Tidal Diamond 951

• Friday Night Food
• Ferryboat Inn Cruise
• Dinghy Calendar Changes
• Cruise Leaders Needed
• Patrol Boat Training
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Friday Night Food – 14th June

We’ve got lots going on this Friday evening. On the water plus new and prospective new members in the clubhouse. Book your supper now on WebCollect (link below).

Menu is jacket potatoes with a range of hot and cold fillings served with salad. Food will be served from 7.30pm (later for racers).

Pre booking is essential to allow planning and less waste

Thanks Hannah for cooking and Rafa for serving. We still need someone to host the bar please. There’ll be no shandies otherwise.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/friday-night-food-14-06-24

Inga Lambert
Social Secretary
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Ferryboat Inn Cruise – Sunday 15th June

There will be a patrol boat for this cruise to the Ferryboat inn.

All members welcome in whatever craft you feel.

Please be ready to leave the slipway at 12pm.

Kayakers may wish to leave 15 minutes earlier to make the most of the outgoing tide.

Hannah Barnes
Dinghy Captain
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Dinghy Calendar Changes

The following events have new dates

• Sunset 5 – now Tuesday 16th July 7pm
• Binness RNLI – Sunday 22nd September
• Wild Goose Chase – Saturday 21st September

Dates and times have been updated on the website and Dutyman.

Hannah Barnes
Dinghy Captain
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Cruise Leaders Needed

Experienced sailors are needed lead the following cruises. Without a Cruise Leader and full compliment of patrol boat helms and crews they will not go ahead in the planned format

• Sunday 29th June – Priory Bay Cruise
• Sunday 28th July – Round Hayling Cruise

Hannah Barnes
Dinghy Captain
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Paddle Board Survey

As you may know as part of our club development planning, we have a team working on the introduction of club paddleboards for Tudor members to hire alongside the kayaks, gigs, and dinghies already available.

It’s an exciting venture to grow the value we offer to Tudor members and we are working with a local company FatStick. We are also working with ASC to bring you additional SUP courses for new and established members alike, and applying for additional external funding for equipment and storage.

It would help us greatly to get your support. Please click on the link below and register your interest and support.

Thank you.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfARpf-4j8tBVk1ph0rZnB-VgggdpuctV_wRyXy0uyiXjTk7w/viewform?usp=sf_link

Jane Dare
Rear Commodore
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Patrol Boat Training

We are working on some dates for PB1 training, keep an eye out on your emails for when these are released. If you have RYA PB2 or higher then you don’t need to do this course but do need to do a conversion course with one of the training team so that you are familiar with our boats and we have seen you in action on the water.

Hannah Barnes
Dinghy Captain
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Ebb & Flow

A couple of links to RYA articles that may be of interest this week. Firstly safety guidance, always worth a refresh to bring things to the front of your mind. Read more at: https://www.rya.org.uk/knowledge/safety.

The second article is on Passage Planning in the Digital Age. This can be found at: https://www.rya.org.uk/blog/passage-planning-in-the-digital-age.

To round off a couple of surveys that you may like to help out with (that’s in addition the Tudor ones for Paddle Boards above and Cruiser Moorings sent direct to mooring holders).

First off one from EU LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES Project on your views and experiences around seagrass. Find out more at: https://www.rya.org.uk/news/seagrass-survey-june.

Finally, Sustainable Boating has a UK wide survey for watersports enthusiasts. More details and a link to the survey can be found at: https://marineindustrynews.co.uk/sustainable-sailing-launches-uk-wide-survey-for-watersports-enthusiasts/.

As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address, it is always nice to hear from members. Any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds always most welcome.

Let’s be careful out there.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links

• WebCollect: dinghies for more details.

Tidal Diamond 950

• Games Night
• Booking and Paying to use Club Boats
• Friendly Friday Rowing Race
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Games Night Friday 7th June

Don’t forget Friday is Games Night. Bring your favourite games or just come along and join in with others. Thank you Jamie & Ben for hosting the bar. Everyone welcome to bring your supper or order a takeaway and you’re also welcome to bring family and friends. See you there.

