Graduate (2A), Kestrel (3C), 2 Lasers (1A) (1C), Lightening (1A), 3 x Wanderers (3A) (2A 2C) (2A 2C), 2 x Wayfarers (3A) (1A 2C) and 1 Vision (1A 1C) – 18 Adults and 13 Children

Of course we had our 2 Patrol boats with us – many thanks to them. Thankfully their day was fairly uneventful!

It took us a while to get rigged and launched as, I’m pleased to say, we had some boats / members along that don’t sail as much as other members so it was lovely to offer them the opportunity to sail in company!

This was Danni’s first dinghy Cruise (as Leader) and she did a sterling job. She gave us a briefing and then everyone got ready to go.

We had a rather odd sail going South – the wind was light and all over the place! It then became fairly brisk and we had a good sail down to Sinah buoy. Then off for a pint and lunch at the Ferryboat. This was incredibly busy and I was surprised at just how much ‘wash’ there was along the shore! There were also some substantial rocks just under the water – we guessed they were placed there to tie the Jet Skies to?

Then of to a favourite place of mine – Sword Sands. A lot of us had a swim, the water clear and warm!

What was really lovely to see was all the children enjoying themselves both sailing and swimming in Russel’s lake. It was a job to get some boats off of the water – I know I didn’t want the fun and enjoyment to end either.

Thank you Danni!

Linda Vacher
Trustee
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Pilfering from yacht moorings

Just to say that Emma was off mooring 48 for an overnight excursion from 1630 on Friday 6 July until 1830 on Saturday 7 July. Sometime during that 26-hour period, a pair of oars was taken from the tender we left on our buoy. Previously (perhaps unwisely) we had left oars in the tender on numerous occasions without a problem. In future, we shall clutter up our cruiser by taking the oars with us. Fortunately we were able to improvise paddles from the two vanes of a motoring cone, and make our way back to TSC in the tender. I don’t know if any other boats suffered loss or intrusion at a similar time to us. Other owners may wish to check.
John Downing

Diary Dates

Dinghy, Sailing, Cruiser

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Regards,
Paul Tansom

Tidal Diamond Editor
Tudor Sailing Club

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