Oct 03
ASTO Small Ships Race 2016
On Friday 30th September, Portsmouth Sail Training Trust joined a large variety of sail training crews and vessels for the ASTO Small Ships Race in Cowes. Our crews from Charter Academy and Trafalgar School sailed ‘Yoda’ (Sigma 38), our largest sail training vessel, over to the Isle of Wight for the weekend event, departing from Gunwharf Quays soon after they finished school. On arrival at Cowes, we were greeted by a mixture of familiar faces, including Jolie Brise and Merrilyn, and also new faces amongst the 25 sail training vessels attending the event. On arrival we were also treated with a box of cupcakes made by TS Vigilant.
On the Saturday morning we were up bright and early in preparation to compete for the best dressed boat in the “Parade of Sail”. This included dressing the crew up in fancy dress attire and dressing the boat in flags to appear as the ‘most fun’ sail training boat to sponsors at the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes seafront. An hour later, we joined other sail training vessels on the start line to begin the 4-hour race across the Eastern Solent. Our race began from squadron line, outside cowes, past No Man’s Land Fort and back to Cowes.
After a forecast expecting 15 knots of wind with gusts of up to 30 knots, we were disappointed with our slow start, a breeze of no more than 5 knots and terrestrial rain. However, after the rain had passed, we were blessed with blue skies and increasing winds, meeting the expectations of the weather forecast, taking us on a downwind leg towards our first mark. After rounding the down wind mark we made the decision to downsize the foresail to regain more control upwind towards the finish line. The weather was a bit temper-mental, including occasional showers, wind shifts and big gusts. Our crew worked extremely hard to get us second over the line in our class.
In the evening, our crew had the opportunity to socialize with the other sail training crews at the prize giving ceremony and party in Cowes Yacht Haven. Knowing that we came 2nd over the line in the race during the day, we were eager to find out our overall position after the handicap had been calculated. We were so excited to find out that we had received a prize for coming 1st in our class and 2nd overall in the race, losing to Jolie Brise by just 4 minutes! Our crew then celebrated by getting on the dance floor and showing off some of their moves to everyone else.
The following day was not such an early start, as for the late night before but it was a very easy sail back, going down wind and with the tide back to Portsmouth.
We had a brilliant time and we are so proud of our crew for working so hard to achieve a great result. Well done to Kacey-Ellen, Elinor, Kaya, Luke, Maryam, Zia and Declan. Lets work hard to get an even better result next year!
May 24
Sunday Racing
We have begun our Sunday series of squib racing and our crews are now competing for the inaugural HMS Bristol trophy comprising of six points scoring races and a final- a little like the Americas cup format but on Squibs.
Jack Tupper of Charter Academy took the first race helming Jet in light airs and shifty conditions with the breeze slightly steadier for race 2 won by Toren hill of Trafalgar Academy and followed in closely by the Charter Girls boat in second.
Week 2 began in bright sunshine with very little wind and a strong ebb tide and with a lot of jostling at the start for best position the race was led for three quarters of the course by Casey Hobbs helming Little Cracker only to fall into a windless hole on the final leg and get overhauled by Kacey Ellen Thornton helming Jet and also Caitlin Cady on AF3 who true to form had steer a precise and consistent course and with the all Girl boat of GTP bringing up the rear. Race 2 was a different story as the breeze filled in nicely from the south west and after an equally competitive start the fleet were neck and neck down the reaching leg with all 4 boats within touching distance and some good friendly banter ensued. AF3 and Little Cracker went round the top mark together only to sail straight into a tidal eddy off the pier and have the all girl crew of GTP sail wide and into a fresher breeze to go on and take the second race.
Its all to play for looking forward to week 3 with the General consensus that light airs and sunshine are the favourable conditions for Sunday racing and momentum and enthusiasm are strong and getting stronger by the week.
May 19
Tidal Diamond 511 – Changes, Gig, Race Weekend, Volunteers, Photographs
Tidal Diamond No. 511
Information on compound and hoist fee charges
At the SGM on 10th May 2016, members agreed to some changes to compound and hoist fees. The changes were proposed to allow the club to complete its migration to our new membership and subscription system “Webcollect”, which does not support square foot or linear foot charging. At the SGM, members agreed to change the method of charging for compound space and hoist fees to banded rates, based on similarly sized boats. Members further agreed the groupings of boats into bands, and the rates applicable to each band. Details can be found in my presentation to the SGM, which can be read by following this link:
If you believe any of the dinghy classes or individual cruisers are wrongly classified, please email the Tudor executive committee on executive_committee providing relevant details, and we will consider it at the next executive committee meeting.
