Tidal Diamond 804
- Tudor Regatta Volunteers
- Regatta Weekend
- Rowing at the Regatta
- Regatta Weekend Food
- It’s Coming Home
- Waiting for the Tide
- Maintenance Jobs
- Useful Links
- Diary Dates
Tudor Regatta Volunteers
This weekend we will be hosting our regatta and as I am sure you have seen there is lots going on over both days. But for this to go ahead we still need a patrol boat helm for Sundays racing.
Mark Swallow
Dinghy Captain
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Regatta Weekend
This weekend (4th / 5th September) is the Tudor Sailing Club Regatta!
Saturday 4th September – On the Water
- 1000 Cruiser Racing
- 1030 Dinghy Racing
- 1400 Gig Racing
open for everyone to join in, short races usually between the club line, round broom and back. Jane will be on hand on the day to sign people up or drop her a line beforehand..
Alex and I will be hosting a variety of games on the water in SUPS and kayaks, including kayak tug of war and team relays, there might also be backwards paddling (you have a week to practice!)
Saturday 4th September – Social
- 1200 to 1600 – Regatta BBQ
- 1200 to late -Gin, Ale & Cider festival
see details sent via web-collect on 23.08.21 or have a look on the website or Facebook page.
Reduced price for advance purchase of drinks – https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/regatta-gin-ale-and-cider-festival
- 1830 – 2019 Prize-giving Ceremony
Come and celebrate the achievements of 2019 (yes that is correct), we will be holding the postponed prize giving ceremony. If you are a trophy winner please let me know you are attending so we can arrange the trophies accordingly. Please note that due to precautions around covid, trophy winners will not have their hand shaken by the Commodore this year.
After the prize giving we will be continuing the gin, ale and cider festival along with a fantastic meal of chilli & rice with all the extras plus the fabulous Derek Pearce will be on the wheels of steel with his cheesy disco. Tickets for food must be booked via web-collect – https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/tudor-regatta-chilli-and-disco
Sunday 5th September – On the Water
- 1045 Cruiser Racing
- 1115 Dinghy Racing
Sunday 5th September – Social
- 1200 to 1800 -Gin, Ale & Cider festival
food will also be available from the bar & galley or pizza available from a van located at ASWC next door.
- 1400 Regatta Prize-giving
If you are coming to the regatta then please park considerably, as close as possible to the person next to you as space is tight at the moment. Please lift share where you can or even better leave the car at home.
Hope to see the club full with members enjoying acitivies on and off the water.
Hannah Barnes
Kayak Captain – on behalf of the Regatta Event Team
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Rowing at the Regatta
Hi everyone..
As you know on the 4th and 5th September Tudor will be hosting its annual regatta. As part of the fun we will be holding our monthly informal rowing race on the afternoon of Saturday 4th. We plan to start racing around 2pm. (Arrive at club house for course briefing by 1.40 pm please). This should allow time for those participating in sailing to get back, de-rig, and join us. The racing will be from the club line and will have a slightly shorter route than previous months. John will brief everyone on the day. As always strictly informal and fun. No wooden spoon just our beautiful trophy. It would be fabulous to see as many of you there as possible even if you’re not a rower. Teams are randomly drawn. Any questions, as always, just get in touch with me.
Jane Dare
Rowing Captain
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Regatta Weekend Food
On Saturday there will be a BBQ between 12 and 4, which will be pay on the day at the galley, card payments only please. Vegan options will be available.
We have cream teas and various scrumptious desserts such as caramel apple pie with cream, and toffee and honeycomb cheesecake.
There will also be plenty of flavours of milkshakes for you to choose from, that’s if you fancy a change from testing all those ales, ciders and gins.
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/regatta-gin-ale-and-cider-festival
Around 7.30 we will be serving chilli con carne with rice followed by an evening of dancing to the fabulous sounds of Derek Pearces disco.
Please can you pre-book for the evening chilli though, its only a fiver! Thanks.
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/tudor-regatta-chilli-and-disco
Throughout Sunday’s regatta we will be serving freshly baked hot pasties, such as lamb and mint, pork and apple and chicken and chorizo. Veggie option available.
