Friendly Fridays – the season starts here! Friday 30th March (Good Friday) – 18:30 – Food Available

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.

There will be chilli available – please book via webcollect asap or drop a line to Sharon (social sec) there will probably be some spare portions but please book today if you can.

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

Duties 2018

If you have not yet signed up for any duties, are not sure how to do it or want any help then please pop down to the club on Friday 30th March from around 7pm.

There will be representatives on hand from all areas of the club to assist you. If you are unable to come tomorrow then most Friday nights there are exec members in the bar who will be more than happy to help

More info on club duties is attached.

Hope to see you all tomorrow

Hannah

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The dinghy handicaps for this season are now published, with copies available at the club and also on the website (in the documents area):

http://www.tudorsailing.org.uk/TudorSailing/05_sailing/documents/upload/Tudor%20Dinghy%20Handicaps%20for%20the%202018%20Season.pdf

Thank-you to Ian Tonge for his hard work putting these figures together – it is a mammoth task!

The Tudor Handicap System follows the RYA handicap adjustment method, with a few tweaked variables. The system uses club racing data from the previous 2 sailing seasons to adjust handicap numbers for each class. If there is not enough data for a class, the club uses the published RYA number for that year.

Trafalgar Pursuit Race – Saturday 31st March, 12:00

The first race of the season will be the Trafalgar Pursuit Race, with the first start scheduled for the Gull class, at 12:00, with the race duration lasting for 100 minutes. A list of class start times are available using the link below (any classes not on the list can be added on the day). The start line is likely to be from a committee boat, stationed close to the club house. A flip chart will be used on the committee boat to display the time offset.

Class Start Times:

http://www.tudorsailing.org.uk/TudorSailing/05_sailing/documents/upload/Pursuit%20Start%202018.pdf

The sailing instructions for the event can be found on our club website:

http://www.tudorsailing.org.uk/TudorSailing/05_sailing/documents/upload/Pursuit%20Race%20-%20Sailing%20Intructions%202016.pdf

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.

Spring Series, Race 1 / Easter Egg Race – Sunday 1st April, 12:30

The first Spring Series race is scheduled for this Sunday. At the time of writing we are still short of a race officer. If anyone is able to spare a few hours to assist with this duty, please log into dutyman, or contact Ian Simpson, Dutyman Administrator. duties

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