Tidal Diamond No. 426

Diary Dates

Postal Votes

Would all Club Members who are unable to attend the Annual General Meeting on Sunday 11th January and would like to be issued with a Postal Vote, please send your request for a postal vote, in writing, to the Hon Secretary by December 15th 2014.

Many thanks

Mo Clark
Hon Secretary

Sailing News

Boxing Day Race

A highlight of the festive season – our Boxing Day dinghy race – is at risk of cancellation due to lack of ‘wetside’ volunteers. The race needs a race officer, patrol boat helm and crew. If you are able to help with this, please volunteer via Dutyman. If we have not found a full roster of volunteers by Friday 19th December, the race will unfortunately need to be cancelled.

Icicle 2

Please note that Icicle 2 will take place at 9am on Sunday 18th January, not on 11th January as shown in the paper calendar. (The online calendar and Dutyman are correct).

Adult Dinghy Event Safety Policy

The Sailing Committee is delighted to publish a safety policy for adult dinghy events, which will be implemented for the 2015 main season. The policy can be viewed on the Tudor website by following this link:

http://www.tudorsailing.org.uk/TudorSailing/05_sailing/documents/upload/Dinghy%20Event%20Safety%20Policy%20Final%20V1.pdf

The policy includes important issues around the management of dinghy races and cruises, including the designation of events into standard, ‘higher risk’ or ‘family friendly’. The 2015 (and subsequent) calendars will identify which events fall into each category. The policy sets some restrictions on the participation of children and young people aged 17 and under in adult events, by category.

The policy also addresses training and standards of ‘wetside’ volunteers, particularly patrol boat helms and crews. The sailing committee will be contacting people currently registered on Dutyman who have not completed 5 duties in 2014, to ascertain their status. We will also be removing from the system those members who have not volunteered in recent times, except those known to be skilled and able to be called upon on a reserve basis. Mandatory refresher training will be organised early in 2015 to ensure volunteers understand the new policy and have had the opportunity to discuss safety scenarios, and incident management / teamwork.

Buoys

“South Salterns” and “Mallard South” buoys have been replaced with new, moulded plastic buoys. The light characteristics are unchanged but the greater stability and raised focal plane of the lights has improved the visibility of these marks. Both marks are fitted with retro-reflective tape to aid detection in darkness. http://www.langstoneharbour.org.uk/marine-news.php

Janice Bell
Sailing Secretary

Re-launch

The date for Re-launching cruisers is going to be on the 11th/12th April 2015, this is because it’s Easter the weekend before.

Bosuns

Tidal Diamond No. 425

Diary Dates

TSC Xmas Party Dec 13th

If you are coming to the Xmas party on Saturday Dec 13th at TSC this year can you let me know asap please and especially which children you are bringing so should Santa happen to arrive he will have the right gifts with him…..email me please with details …..socialsec@tudorsailing.org.uk ….tickets are £7.50 per person (adults and kids) ….there will be food so let me know if you have any specific dietary requirements. Thanks Steve

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Deadline for the next issue of Ebb & Flow – Monday, 1 December 2014.

Get into print!

If you’re daydreaming about those long summer days spent out on the water as the temperatures now fall, the nights get long and the rain sweeps in, why not recapture those happy days with an article for Ebb & Flow?

We need your input to make the next Ebb and Flow interesting so please let us know all about your summer 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! If you’ve been cruising or racing, why not let us have some information on your tips and or trips, race training ideas, where you’ve been, what you’ve seen, what you’ve eaten when you got there (whether France or Hayling Island). What about writing an article 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 – it’s not that difficult. It’s a bit like sailing in fact – once you’ve pushed off, you’ll soon by underway!

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

Richard Curtis
Ebb & Flow Editor