Tidal Diamond No. 575

• Vice Commodore & Social Secretary
• Langstone Harbour Race Weekend
• LHRW Parking
• Cockleshell Challenge
• Available Bar & Galley Duties
• Diary Dates

Vice Commodore & Social Secretary

I am delighted to announce that we have a new Vice Commodore and a new Social Secretary. Jo Jones has taken up the Vice Commodore role and Jennifer Collighan has stepped up from the social committee to become Social Secretary. I am looking forward to working with them both in the future.

Hannah Barnes
Commodore
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Langstone Harbour Race Weekend

We are still short of some Patrol Boat crew for the Race Weekend. It will reflect badly on us as a club if we cannot resource both Patrol Boats each day so please consider whether you are able to stand into one of the roles. We require a helm on Saturday and a crew on both Sunday and Monday.

We also require a shore based coordinator for Sunday and Monday to monitor our fleet going on and coming off the water and to stay in touch with the committee boat about any retirements.

Any volunteers will be gratefully received!

Will Stokely
Sailing Secretary
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Langstone Harbour Race Weekend – parking in compound

There will be a number of visiting boats (20 – 30) using the main compound this weekend so please can cruisers going away park in the space designated on the east fence, there is room for 1-2 cars more between Kittiwake and Gabriella.

Hannah Barnes
Commodore
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Cockleshell Challenge

The Tudor rowing section had a great weekend at the ECA Cockleshell Rowing Challenge. On the Saturday we won 2 off the 3 races and came second in the 3rd (only lost by 4 seconds to a Solent Galley that should have been a lot faster than us). It was even better on the Sunday as we comfortably won the big race out round the fort, so taking the overall Trophy. We will put it up in the club particularly as it is the first for the new rowing section. The crew for all 4 races consisted of John Elson (Stroke), Ian DuCane (Sculls), Sandy Craig (Bow), Cox on the Saturday was Callum Robbins and Cox for Sundays Fort race was Jay DuCane. Both these young men did a marvellous job of steering us to victory in tight situations in the harbour races and needing to compass navigate in choppy seas causing surfing and yawing out round the fort. The ECA did a great job of hosting this, the first event of its kind in Langstone Harbour and the turnout proved that the sport has a great future in this neck of the woods.

Ian Ducane
Maintenance Committee
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Available Bar and Galley Duties

We have a few gaps in the bar and galley duty calendar over the next few months that still need volunteers! If you are available to cover one or more of these duties please volunteer via Duty Man. The dates are:

If you are not yet bar trained please email me with the duties you wish to perform and I will arrange the necessary training for you.

Jason Chipper
Bar Manager
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Diary Dates

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