Tidal Diamond 793

• Low Water Cruise
• Sword Sands Family Paddle Postponed
• Sailing Duties
• Membership Details in Sailing Dutyman
• Rowing Race Night and Friendly Friday
• Guppy Unchained and the Jester Challenge
• Waiting for the Tide
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Low Water Cruise

Saturday is another Low Water Dinghy Cruise, sailing within the harbour. We still need a patrol boat crew for this event to go ahead though.

There will be a briefing at 10am on the grass, by the race box steps. The plan is to launch around 10.30, so be at least partially rigged before the briefing. Please remember that current guidelines state the toilets can be used, but not the changing rooms.

It will be a gentle sail down the harbour with the outgoing tide, aiming to land near the Ferry Boat Inn. Hopefully it will be nice enough to have an ice cream from the cafe, so don’t forget to bring a mask and money. If the beach is looking too busy, and there’s not enough space for us to land, then we might just stop off at Sword Sands.

Nicola Craig

Sword Sands Family Paddle Postponed

Hi all, when originally planned I had not realised it was Father’s Day. With this in mind I will rearrange the family paddle to enable more to attend. Keep an eye on the website for the new date.

Hannah Barnes
Kayak Captain
kayaks

Sailing Duties

The following sailing duties due in the next two weeks need volunteers: –

• Saturday 19th June, Cruise Leader and Patrol boat crew
• Saturday 26th June, Patrol boat helm
• Sunday 27th June, Race Officer

There are also 20 further duties required before the end of July.

Ian Simpson
Dutyman Coordinator
duties

Membership Details in Sailing Dutyman

If you have a Sailing Dutyman login, can you please login in and on the ‘profile page’ enter your membership number and check the ‘Expected Number of Duties’.

The membership number is a new field and has been added to help with processing of duties done and to allow entries to be removed when members leave the club. The number of duties is used to establish if we have coverage for the number of planned events.

When I have asked for this by email through Dutyman, only 23 of the 74 people have updated their entries. This potentially leads me to conclude that either the other 50 email address are invalid, or that all these members have left the club!

Your support in the action is appreciated.

Ian Simpson
Dutyman Coordinator
duties

Rowing Race Night at Friendly Friday

Last Friday the rowing section held their first club race night. An informal affair with friendly races up and down Broom. (Some more competitive than others )

It was a great opportunity to mix the usual crews up a bit and have some fun. The rowing section has, not just seasoned rowers, but sailors, paddlers, and some wonderful youngsters to keep us on our toes.

So I’m delighted to announce that the June champions are … Drum roll….

Ian, Daniel and Will

Two under 18’s and an OAP (now I’m in trouble)

Well done chaps, and thank you to the rowers that organised a friendly, supportive evening.

We hope to run an informal race night every month, weather and government restrictions permitting and dates are on the calendar. If you’ve not rowed before and fancy joining us get in touch so we can arrange some intro rows for you ahead of the night. Of course you don’t have to row, just come and watch/chat if you’d prefer.

Attached is a picture of our June winners.

Excited to see if we can knock the champions off that top spot in July.

Jane Dare
Rowing Captain
rowing

Guppy Unchained and the Jester Challenge

As a few people may be aware, I have been keen on the Jester Challenge concept, and over the last number of years have participated in three Jester Baltimore Challenges to Baltimore (strangely) in West Cork via the Fastnet Rock, and one ‘Mocker’ Challenge, which was a bootleg event organised by a number of individual Jesters to La Corunna in north Spain during the last main Jester Challenge (Plymouth to Newport RI) in 2018. I’ve completed the Jester Baltimore Challenge twice in Guppy Unchained, and once, in 2015, in her predecessor Guppy Rides Again, a First 21 (using sheet to tiller steering which was interesting – and tiring). I did the Mocker in Guppy Unchained. Ultimately I’d quite like to do the ‘proper’ challenge which is to Newport in the States. Crossing the Atlantic is relatively easy, but crossing by the north route in a small boat isn’t! However, that may be for the future.

This year I’m hoping to participate in the Jester Azores Challenge, and have just arrived in Plymouth to make the final preparations prior to departure next weekend. If anyone is interested in following my progress or lack thereof, I can be tracked via Yellowbrick and will be writing an occasional blog. I’ve got the Tudor Burgee flying proudly and hope I can do it justice. I have already started the blog and it can be found here:

guppyunchained – YBlog – YB Tracking

Once I’m out of 4G coverage I won’t be able to post photos but will be able to, hopefully, post anything interesting once back in 4G range. I will be transmitting positions every two hours and short updates via text; short because it will be via the Iridium network which is expensive to use ………

More information on the Jester Challenge here:

Jester Challenge – Jester, not ‘a bl**dy joke’, but a work of genius! A tribute to the great innovations of Blondie Hasler (wordpress.com)

Fair winds

Donald Heath

Waiting for the Tide

Well if you are still reading I should probably keep this short and let you take a break, or get out on the water! I will,however, briefly note that the Southern Water Beachbouy system has recently been updated and you can now subscribe to locations via email to get updates. This is only for the bathing locations, which does in fact include Langstone Harbour, but if you visit the site you can see the outfall locations with details of timeframes of any recent releases. The link is below, but to save the scroll down it is: https://www.southernwater.co.uk/water-for-life/our-bathing-waters/beachbuoy.