We would be grateful for your help on the day, please check on Dutyman if you need to make up your club hours, thanks
https://dutyman.biz/dmmain.aspx?id=T0001746
We look forward to seeing you over the weekend. Good luck to those of you that are racing, but most importantly, stay safe and have fun.
Sue Elson
Social Committee
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It’s Coming Home
Congratulations!!!
Last Saturday…28th August the rowing section entered 5 gigs in the Hamble Regatta, (pictures attached). The main trophy is the “Boatyard Sheave” given for the fastest boat round the 4 mile course and I’m delighted to share that it now resides in our club cabinet won by boat “Freedom” crewed by Ian, Sandy, John and Glen, and Nina as cox. We also took the top ladies “Rose Bowl” trophy in “Friendship” crewed by Sue, Jane, Denise, Penny and Alison as cox and a third trophy was only missed by some “as yet unexplained” technical decision.
These races are very close run affairs, with just 12 seconds between first and second after 20 minutes of racing. In the past we have lost by just 6 seconds after 45 minutes of hard rowing so the crews have to pull all the stops out right to the line to be in contention.
The conditions were perfect for hard rowing, no sun with a light breeze and flat water. As the Hamble is a highly congested and relatively narrow river it is a timed affair with crews started in pairs at one minute intervals to reduce the chance of “unseemly” clashes at the turns. From a rowers perspective this is not ideal as it is best to be able to “see” ones main competitors but this “ignorance of position” while racing certainly adds to the apprehension and fires up the adrenaline just as much as if the blighters were alongside.
The Hamble folk are an extremely friendly bunch making us feel very much at home, a great day amongst great people.
Pictures are attached and there is some great GoPro footage on YouTube if you search TSC Rowers Racing River Hamble 1, 2, and 3. Here’s one of the links:
https://youtu.be/VINqnFyOEjw
Jane Dare
Rowing Captain
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Waiting for the Tide
A couple of QHM notices of note this week. There’s a danger mark off Seaview reported missing from station. Details at: https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/QHM/Portsmouth/Local-Notices/Navigational-Warnings/2021/2162
There’s also Gosport Marine Festival on 4th September, although no doubt with the Tudor Regatta on there won’t be any members in the vicinity Details at: https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/QHM/Portsmouth/Local-Notices/LNTM/2021/2162-GOSPORT-MARINE-FESTIVAL-4-SEPT-21
As a quick aside, do make use of the links below for the full set of LNtM for Langstone, Chichester and Portsmouth. I don’t add an exhaustive list of them, just some that may be of particular interest.
I will also note that the regatta sailing instructions and a couple of posters are attached.
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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Maintenance Jobs
A new section for the Tidal Diamond where you can check for opportunities to tick off those maintenance hours. Just announcing the feature this week, but watch this space in future Tidal Diamonds. In the mean time see Dutyman for opportunities to help out with the social and sailing events.
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:
Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Diary Dates
Social |
Sailing |
Friendly Friday Bar |
September 3rd 1900hrs |
Women on the Water |
September 2nd 1730hrs |
Saturday Bar, Gin, Cider & Ale Festival |
September 4th 1200hrs |
Tudor Regatta |
September 4th 1030hrs |
Regatta BBQ |
September 4th 1230hrs |
Tudor Regatta |
September 5th 1115hrs |
2019 Prizegiving & Meal |
September 4th 1830hrs |
Women on the Water |
September 10th 1730hrs |
Sunday Regatta Bar |
September 5th 1300hrs |
Bart’s Bash |
September 11th 1430hrs |
Friendly Friday Bar |
September 10th 1900hrs |
High Water Cruise (TBC) |
September 12th |
Bart’s Bash |
September 11th 1100hrs |
Women on the Water |
September 16th 1730hrs |
Club Activities |
Dinghy sailing in company (WhatsApp group) – contact dinghies for more details. |
Cruiser sailing planning & info (WhatsApp group) – contact commodore<a href="mailto:commodore for more details. |
Rowing, new and experienced rowers are always welcome to join us –
contact rowing for more details. Gigs are also available for hire here. |
Women on the Water, weekly – contact wow for more details. |
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
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