Tidal Diamond 796

• Wimbledon is Back!
• Dinghy Section Update
• Race Officer and Patrol Boat Training
• Rowing Race Night
  
• Waiting for the Tide
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Game, set and match – Wimbledon is Back!

There’s still time to join up with the many other members who will be watching the final on the clubs large screen on 11th July at 2pm. Enjoy the atmosphere with a bowl of traditional, delicious strawberries and cream and a glass of prosecco for just £5, just not at Wimbledon prices!

There will be the option of Eton Mess too if you prefer and the bar will be open for when your prosecco runs dry.

Please prebook on webcollect: https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/wimbledon-final-strawberries-cream-and-prosecco

Denise Rogers
Social Secretary
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Dinghy Section Update

The round Hayling island cruise planned for the 17th July unfortunately can not go ahead due to Marlin being out of action. Instead it will be a cruise in the harbour with details to follow at a later date. But it is hoped to have a sail up the main channel. On a more positive note Locks sailing club are holding their regatta on the 24th and 25th July. Attached are the sailing instructions for the regatta.

Duties for the remainder of the season and the winter racing have now been added to dutyman. If you are thinking of signing up for vacant duties please do so in a timely manner.

Mark Swallow
Dinghy Captain
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Race Officer and Patrol Boat Training and Refreshers

Hello all,

I’ve taken on the role of Training Officer for the club as part of the Sailing Committee. I love to race in my Laser Radial or Vago so it’s been good to be able to give something back to the club’s dinghy racing programme and its sailors by volunteering for this role.

We are building up our sailing programme again as restrictions ease and there are lots of gaps in the duty rota to be filled.

Race Officer training is now available, for the club line and committee boat. I will be running a session on Sunday 11 July for club line and general race officer procedures which will apply to either Race Box or Committee Boat arrangements. This will start at 11:00 and will involve training then a live race which starts at 13:00. I expect the session will finish at around 15:30. There are two spaces available.

Further training sessions will be available in the evening on Tuesday 13th July, Friday 16th July (Friendly Friday) and more dates will follow if there is sufficient interest. These will be approx. 90 mins, with start times arranged to suit the participants. There will be two spaces available per session.

The first specific committee boat training/refresher session will take place on Saturday 31st July to coincide with Summer Series 1&2 which will start down-harbour from Bruce. This session will start at 15:00, with the racing starting at 17:00. The session is likely to end at approximately 19:30-20:00.

Once new volunteers have undergone shore training a buddy arrangement will be set up to build confidence in the role before a duty is done independently. If any established Race Officers are happy to volunteer to be buddies to oversee and advise new recruits and build up your duty hours please email me.

Patrol Boat Helm and Patrol Boat Crew training and refresher sessions will be announced in the coming weeks.

Training sessions count towards your duty allocation for the year.

If you are interested in learning these roles or taking a refresher to clear any cobwebs or to learn the latest procedures please email me on training.

Thanks in advance.

Naomi Langford
Training Officer
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Rowing Race Night

Hi everyone.

We are getting together again for our second informal rowing race night at Friendly Friday on July 9th. Fingers crossed for good weather.

For those that are joining us we plan to meet at 6pm for a 6.15pm briefing and be on the water for 6.30pm.

Once we’ve finished racing (around 8pm) we plan to head back to the club house for a beer and fish&chips.

You are very welcome even if you don’t row. It would be great to see old faces (by experience not age obviously ) and new.

The bar is open from 6.30pm as always for friendly Friday and the fish & chips available from approx 8pm. Bar food and snacks are also available from 6.30pm.

The rowing event is free of charge and the link to web collect for the fish and chips @£4 per person is below. This does need to be pre ordered please.

If you’ve never rowed before, come and meet us and take a look. We’d love to meet you.

As always any questions please get in touch.

Jane Dare
Rowing Captain
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Waiting for the Tide

I was on the LHB habour tour last Friday, where we show the councillors on the Board what the harbour is about. As we headed towards Tudor there were a number of harbour seals and a grey seal on the mud. There’s nothing unusual there, except that it was noted that a number of them were heavily pregnant. Whilst this is good news, I though it worth putting a reminder in to give them plenty of space. This not only avoids disturbing them, but also keeps you a safe distance – they have powerful jaws which could be used to let you know you are too close.

