Tidal Diamond No. 337

Live Band “The Dolphins” – Friday 6th September at TSC

A date for your diary and not to be missed, The (Fabulous) Dolphins band have been re-booked to play at TSC on Friday 6th September starting at 8.00pm.

A mixture of blues, rock and a mix of everything else.

I guarantee you will have a great time, they are amazing, put it in your diary today !

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Cruiser sought to be Committee Boat

The Interclub 3 event this year kicks off with a down harbour start at 15:00 on Monday 26th August, with TSC supplying the Race Officer – Amber Vincent-Prior. It would be so good if we can line up a cruiser to provide a more comfortable committee boat – the Dory is hardly ideal and the other clubs on the harbour generally do use a cruiser on these Interclub occasions. Is there a cruiser owner out there who is able and willing to provide both vessel and crew? High water is at 15:53.

If you can help please contact Alan Saunders immediately – duties”

Alan Saunders
Sailing Committee

Tidal Diamond No. 336

Bar Opening

It is with regret that I have to inform you that due to lack of volunteers the galley will now be closed until Sunday 1st September.

As you know TSC is a self help club and the galley and bar always struggle to get enough volunteers to cover all of the standard opening times.

If you would like to gain some maintenance hours the galley and bar always need volunteers.

The galley and bar duties are a great way for new members to meet people and also gain maintenance hours.

It’s a great shame when these two core club facilities have to remain closed especially when there are enough members in the club who could cover them.

If you would like to volunteer for galley or bar (or galley and bar) please contact

Steve Francis, steve / 07710 941241 for galley duties or
Mark Tranter, wilsontranter

Steve Francis
Social Secretary

Cadets cancellations

Regretfully we need to cancel cadets on 14 august and cadet race 6 which was scheduled for that night. This is because due to holidays and work commitments we have nobody available to lead the session. Apologies for this. Normal service will be resumed on 22nd august.

Ron Nicholson

Locks SC Regatta

Locks SC is staging its 2013 Regatta this coming weekend. If you are intending to compete you should ensure you are sailing off our slipway no later than 1pm on Saturday (10th August) and 1:30pm on Sunday (11th August). On Saturday there is a briefing in Locks’ clubhouse at 1:30pm, when you can sign on although our patrol boat will register you before departure, and later with Locks, using a TSC sign-on sheet if you seek them out and request this.

The start on Sunday is at 2:30pm but you are advised to land and visit Locks clubhouse beforehand, where the course(s) will be available.

Alan Saunders
pp. Sailing Committee

Torbay Week 2013 Early Entry Fee Deadline

Torbay Week 2013, Friday 23rd to Wednesday 28th August 2013
Competitive racing for all ages and experience

Torbay Week 2013 entries are growing steadily.

Thank you to everyone who has already submitted their entry.

If you have not already entered and sent in your entry fee, please remember that the discounted Early Entry Fee is available for payments received by 24:00 on 9th August 2013. Entries after that date will be required to pay the Full Entry Fee.

Free Berthing is provided by Tor Bay Harbours, in either Brixham or Torquay, for competing boats in accordance with the terms stated in the NoR.

All entry fees, other than for Junior Dinghies, include participation in the Torbay Royal Regatta 200th Anniversary Challenge Cup pursuit race around the Bay on the morning of Wednesday 28th August. The race prize of 200 Guineas has been donated by Torbay Royal Regatta.

The NoR and Entry forms can be downloaded from www.torbayweek.co.uk/race-documents.html.

Entries are currently being accepted via our online entry system, email and post.

You can view the current entries at www.torbayweek.co.uk/entries.html.

For more information, check us out at info. You can also follow us on Twitter (@TorbayWeek) or like us on Facebook.
We look forward to welcoming you back to our event.

Christine Siegmund
Director, Torbay Week

Tidal Diamond No. 335

Changes to Bye-laws affecting Membership for Young Adults

Following the discussions at the 2013 AGM, the Exec Committee has passed amendments to the club Bye-laws with the aim of making club membership more attractive to young adults.

Effectively, people joining the club who are 25 or younger will no longer have to pay a joining fee and all adult members who are 25 or younger will pay 35% of the standard annual membership fee. The full 15 hours of club duty will still be required, to avoid paying the Maintenance Levy.

