Tidal Diamond 619
- Upcoming Races and Events
- Duties
- Patrol Boat Training
- Club Boats
- Club Boat Charges 2018 / Booking System
- Cruiser Safety
- A bit of fishing for members
- Diary Dates
Upcoming Races and Events
Friendly Fridays – the season starts here! Friday 30th March (Good Friday) – 18:30
The first Friendly Friday of the new sailing season will be on the evening of Friday 30th March. This first session called ‘Getting on the Water’ will give members the opportunity to prepare for the new season.
Do you need help / assistance rigging your boat? Would you like to learn how to rig one of the club boats? Do you have a new spinnaker you would like to rig? There will be a handful of ‘experienced sailors’ on hand to answer your questions and help get you ready to get the most out of the warmer weather.
Trafalgar Pursuit Race – Saturday 31th March – 12:00
The first race of the season will be the Trafalgar Pursuit Race, with the first start scheduled for 12:00. A list of the class start times will be issued in next week’s TD.
If you have not participated in a pursuit race before, there will be expert advice available to you, both at the Friendly Friday session on the previous evening, and also before the race on the Saturday.
In short – boats start at different times depending on your handicap, with the slower classes setting off first and faster classes chasing them down. The race is run for a set time period, and positions are recorded after this time period has elapsed, wherever you might be on the race course. In summary, it takes the normal ‘handicap style’ race and turns it on its head. More information to follow next week.
Spring Series 1 / Easter Egg Race – Sunday 1st April – 12:30
This race is no Aprils’ Fool… the first of the Spring Series races give sailors the chance to win some chocolate (or ginger beer if you cannot eat chocolate!).
This race is held from the club line and will be around the cans in the harbour.
Training Day – Monday 2nd April (Easter MondA bit of fishing for membersay) – 12:00
The sailing committee have scheduled a training A bit of fishing for membersday prior to the Cruiser Launch weekend, to allow members to receive training on some of the club equipment.
If you are interested in any of the following exercises, please contact me below, and I will add your name to the list.
Gurgle – Pioner Multi
- Familiarisation session with our new club patrol boat / ferry. Session will include practising coming into the slip and using the bow door / loading ramp, and coming alongside a cruiser on a mooring.
Bruce – Committee Boat
- Shore-based familiarisation session, suitable for both race officers and wannabe tug boat drivers / operators (including those who wish to use Bruce for fishing trips etc.).
Richard Barnes
Dinghy Captain
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Duties
As Richard has said, the new sailing season is due to get underway on the 31st of March, thank you to those who have volunteered, as of the 26th March we are in a much better position. This weekend now requires only a race officer for the Sunday. Please volunteer via DutyMan.
A bit of fishing for members
- Sunday 1 April 1: a Race officer
- Sunday 15th April: a Race officer
- Sunday 21st April: a Patrol boat crew
- Saturday 28th April: a Patrol boat crew
- Sunday 29th April: a Patrol boat crew
Race Officers: We are in general short of race officers for the season and would appreciate some volunteers to be Race Officers, training is available along with support from the racers in the pre and post race phases. The main part of the job is starting the race and timing the finishes. Do not worry about processing the results as support can be provided by the racers after the finish.
Ian Simpson
Dutyman Coordinator
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Patrol Boat Training
To welcome the new season we are planning to run the following Patrol Boat training sessions although actual demand will ultimately determine which courses are run:
- Friday 13th April: 16:30 – 19:30 – PB level 1 training
- Friday 20th April: 16:30 – 19:00 – PB level 2 training
- Friday 27th April: 16:30 – 19:30 – PB level 2 training
We are trying the experiment of an early start before Friendly Fridays.
If you are interested please contact me.
Peter Codd
Minutes Secretary
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Club Boats
With the first weekend of this years sailing season fast approaching i’d like to remind you that the clubs boats are now available to book under the FastCourts booking system. In order to do this please follow one of the links from the website or go to clubboats but please remember you must be able to rig and derig the boats competently. This will be covered in a demonstration session, please keep an eye on Tidal Diamonds for the next one or email clubboats to find out more. If you are registered but are having difficulty logging in then please let me know and I will do my best to help.
Laurie Gould
Club Boats & Equipment
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Club Boat Charges 2018 / Booking System
The club are operating a new online booking system for 2018, which covers both club events and free sailing / rowing activities and also includes the facility to pay for the use of club boats. The system is going live this weekend for dinghies and will go live shortly for the gig.
Rates for 2018 have been set as follows:
- Cadets – £2 per person- to be collected on the night
- Single handed dinghy £3 per race / session
- Double handed dinghy £5 per race / session
The gig is also going to be included and charging has been discussed but awaits final approval, currently it looks like it will be £3 per person per session.
Cadet payments will be collected on the night, all others will be via FastCourts using PayPal. If you have booked a boat in the past you should already have a FastCourts login if not please have a look at FastCourts for further info and what to do if you would like to be able to use a club boat.
The diary in the club is no longer in use for booking, FastCourts is the only way to secure your boat booking. It is mobile friendly and regular users are encouraged to add credit to their account to speed up the booking process. https://fastcourts.com/clubs/TudorSailingClub.
Hannah Barnes
Commodore
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Cruiser Safety
There were three incidents last week where members fell off cruisers, ladders or platforms whilst working on their boats, one of which was quite badly injured. I urge you all when working on your boat to take care, consider your safety and the potential consequences. Remember the old nautical proverb – one hand for yourself and one hand for the ship.
Hannah Barnes
Commodore
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A bit of fishing for members
The sun is shining it won’t be long before you get your rods out (stop them naughty thoughts).
What is going to be the target fish? I think first is plaice. You will find them almost anywhere in the shallows. If you are not sure look for groups of small boats, they will be on the mussel beds. Fish with a small hook Size 2/0 long shank is my choice, on a long trace, baited with rag worm. Into April bream time, Bullocks patch is best option you will need to visit several time they don’t always feed. Once again a very small hook 2/0 or 3/0 circle hook on a long trace baited with little bits of squid. To find them look for other boats or drift until you catch, log the position then return and anchor up-tide.
Tight lines.
Bernie Clark
Diary Dates
| Off the Water |
On the Water |
| Cruiser Launch Briefing |
April 4th |
Friendly Friday |
March 30th |
| Evening Talk – Malcolm Thorpe (Bembridge Harbour) |
April 6th |
Trafalgar Pursuit |
March 31st |
| Race Night & Chilli |
May 11th |
Spring Series 1 / Easter Egg |
April 1st |
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Training Day (Club Boats /
Patrol Boat / Race Officer) |
April 2nd |
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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
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