Tidal Diamond 826

• Inter-Club Darts Tournament
• Reporting Accidents, Incidents and Near Misses
• VHF Courses
• Waiting for the Tide
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Inter-Club Darts Tournament

We are pleased to confirm that the darts tournament will be going ahead on Friday 28th January and TSC will be the first to host so please come along and support your team!

The bar will be open from 7pm, the tournament starts at 7:30pm with a free buffet in the interval.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Denise Rogers
Social Secretary
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Reporting Accidents, Incidents and Near Misses

Just a reminder to please record all accidents, incidents and near misses in the ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS LOG BOOK, located in the Exec Noticeboard in the clubhouse entrance lobby. In addition, please let the Officer of the Day know if an accident or incident occurs at a club organised event. In the event of a major incident where serious injury occurred, or could have occurred, the Officer of the Day needs to notify the Commodore or their deputy as a matter of urgency.

The Exec will review all reported accidents, incidents and near misses to identify any lessons which can be learnt and any changes which are required to club policies or procedures.

The Commodore or designated club official will initiate and maintain any contact with other Agencies and parties such as the Harbour Authority, RYA, club insurers or police, in relation to any accidents or incidents as required.

Thanks for your help with this. Can I wish you a good season ahead.

Rob Waring
Vice Commodore
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VHF Courses

As part of our ongoing commitment to training, the Sailing Committee have arranged 2 RYA VHF courses / short range certificate. The courses will be run at the Club on the following dates, Sunday 06/02 and Sunday 27/02, the proposed time for the course will be from 08:00 to 19:00. The cost for the course will be £99 per person with an additional fee of £60 per person, which is an RYA Exam fee and will need to be paid prior to the course (I will send the link beforehand)

Course aims:

To provide clients with an understanding of radio rules and regulations and be competent and licensed to operate a marine SRC VHF DSC radio. A VHF SRC licence is a legal requirement for anyone who uses a ship’s VHF or portable VHF Radio. All new VHF Radio users need to obtain this certificate to operate their radios safely and legally.

Course content:

The VHF course covers the Global Maritime Distress & Safety System (GMDSS), marine VHF radio operations and voice procedures and the operation of VHF Digital Selective Calling (DSC). You will be taught how to use basic radio language and protocols and the correct use of various channels. Learn how to make calls to other radio users, emergency calls and send a distress alert.

Course pre-requisites:

No previous experience is required to enrol on the VHF course. However, you will be asked to learn your phonetic alphabet before the start of the course. NATO Phonetic Alphabet chart

Please note that the VHF Exam Fee is payable online to the RYA before the start of your course. You will receive details of how to do this in your booking confirmation.

If you are interested in completing the course please could you email your name and also a preference to which date you would like to attend, if you can only attend one of the dates please can you let me know which one in your email. We have a limit of 12 places per course so it will work on a first come first served basis. I look forward to hearing from you, my email address is andy.healey

To date we still have 3 places left on the 06/02 and 9 paces on the 27/02.

Andy Healey
Cruiser Racing
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Waiting for the Tide

A few items that may be of interest to member from the Solent Forum this week.

• Issue 51 of Solent News, the biannual newsletter with a round-up of what has been happening around the Solent and the latest national coastal news has just been published (the link is to a PDF copy).
• See Farlington Marshes senior reserve officer, Chris, talk about breeding wader numbers returning to historic levels and 9 avocet chicks fledging. https://twitter.com/i/status/1475187186916118534 (link to a Twitter post with a 1 minute video, but no need to have an account).
• Watch a diver film through the seagrass beds of Bembridge MCZ in clear and calm winter conditions with stalked jellyfish and scallops encountered. See: https://twitter.com/i/status/1482706917520592897 (again a link to a Twitter post with a short 15 second video, and no need to have an account).
• Access upcoming Blue Green webinars and listen to past ones at: Join Our Webinars – The Green Blue (there are some upcoming Sustainable Anchoring and Mooring webinars available).
• Read a new report that shares findings from part of the LIFE-funded Recreation ReMEDIES project, which focused on understanding the behaviours of recreational boaters in selected sites on the south coast of England. See: http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/5864273489428480?category=10006.
• Read a blog on how the Environment Agency responds to pollution incidents, see: How the Environment Agency responds to pollution incidents – Defra in the media (blog.gov.uk).
• Rising temperatures are causing a “growing diversity” of Vibrio bacteria in the sea around the UK, new research shows. The study, led by the University of Exeter and also involving researchers from the University of Portsmouth, found two Vibrio species – Vibrio rotiferianus and Vibrio jasicida – that have never been recorded in UK waters before. See: https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/news/new-bacteria-in-uk-waters-as-temperatures-rise.
• Bird Aware Solent are expanding their guided walks offer. They now have monthly walks going on in different locations around the Solent coast. See: Events Archive – Bird Aware Solent.

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

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Paul Tansom

Tidal Diamond Editor
Tudor Sailing Club

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