Whilst on the subject of the harbour tour, as we passed the Broom buoy I managed to snap a photo of it in a slightly unusual position whilst it was undergoing maintenance aboard a work barge. I’ve attached it out of interest.

Finally, a quick reminder that Langstone Harbour Board have a new VHF channel, VHF Ch 68. Details can be found in the LNtM 06/2021 at https://www.langstoneharbour.org.uk/local-notices-to-mariners.

As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address. No need to be feeling isolated and cut off from the world to do so, 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:

• 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
• Souther Water Beachbouy: https://www.southernwater.co.uk/water-for-life/our-bathing-waters/beachbuoy

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
tidal_diamonds

Diary Dates

Dinghy, Sailing, Cruiser

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Tudor Sailing Club

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Tidal Diamond 795

• Wimbledon is Back!
• Kayak Storage
• Introduction to Rowing Sessions
• Waiting for the Tide
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Wimbledon is Back!

Why not come along and enjoy the atmosphere and watch the final on the clubs large screen on 11th July at 2pm, enjoy a bowl of traditional, delicious strawberries and cream and a glass of prosecco for just £5, no Wimbledon prices here.

We will have eton mess too if you prefer and the bar will be open for when your prosecco runs dry.

Will a Brit make it to the final this year? We will have to wait and see!

Please prebook on webcollect: https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/wimbledon-final-strawberries-cream-and-prosecco

Sue Elson
Social Committee
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Kayak Storage

I would like to apologise for the ongoing challenges with kayak storage; I am hopeful that we will have much improved facilities within a couple of weeks.

As soon as the new facilities are available, I will mark out the spaces, and allocate them to all of the booked kayaks. Whilst some are well marked, many others are very difficult to identify – could I ask all kayak owners (other than those kept on their dinghies) to drop me an email ideally with a photo to let me know where your kayak is currently stored.

If anyone has any special requirements, please let me know and I will do what I can to accommodate them.

Whilst clearing the inner compound yesterday, a sail cover and a white paddle were found on the inner compound kayak rack – if anyone is missing them please let me know and I will put you in touch the member that is looking after them.

Pete Burke
Compound Bosun
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Introduction to Rowing Sessions

Over the last couple of months the rowing section has been proactively promoting the benefits of rowing. It’s a great way to stay fit (much more fun than going to a gym!) learn about our beautiful harbour and just be out on the water in good company! It’s been wonderful to welcome so many members.

Whether an occasional novice or a complete beginner the experienced rowers in the section have been volunteering to help coach anyone who wants to try it out or improve their technique. (Thank you chaps, we appreciate you juggle other commitments to do this). This helps new rowers get to a level where they can take the club boats out whenever they want to, or join in scheduled weekly rowing sessions, or team up with other.

If you’ve got a more competitive streak now is also the perfect time to join us and be race ready this time next year when (hopefully) the annual rowing races around the harbour will resume.

There is a great camaraderie and support within the rowing group and all are welcome to join us

If you want to have a go during the remainder of the summer get in touch with me and I can book you in for a taster session

Jane Dare
Rowing Captain
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Waiting for the Tide

I think I’m going to use this section to say a big thank you to all the committee members, and some non committee members too, who are putting so much effort into putting together an impressive variety of activities as the restrictions ease. Not to forget, of course, those organising all the work that needs to be done to keep things running as smoothly as possible as chaos reigns around us with the sea defence work and slip sharing. In many cases these are the same people, so it is worth remembering that we are a self help club and the more helping the lighter the load.

As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address. No need to be feeling isolated and cut off from the world to do so, 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
tidal_diamonds

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:

• 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
• Souther Water Beachbouy: https://www.southernwater.co.uk/water-for-life/our-bathing-waters/beachbuoy

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
tidal_diamonds

Diary Dates

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
Tudor Sailing Club

If you do not wish to receive such emails please contact Tudor Sailing Club at Tsclangstone or reply to this email.