As this matter had been discussed in some detail at the last AGM, we felt that it would be useful to introduce this change now; members wishing to discuss it further will be able to do so at the next AGM, by which time we hope to be able to see if it has had any effect on the membership profile.

The exact changes to the Bye-laws are as follows:

4. New Members
Add the following:
(g) For Individual members joining before the year in which their 26th birthday falls and for Family members joining before the year in which the 26th birthday of the younger partner of the couple falls, the club entrance/joining fee will be waived.

6. Club Fees and Subscriptions
Insert the following between the current ‘b’ and ‘c’:
(c) For Individual members joining or renewing before the year in which their 26th birthday falls and for Family members joining or renewing before the year in which the 26th birthday of the younger partner of the couple falls, the club membership subscription will be reduced by 65%. Note that the full amount of club duty to offset the Maintenance Levy is still required to be undertaken by such members.

Richard Gunn
Commodore

New Bar, Galley and Miscellaneous Cash deposits recording

Please note the attached changes to the way Bar / Galley Takings and miscellaneous cash deposits are recorded. In summary from 1st Aug 2013 there will be 3 clip boards; Bar, Galley and Misc. These have a log sheet each for recording the running totals and any income / outgoings. Supported by the standard numbered duplicate cash slips, this should simplify the recording of transactions for those involved in Bar and Galley duties, see attached guidance for details. The cash diary and current Bar / Galley forms will be removed on 1st Aug.

Please use ONLY this system from 1st Aug.

Steve Yoxon
Treasurer

Wetside Duties – Crisis of cover for late-August dinghy racing

At the moment there are insufficient volunteers to support the dinghy racing programme between 24th and 31st August. The Race Officer rostered for the start and end dates of this period will be on holiday and has been seeking swaps without any success. In addition two other swaps are wanted for other duties within this period and two more PBC are still needed on 24th August, when only 25% of the cover required for the event is currently in place. Full details may be viewed on Dutyman.

This Diamond is a last ditch appeal for qualified individuals to volunteer to fill the duties and enable the programme to survive intact. In particular, the Summer Series 9&10 event on 24th August is in deep trouble and the Sailing Committee has agreed to its cancellation if this appeal fails. The deadline to volunteer is Friday 9th August or, better than this, please respond by Monday 5th August (the day before the next Sailing Committee meeting). The event on 24th August will have to be cancelled if all the required duties are still not covered by 9th August.

Alan Saunders
pp. TSC Sailing Committee

Tudor Sailing Club Bar Log Guidance jul13.pdf
Tudor Sailing Club Galley Log Guidance jul13.pdf
Tudor Sailing Club Misc cash deposits Guidance jul13.pdf

Tidal Diamond No. 335

Bar Volunteers

Hi Fellow Members

I hope you are all enjoying the sun and the lighter evenings.

I am asking if anyone can please help to man the bar on the dates listed below. These duties are vacant due to the lack of volunteers to cover the bar rota. Unfortunately if we do not get any volunteers to cover the duties listed below the bar will be closed.

If you can help out if you can let me know as soon as possible so I can let everyone else know when the bar will be open. my home number is 02392 381962 or wilsontranter

I will try everything to keep the bar open but without volunteers the shutters will remain down. The first vacant duty is this Sunday.

28/07/2013 11:45 Bar Sunday Bar
31/07/2013 19:30 Bar Wednesday Evening
07/08/2013 19:30 Bar Wednesday Evening
09/08/2013 20:15 Bar Friday Evening
11/08/2013 11:45 Bar Sunday Bar
14/08/2013 19:30 Bar Wednesday Evening
16/08/2013 20:15 Bar Friday Evening
18/08/2013 11:45 Bar Sunday Bar
30/08/2013 20:15 Bar Friday Evening
04/09/2013 19:30 Bar Wednesday Evening
06/09/2013 20:15 Bar Friday Evening
07/09/2013 11:45 Bar TSC Junior Regatta
15/09/2013 11:45 Bar Sunday Bar
20/09/2013 20:15 Bar Friday Evening
27/09/2013 20:15 Bar Friday Evening

Thank you for any help you can give to keep the bar open.

Mark Tranter.
Bar Manager