Tidal Diamond No. 504

RNLI Visit TSC Friday 1st April 7.30pm

Come

along to the free event (evening before cruiser launch weekend) and get your life jacket checked by a professional RNLI member for free. Please show your support of the RNLI and club.

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Galley Sunday’s

From,

and including, April 3rd the galley will be open on the first Sunday of every month with an enhanced menu with dessert. Although there will be some “on the day” availability we would appreciate it if you booked your place by email socialsec by Wednesday 30th March.

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Galley & BBQ volunteers

I desperately need people to volunteer for galley and BBQ duties this year. As it stands there are no volunteers for most of these duties. ( thank you to the few who have volunteered). Please do not leave it to someone else to volunteer. YOU are the someone else! Without volunteers then the galley will not open and the various events will have no food provided.

Please do not leave it until renewals to try and find duty hours. If you would like to know more about what these duties entail or would like to volunteer please contact me as soon as possible.

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Start of Season Cruise

For the Start Of Season Cruise this year, we plan to head round to Chichester Marina for the weekend of 16th & 17th April (Cinabbar will probably be going round on the Friday afternoon, possibly stopping at Bosham for the night, weather permitting).

Unless there is significant interest, there is not much point booking spaces in the marina this early in the season, but I will see about a meal at the (Chichester) sailing club if people let me know in time.

Roger Smith
Cruiser Captain

Gould Trophy

It is only a month to go before the first out of harbour cruiser race down to Lymington & back over the weekend of the early May bank holiday (30th April – 2nd May). As in previous years I will book a meal on the Saturday evening – probably the Kings Head, just up from the quay unless anyone has any other good recommendations. It would be great to see the sort of numbers we used to see – you don’t have to take it seriously if you don’t want to race, but it would be nice to have the town quay filled with Tudor boats again. If anyone is interested in crewing for the race, I am sure a boat can be found that would like a crew – just let me know or ask around the cruiser folk.

Roger Smith
Cruiser Captain

Diary Dates

Tidal Diamond No. 503

Meeting Minutes

The minutes of the February meeting of the Executive Committee have been posted on the club noticeboard and in the Members’ secure area on the website. Minutes for the February meetings of the Bosun’s and Social Committees are also in the Members’ secure area.

Paul Megson
Secretary

Cruiser Launch Safety Briefing Wednesday 30th March 20:00 hours

All Cruiser Owners are reminded that the Cruiser Launch Safety Briefing will take place on Wednesday 30th March in the Club House at 20:00 hours. This is an essential part of the safety planning for the Launch Weekend. A review of the process for booking and operating with the Hoist should you not launch during the Launch Weekend will also be presented. All Cruiser Owners are encouraged to attend.

Steve Jones
Bosun

Diary Dates

Tidal Diamond No. 502

Quiz & Pizza : This Friday 18th March : 7.30pm

If you are coming along to the quiz and would like pizza can you let me know as soon as possible please.

Thanks

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Data collection request regarding patrol boat helm and crew

At this year’s AGM, it was voted that, by 2021, all Tudor patrol boat helms would have to be qualified to RYA Power Boat Level Two. In order to help the Sailing Committee work out how best to achieve this, we would like to gather some data to establish where we are at the moment in terms of qualifications vs numbers of patrol boat helm and crew.

To this end, if you use our patrol boats already or you intend to be signed off to helm or crew Tudor patrol boats by 2021, it would be much appreciated if you could click on this link and fill in a short Survey Monkey questionnaire. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LFQZXTB

If there are several of you on a family membership who will be using the patrol boats, please complete the questionnaire for each person (just come back and click on the link a second time!)

Many thanks

Will Stokely
Sailing Secretary

RBS 6 Nations Rugby

We will be showing the following Rugby matches on the big screen at the club:

Saturday 19 March

• 14:30 Wales v Italy at Stadio Olimpico
• 17:00 Ireland v Scotland at Murrayfield
• 20:00 France v England at Twickenham

The bar will be open for the matches and all members and their guests are welcome to attend. To help you celebrate your team’s tries the bar has extended its collection of whiskies to include at least one whisky from each of the nations playing.

The galley will be serving hot dog and chips between the first two games and are planning to organize take-out meals to be delivered to the club prior to the last match – orders to be taken at the club on the day.

Please let me know If you would like to volunteer for a bar and/or galley duty for any of these games.

Thanks,

Jason Chipper
Bar Manager

Bar Duties

Bar duties for the next few months will be on Duty Man by this weekend. Please check what you have been assigned and swap as necessary.

To extend bar opening times on “Friendly Fridays” and to reduce opening times for the quieter Sunday lunch times there will be some 1.5 hour duties this year as well as the usual 3 hour duties. The maintenance requirement remains unchanged at 15 hours per year.

If you wish to volunteer for bar duties, but require training please let me know via the email address below.

Thanks,

Jason Chipper
Bar Manager
barmanager

Diary Dates

Tidal Diamond No. 501

Cruiser Break Ins

I have had reported today that a number of cruisers have been broken into. At this point I don’t know how many / who has been affected. Please can cruiser owners pop down and check their boat and ensure that all ladders are secure, boarding ladders should be folded up and locked into position where possible. We have now been targeted twice, so please take home anything valuable that you would like keep hold of. Please also take home your tools, loose tools make it even easier for the thieves to break into other boats.