Our current fee information in totality can be read by following this link:
Janice Bell
Treasurer
Updated Constitution
At the SGM on 10th May 2016, members agreed to some changes to the club constitution. The constitution incorporating those changes has been added to the members’ area of the website and can be read by following this link:
Paul Megson
Secretary
Gig Rowing for Pleasure
Relax the mind and Exercise the Body.
Hi all Tudor members, these are the times the Gig will be on the water over the coming week. Saturday 21st May for “Push the Boat out”; also Monday 23rd May @ 1800hrs. and Wednesday 25th May @1800hrs. To be included in a crew just email me at: rowing
Please be reminded that I am “Out of Commission” from 26th May till 15th. July so we need members to put the gig afloat and take out novice crews to continue to build the long term activity. If you are up for that then email me or telephone to discuss 07775916077.
Best Regards
Ian Ducane
Langstone Harbour Race Weekend – Friday 3rd June / Saturday 4th June / Sunday 5th June
The 8th annual Langstone Harbour Race Weekend will be taking place on 3rd- 5th June 2016. There will be 3 down harbour races on the Saturday and 3 on the Sunday. We are welcoming back the Laser 4000, Laser Vago, Buzz and ISO class associations to the event, who are using the weekend as part of their traveler series. This year, we are cramming the normal 3 days of competition into just 2, because of the unsuitable tides over both May bank holiday weekends. There will be a social at Tudor Sailing Club on Friday 3rd June, with food provided by members of Langstone Sailing Club (as we are not able to enjoy Langstone SC’s normal hospitality this year). Locks SC will be hosting a BBQ on Saturday afternoon following the racing, with prize giving hosted by TSC on the Sunday. There will be a race briefing on the Friday evening at approximately 8pm, which will be repeated on Saturday morning for those who are unable to make the Friday night. A notice of race, including start times and other important information can be found on the event website – www.langstonerace.com
Online Entry is now open, so please CLICK HERE TO ENTER
Richard Barnes
Dinghy Captain
Cruiser Volunteer Required – Saturday 4th June and/or Sunday 5th June 2016
The Langstone Harbour Race Weekend organising committee are looking for a cruiser owner who might be able to help support the LHRW 2016 by acting as a committee boat. The committee boat that has been supporting the event for the past 7 years is unavailable on the LHRW this year and we are looking for 1 or 2 cruisers owners from Tudor, who might be able to stand in at the last minute. Locks Sailing Club provide a full race committee to run the racing programme. An overnight marina berth in Southsea marina will be arranged and paid for during the weekend. The race committee will provide full provisions for the weekend. And the LHRW organising committee will offer a reward for the cruiser owner(s) at the prize giving ceremony (normally in the form of a good single malt!).
If you are able to offer support for this fantastic spectacle of dinghy racing, please contact Hannah Barnes, commodore
Hannah Barnes
Commodore
Available Bar Duties
We have a few gaps in the bar duty calendar over the next few months that still need volunteers! If you are available to cover one or more of these duties please either volunteer through DutyMan (it is fixed now!) or let me know which you can cover by emailing me and I will assign you. The dates are:
| Date | Duty | Type | Start | End |
| 20 May 16 | Early Friday Bar – Friendly Fridays | Bar – 1.5 Hour | 18:45 | 20:15 |
| 25 May 16 | Wednesday Evening Bar – Cadets | Bar – 3 Hour | 18:45 | 21:45 |
| 24 June 16 | Early Friday Bar – Friendly Fridays | Bar – 1.5 Hour | 18:45 | 20:15 |
| 05 August 16 | Early Friday Bar – Friendly Fridays | Bar – 1.5 Hour | 18:45 | 20:15 |
| 12 August 16 | Early Friday Bar – Gales Series 6 | Bar – 1.5 Hour | 18:45 | 20:15 |
| 12 August 16 | Early Friday Bar – Sunset Series 6 | Bar – 1.5 Hour | 18:45 | 20:15 |
| 19 August 16 | Early Friday Bar – Friendly Fridays | Bar – 1.5 Hour | 18:45 | 20:15 |
| 19 August 16 | Friday Bar | Bar – 3 Hour | 20:15 | 23:15 |
| 26 August 16 | Early Friday Bar – Gales Series 7 | Bar – 1.5 Hour | 18:45 | 20:15 |
| 28 August 16 | Sunday Bar |
