Tidal Diamond No. 455

Diary Dates

Push the Boat Out Day

I would just like to give a massive thank you to Hannah, for organising the Push the Boat Out Day for the club, and to everyone (there are far too many to name) that came along and helped out.

Thanks to your efforts, we have 14 new membership applications from people who signed up on the day.

Well done all,

Richard Gunn
Commodore

High Water Cruise
Saturday 23rd May

Hi everyone, it has been a couple of years since Kevin and I led the High Water Cruise. I am hopeful for a beautiful sunny day! If you haven’t done this event before it is worth a go. The event will start after lunch so we will only need to take drink, well maybe a choc bar too!

We plan to explore the harbour and is a ‘Family Friendly’ event. The time we spend on the water will depend on the weather. In the past we have sailed through the Binness channel and then stopped on the East end of Long Island, and I usually clear this area of rubbish whilst there. So a carrier bag will be useful.

If you can let me know if you intend to go or if you have any questions drop me an email.

Cheers,

Linda Vacher
Compound Bosun

Tidal Diamond No. 454

Diary Dates

Forthcoming Treasurer Vacancy

In November this year, Steve Yoxon will have completed four years as club Treasurer and, with a lot of hard work, he has managed to get the club accounts and financial systems into a very good state. However, he now finds that his work is competing too much for his time and would like to hand the role over to a successor.

We have decided to advertise for a replacement Treasurer now, so that the successor can shadow Steve for several months, including preparing the end of year accounts.

For details, please see the attached Job Description.

To apply for this post, which will fulfil Club Duty requirements, please apply to the Hon. Secretary, Jan Sobey, secretary by 15th May 2015.

Richard Gunn
Commodore

BBQ/Galley volunteers required (PTBO & Family Fun Day)

Please can I have some volunteers to assist with the BBQ/Galley for Push the Boat Out (Sunday 17th May) and also Family Fun Day (Saturday 18th July). I need 3-4 additional volunteers to enable the BBQ to run smoothly. We normally serve between 100-150 people and it gets very busy as you will know if you have attended. I will be there as well as Jane, but we would appreciate some assistance.

If you can email me to confirm socialsec

Many thanks

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Available Bar Duties

We have a few gaps in the bar duty calendar over the next few months that need volunteers! If you are available to cover one or more of these duties please let me know by emailing me at barmanager and I will assign you via Duty Man. The dates are:

Full training can be provided if you are not currently bar trained.

Thanks,

Jason Chipper
Bar Manager

Dutyman – Final call for Wetside Volunteers

Thanks to those who have recently volunteered for Wetside duties. However there remain further vacant positions for patrol boat helms / crew and race officers for our 2015 season including many across the summer months. The ‘at risk’ events include the High Water Cruise, the Regatta, the Family Fun Day – plus many of our standard summer races.

• If you have not yet been into Dutyman to select your duties, please do so as soon as possible.
• If you have already selected some duties, please could you pick up an extra one or two? This applies particularly to those who have only selected winter duties. We know you select winter duties because you like to sail in the summer – but unless those who sail in the summer also do summer duties, there can be no summer sailing!
• If you are on our reserve list or have fulfilled duties elsewhere, please could you do a duty or two?

The sailing season cannot operate without volunteers. This is a final call for volunteers before we start cancelling events that are not fully rostered. Please help us to keep the sailing calendar thriving by volunteering.

Dutyman can be accessed directly from the links on the Tudor website. If you need help accessing Dutyman, please contact Tim Gallier on duties.

If you no longer wish to be on the Dutyman list, please let Tim know.

Janice Bell
Sailing Secretary

Summer Ball Tickets – Sat September 5th

Summer Ball tickets (Saturday Sept 5th) are on sale now at £25.00 per person. We have a great band booked and excellent food organised once again. Its likely to be very popular this year and there is a limit of 70 tickets. If you would like to pre-order tickets then please let me know. Due to a few let downs last year I will need payment to be made as soon as possible after requesting your tickets. Once payment has been made I will send you your e-ticket.

To book tickets email me at socialsec

Many thanks

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Treasurer Job Description.pdf