The local Hampshire Police community team will be visiting the club on Sunday 20th March, 12pm – 1.30pm to talk to members about Immobilise, a free service where you can register valuables with the hope of being reunited with them should they be stolen and recovered by the police.

https://www.immobilise.com/

Hannah Barnes
Commodore

THIS IS A FINAL REMINDER FOR ALL WHO HAVE NOT YET COLLECTED THEIR PLAQUES.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOUR PLAQUES WILL NOT BE POSTED TO YOU.

If you have renewed on line or by cheque please come and collect your plaques from me on:

SUNDAY MARCH 13th Between 12.30 and 13.30

If you have not sent your boat form(s) back please bring them with you and you can collect your plaques once I have seen your form(s). I cannot issue plaques without verification of insurance – your boat form has this at the bottom!!

After this session any issues will need to be referred to the Paul as Hon Sec. Contact details in your diaries.

Many thanks

Jan Sobey
Assistant Secretary

Diary Dates

Tidal Diamond No. 500

Attention All Cruiser Owners – Launch Weekend

Would all Cruiser owners who are not planning to relaunch their boats during the Launch Weekend (2/3 April 2016) please advise the Bosun. Advance notification greatly assists with the planning for this Club Activity.

Steve Jones
TSC Bosun

Bosun’s Tender

The Bosun’s Tender has been repaired and can now be used again. Please remember to book usage in the Bosun’s Diary which is located in the Bosun’s pigeon hole inside the Clubhouse

Steve Jones
TSC Bosun

Come along and support the TSC darts team this Friday at Locks. It’s the 3rd and final leg of the series and we are going for the hat trick!

Hope to see as many supporters as possible.

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Galley Changes & Volunteers Required

As you hopefully read in last weeks TD, from Sunday April 3rd the galley will be open on the first Sunday of every month only. (March open as usual). There will be an alternative and hopefully more attractive menu offering. We are doing this as an experiment and will open the galley more often if it proves popular. The amount of food wastage on galley Sunday’s over the last couple of years is proving an unacceptable cost to the club.

Sarah Bryant and Moira Barber have very kindly agreed to have the menu offerings fully prepared for each of the new monthly galley Sunday’s but we still need galley volunteers to dish out and wash up during the opening hours.

We also need volunteers to cover the BBQ for the various events (family fun day, regattas etc).

These are simple duties to complete and without volunteers the galley will simply stay closed and events will have no food service.

The club needs you to volunteer for these duties as soon as possible please. Don’t just leave it to someone else.

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

New Galley Opening Times

The galley will be open on 1st Sunday of each month, please see the attached poster for details of food booking and other information.

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Diary Dates

Galley Change Poster 2016.pdf

Tidal Diamond No. 499

Renewals

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT YOUR PLAQUES WILL NOT BE POSTED TO YOU

If you have renewed on line or by cheque please come and collect your plaques on:

FRIDAY MARCH 6th Between 20.00 and 21.30

If you have not sent your boat form(s) back please bring them with you and you can collect your plaques once I have seen your form(s). I cannot issue plaques without verification of insurance – your boat form has this at the bottom!!

Many thanks

Jan Sobey
Assistant Secretary

New Galley Opening Times

The galley will be open on 1st Sunday of each month, please see the attached poster for details of food booking and other information.

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Ebb & Flow

Deadline for the next issue of Ebb & Flow – Monday, 7 March 2016

Get into print!

We’re all looking forward to another’s season’s sailing. If you’ve not been out this year why not at least start thinking and writing about it with an article for the spring issue of Ebb & Flow?

We need your input to make the next Ebb and Flow interesting so please let us know all about your sailing adventures and activities. If you are writing an article (and please do), a few photos if you have them help to make it even more interesting (and make it easier to adjust it to fit in the space available).

We can all learn from the nautical experiences of others so let’s hear about your sailing successes and failures – don’t be embarrassed, pseudonyms can be used if you prefer! Whether cruising or racing, why not let us have some information on your tips and or trips. What about some practical advice or suggestions for this summer. Why not write something on your favourite type of dinghy or cruiser, practical boating advice or cooking in confined quarters – all contributions gratefully received.

Other ideas for articles: what made you want to get afloat in the first place, what was your first sailing experience; what was your worst (and/or best) sailing experience; what boat would you like to own and why; sailing trivia; most useful piece of kit; book reviews; your favourite nautical film or poem?

Sailing stories, cartoons or photos are all welcome? Don’t be shy, start to write. Cast your mind adrift and put pen to paper – or fingers to keyboard.

If you have an idea, please get in touch and send your contributions to ebbnflow

Richard

Curtis
Ebb & Flow Editor

Used chain & shackles

Please leave chain & shackles, suitable for securing dinghies & tenders along the slip, at the top of the slip, just inside the Club compound.

Thanks very much.

Terry Smith
Bosuns Committee

Gig Rowing Group

Please see the attached document for details of the first meeting and the opportunity to get involved – at least two more members needed.

Ian Ducane

Diary Dates

Galley Change Poster 2016.pdf
Gig_Rowing.pdf

Tidal Diamond No. 498

Cruiser Break Ins

Over the night of 19th / 20th Feb some 15 Cruisers were broken into and various items stolen. An update for members from the exec on the break ins is attached to this TD.

Following the break ins the local Hampshire Police community team will be visiting the club on Sunday 20th March, 12pm – 1.30pm to talk to members about Immobilise, a free service where you can register valuables with the hope of being reunited with them should they be stolen and recovered by the police.

https://www.immobilise.com/

Hannah Barnes
Commodore

Ladders

Update on Recent Cruiser Break Ins.pdf