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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Tidal Diamond 792

• Dinghy Section Update
• Annual Maintenance for Club Gigs
• Maintenance Hours
• Low Water Dinghy Cruise
• Waiting for the Tide
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Dinghy Section Update

Last Friday was the second sunset series race and we had 6 dinghies take part despite the light winds. Saturday saw the first organised dinghy cruise of the year take place with 12 dinghies taking part. Some of which had not been out much, if at all, this year. Thanks as ever to the members that have volunteered to be patrol helm, patrol crew, race officer or cruise leader. For future races and cruises to go ahead we still need members who are trained up to volunteer via Dutyman. If future events do not have enough volunteers 3 days prior to the event then the event will have to be cancelled. The sailing committee will be looking at running training once systems are in place and Covid restrictions allow.

This Friday is the first Friendly Friday of the year. If anyone is keen to learn how to rig the club boats on Friday then please drop me an email at dinghies. If you are wanting to go out sailing in company then please drop a message in the WhatsApp group of when you are planning on launching. If you are not on the dinghy WhatsApp group yet the please drop me an email with your mobile number.

Unfortunately Prior bay cruise on the 19th June will now be a low water cruise staying in the harbour. This is due to Marlin being out of action awaiting repairs that will not be finished in time for the cruise.

Mark Swallow
Dinghy Captain
dinghies

Annual Maintenance for Club Gigs

Just to let everyone know that Rosie and Olive will be unavailable to hire from Saturday 12th June up to and including Sunday 20th June.

They will be ‘at the spa’ getting some well deserved pampering and essential maintenance.

It’s been wonderful to see Rosie and Olive out on the water in the past few weeks and having club members chat to us about trying out the gigs. They’ll be out again soon looking even more fabulous.

Jane Dare
Rowing Captain
rowing

Maintenance Hours

Gig maintenance and Gig/Kayak rack re-build

Hi All,

This coming weekend 12th/13th June it is planned to carry out maintenance work on the Gigs Rosie and Olive, also to dismantle the existing Kayak/Gig rack in the main compound prior to the construction of a new Kayak/Gig rack, also, depending on volunteers available, to carry out other club maintenance work such as replacing the rotted fascia over the club entrance, clearing weeds and overgrowth/undergrowth from the compound perimeter, replacing a “kicker” in the Galley, gloss painting to sliding doors in Ladies cloakroom etc.

This work is planned to commence at 1200hrs (after the normal Saturday morning rowing outings), and continue on an ad hoc basis with both boats being ready for use by Tuesday 15th June, it is anticipated that the new racking will be complete by 23rd June.

To this end it would be helpful if the owners of the Kayaks on this rack could unlock/remove them prior to this time, do not worry unduly if you cannot do this as we will be able to “free” them during the dismantling process. If you do remove them from the rack I would suggest that you secure them to the fence.

Any member wishing to do some maintenance hours on Saturday afternoon please contact me at maintenance. Please be aware that it might be a bit hectic with so many tasks at one time and I only have one brain to oversee it all so I am limiting the number of bodies required to approx. 15 or so??

If you are included please consider bringing overalls or work attire, I will supply any specialist tools but if you have the basics (hammer, adjustable spanner, jemmy, cordless drill/driver etc,) then bring them along.

Should be fun.

Best regards

Ian DuCane
Maintenance Officer
maintenance

Low Water Dinghy Cruise

Glorious sunshine greeted the twelve boats which turned out for the Low Water Dinghy Cruise last Saturday, including two new members, Crissie (actually a returning member) sailing her recently acquired Streaker (a lively boat) for the first time and Phil in his Scow. The wind was quite brisk making for some challenging but ultimately satisfying sailing. The downwind sail in Sinah Lake caused unplanned swims for two crews but all recovered and carried on to the Landing Craft in good spirits. Leaving here we had one of the fastest transits of Rod Rythe that I can recall, emerging near Rod buoy. Then the hard work, a beat down the Langstone Channel and around to a landing on Sword Sands. A sincere thank you to Iain and Ilker in the rib for supporting the cruise and attending where required (they know what I mean!). Some photos are attached from the afternoon’s sailing: the Streaker, the Scow, waiting for the fleet to regroup near the Landing Craft wreck, fast downwind sailing in Sinah Lake and passing one of the green perches in Rod Rythe.

Neil Boyce

Waiting for the Tide

With all this activity at low water I’m not so sure as people are actually waiting for the tide, but then some of my favourite days in Langstone are on “Sword Sands tides”. Anyway, to round off this week a couple of smaller items that have been sent in:

• Catmaran Hazard – I would point out a hazard to all dinghies and Kayaks, there is a cruiser catamaran moored near the Mulbery Harbour and although it may appear to be just another benign moored boat if by some error of judgement the tide put your boat between the hulls you would be in serious danger and I recommend keeping exceptionally well clear of its bow. Ian Ducane
• Galley Training – galley training is available on Wednesday 16th for anyone interested in doing some galley duties after restrictions have been lifted. Please contact Denise Rogers (socialsec)

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.