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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Tidal Diamond 791

• Cruiser Racing
• Low Water Dinghy Cruise
• Paddle to the Pub – Ferryboat Inn
• Waiting for the Tide
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Cruiser Racing

Calling all Cruiser Sailors. This Thursday will be Race 3 of the Gales series, 1900 start, hopefully it’s third time lucky as the first two races have been postponed due to high winds.

Following on from this race we have the Riley Trophy (round the island anti clockwise) on Saturday. Please find attached the sailing instructions (also can be found on the website), it is a self-start race with HW Saturday being around 0840, a signing on sheet will be displayed on the Cruiser notice board from Thursday evening.

Andy Healey
Cruiser Racing
cruiser_racing

Low Water Dinghy Cruise – Saturday

This Saturday is the first dinghy cruise of the year, aptly named ‘Low Water Cruise’ since it takes place across low water in the harbour. I hope that we will be able to include the interesting sail up Sinah Lake (which starts at the Hayling Island Ferry pontoon) to have a look at the wrecked landing craft before continuing on up the narrow channel of Rod Rythe which emerges near Rod buoy (note, you may need to raise board and rudder a little to navigate this, you have been warned!) We will have a briefing beforehand on the route but if you are not familiar with these channels then, for interest, you might like to have a look at ‘Chart – Whole Harbour 2021’ on the club website ‘Useful Documents’ page which shows the location of the Landing Craft. I hope to include a stop on Sword and/or Sinah Sands for biscuits and drinks (if you have brought anything!)

There will be a briefing at 1300 before we go so please arrive with plenty of time to have lunch and rig beforehand. Please remember that the current guidelines permit the toilets to be used but not the changing rooms. If you have any questions please email the dinghy captain at dinghies.

Lets’s hope for good weather, see you on Saturday.

Neil Boyce
Cruise Leader
Wayfarer 4451, Sanderling

Sunday 6th June, Paddle to the Pub – Ferryboat Inn

Come along and join other TSC paddlers for a paddle to the pub. We will paddle down, haul out on the beach then have a drink and a picnic. This is a longer paddle but still achievable for a strong novice. The event will not run if the wind is strong as paddling in high wind is not fun….

Bring a mask, a mobile, some money and anything else for a longer day out on the water.

Under 16’s must be accompanied by a parent / guardian / other agreed adult.

Event is free, but please sign up in advance so we know who to expect.

PLEASE ARRIVE IN PLENTY OF TIME TO LAUNCH AT 1200

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/paddle-to-the-pub-ferryboat-inn-1

Hannah Barnes
Kayak Captain
kayaks

Waiting for the Tide

Last week (yes, I missed it, the RYA email arrived too late for the Tidal Diamond), was Invasive Species Week. Did you know that invasive animal and plant species are one of the top five highest risks to global and UK biodiversity? For example, the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) is an invasive species which can be found in British waterways, although it is believed not to be in the South region yet. The mussels disrupt ecosystems by killing off local mussels and damaging marine infrastructure such as harbour walls, slipways and boats. As they can be transported from place to place by hitching a ride on boat hulls, anchors and propellers it is important that boats, trailers along with anything that has been in the water are inspected and thoroughly cleaned before being placed in a new location. Learn more about how to stop non-native species from invading our local waters with The Green Blue http://rya.org/6oTb50ETPUJ

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.

Stay safe.

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.