Tidal Diamond No. 582

• Pie & Vinyl Night

• Locks SC Regatta
• Locks SC Junior Regatta
• Get into Print
• Expenses Reminder
• Treasurer
• RNLI Binness Island Race
• Dutyman
• Club Boats – limits of usage
• Safety Advisory & Diesel Course
• Diary Dates

Pie & Vinyl Night This Friday

Last day for tickets is Wednesday 5th.

Two pies available, Steak & Ale or Chicken, Ham & Leek. Veggie option on request.

Hannah Barnes
Commodore
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Locks Sailing Club Regatta – Saturday 8th July – 11:30

This weekend is the Locks Sailing Club Regatta, which also forms part of the Langstone Harbour Interclub Series. There will be 3 races, run from a committee boat down harbour. There are 2 handicap fleets (Fast & Medium) sailing 1 of 2 predefined short courses, using inflatable marks. Locks SC welcome visitors to enter the regatta for free. There will be a prize giving ceremony at Locks SC after the racing, where there will be a BBQ offered at £4 per person, and the bar will also be open. The Sailing Instructions and Course Sheet (Attachment A) are attached to this email.

Richard Barnes
Dinghy Captain
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Locks Sailing Club Junior Regatta – Sunday 9th July – 12:30

It is also the Locks Sailing Club Junior Regatta on Sunday. Locks SC welcome visitors to enter the regatta for free. For more information, please see the Locks SC website. www.lockssc.co.uk

Richard Barnes
Dinghy Captain
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Get into Print!

Summer is here so why not tell Ebb & Flow about how your sailing is going. Don’t be shy! Share your sailing stories, thoughts, suggestions, poems, songs, how you are going to win the next America’s Cup! We need your input to make the next Ebb and Flow interesting so please get in touch – anything sailing or (even vaguely) sailing-related is welcome. Cadets and new members are encouraged to contribute as well as those who are in for the long haul!

Please send your contributions to Richard Curtis at ebbnflow

Richard Curtis
Ebb & Flow Editor
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A reminder regarding expenses and invoices requiring payment

A quick reminder of the process for getting expenses reimbursed.

1. Please complete an expense form, which you can download from the members’ secure area of the website. The form can be downloaded in PDF format (to print and complete by hand) or Excel format (to complete on your computer). Once complete, follow the instructions on the form including how to send to me. Link to PDF version: http://www.tudorsailing.org.uk/TudorSailing/04_membersecure/Exec_Documents/Upload/TSC%20Expenses%20claim%20form%202017.pdf
2. Receipts MUST be supplied. When making a purchase on behalf of the club, please ensure you obtain a VAT invoice or receipt where possible. There has been a recent increase in people buying things cheaply using sites such as eBay thinking that saves the club money. Bear in mind that in most cases we can offset VAT on purchases against VAT on sales, provided we can evidence the VAT. This means what seems the cheapest may not be the cheapest when compared with buying from a vendor that provides a proper VAT invoice.
3. Where possible we prefer to make payment to vendors directly from the club’s bank account (rather than a member paying and reclaiming expenses). Please always explore whether this is an option. If forwarding an invoice for payment, please mark that it needs payment direct to the vendor and make sure the invoice includes the vendor’s bank information.

Janice Bell
Treasurer
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Treasurer

In November this year Janice Bell will have completed her two appointed years as club Treasurer. If you would like to take over the role then please read the attached job description and apply to the executive committee. To apply for this post, which will fulfil Club Duty requirements, please apply to the Hon. Secretary, Paul Megson, by Friday 8th July.

Hannah Barnes
Commodore
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RNLI Binness Island Race

Each year, when we run the Binness Island race, we invite racers to make a donation to the RNLI. As a result of the race which took place on 25th June, we have made a £70 donation to the RNLI.

Will Stokely
RNLI Binness Island Race Sailing Secretary
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Dutyman – second half of the season

As per emails sent out by Dutyman, the second half of the season has been released and, if you are trained as a PB1 or PB2 member, you are expected to sign into Dutyman to identify those events which you would like to do as duty and, more importantly, those dates which you know you cannot do. If you fail to do this, it is quite likely that you will then be assigned duties which may be inconvenient to you. At the time of writing, 24 members have still not made their preferences known on Dutyman. Please be aware, if you are assigned a duty which is not convenient to you (because you have failed to record your preferences) it becomes your responsibility to find someone to replace you Please just make life easy by going into Dutyman and at least recording the dates that you really cannot make!

Will Stokely
Sailing Secretary
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Club Boats – limits of usage

Our new club boats are getting lots of use by a range of different people which is great to see. However, please note that the construction of these types of boats, whilst being excellent and very forgiving or less experiences sailors, means that they are not designed for high octane sailing in extreme conditions. If it takes three of you to keep a Quba upright in a strong wind, then it probably means that you are putting unnecessary stress through the mast and the mast step which could result in catastrophic damage. As such, please note the following restrictions that the Sailing Committee have decided to place on using the club boats. The Quba should have no more than 2 people sailing it and the Feva, no more than 3. When the wind is gusting above 24 knots (which you can determine using the equipment in the race box or online resources or just by your own observation), then the club boats should not be used. If members are seen using the club boats outside of these constraints, either in terms of occupancy or weather conditions, and damage is incurred, either to the sails or the hull, this will need to be remedied at the personal cost of the members involved.

We are confident that you will appreciate that it is all of our responsibilities, as members, to ensure that we make these club boats last as long as possible so that we can maximise the number of members who benefit from them over the years.

Will Stokely
Sailing Secretary
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Safety Advisory and Diesel Course

Recently the RYA put out a Safety Advisory Notice, which you can read compound.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Diary Dates

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