Inga Lambert
Social Secretary
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Booking & Paying to use Club Boats

As you know, we have a variety of club boats available to hire which is a great way to enjoy the water without the expense of ownership, maintenance, compound space etc. And a great way to try out a new water sport at the club. As the summer season ramps up it’s timely to remind everyone that club boats need to be booked in advance to avoid any confusion or disappointment and also paid for. It’s a small fee which goes towards maintenance of the boats and ensuring we can keep and expand our club fleet offering

Here’s a summary of the links you need. Remember you need to book the boat and then pay for it. It’s worth doing the maths for your intended annual usage to see if buying a season ticket will be more cost effective for you.

You’ll also find helpful guides on booking and paying in the useful documents section of our club website Look under ‘All section documents ‘.

https://www.tudorsailing.org.uk/TudorSailing/?r=/05_sailing/documents/body.php

To book a dinghy, kayak or rowing gig go to the ‘club boat summary’ on the ‘Activities’ tab of the website.

https://www.tudorsailing.org.uk/TudorSailing/?r=/05_sailing/club_boats/body.php

If you are rowing on one of the organised rows on Wednesday at 6pm or Saturday 8am, the gigs are already booked out for you, however the seat still needs to be paid for.

To pay for your dinghy, kayak, or gig seat (Cox is free) use web collect.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/club-boat-hire-single-session-ticket-2024

If you decide to buy a season ticket, the prices can be found here in the subscription tabs

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/subscription

For questions on booking club boats please contact Laurie Gould clubboats

Thank you

Jane Dare
Rear Commodore
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Friendly Friday Rowing Race

Despite the very challenging conditions last Friday, (with Chimet recording F6 gusting F7 at one stage) the second Friendly Rowing Race evening of the season was enjoyed by all those who took part.

Congratulations to the winning crew of Kyle and Vivienne from Tudor, and Michael from Langstone Cutters, and well done to Michelle who picked up this month’s Viper trophy. But the big prize of the evening which went to Mike Gilbert from the Coastal Rowing Academy, Sarah from Emsworth Slipper and Linda from Tudor, was this months wooden spoon which had been skillfully created with a Venice theme by Jane Dare, see attached photos.

The Tudor Rowers look forward to welcoming anyone who is interested in joining them for the next Friendly Race evening on 28th June.

John Elson
Rowing Captain
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Ebb & Flow

A few general items to round this Tidal Diamond off.

• A reminder that the slipway is closed 10- 5 on Saturday for our Open Day.
• Safety Checks
  We’re looking for somebody to carry out monthly safety checks at the club – defibrillator, emergency lighting etc. This is straightforward to do and covers duty hours.
• Hoist Driver
  We’d like to add an additional hoist driver to the team. If you have experience driving/reversing trailers or artic’s etc and would like to be trained to launch and recover cruisers, please get in touch
• Club Security
  As always, please keep gates locked. Always ensure the lights are off and all doors locked when you leave the club.

Finally a piece from Yachting Monthly on new rules for cruising to France from 1st June: https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/easier-cruising-to-france-this-summer-98011

As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address, it is always nice to hear from members. Any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds always most welcome.

Let’s be careful out there.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links

• WebCollect: dinghies for more details.

Tidal Diamond 949

• Social News
• The Vogalonga 2024
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Social Update

Hi everyone, please do put the following dates in your diary and join us.

As mentioned before, we are looking for more help to ensure we can provide food after as many ‘on the water’ events as possible this summer. It doesn’t have to be onerous, simply organising a ‘bring a board’ or offering to wash up for specific dates will make all the difference. Look out for the ads over the next few weeks with the specific dates we need support.

Friday 31st May

This evening looks to be a busy one with all sections on the water.

We will be serving a ploughman’s supper with the choice of either slow cooked honey roasted gammon or vegetarian lightly spiced samosa. Booking is essential by Thursday lunchtime please to enable us to plan and shop efficiently.

Book here
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/friendly-friday-race-night-may

Thank you in advance to John and Paul for hosting the bar. Jane for the ploughman’s. Dawn and Rafa for serving and washing up.

Friday 7th June

Games Night!!

Bring along board games or card games or simply turn up and join a game. It’s a great way to meet other members. Even if you don’t want to play, come and have a drink. We’ve got a flourishing chess section (who knew you were so cerebral) and we’d love to see more of you. If Uno is more your thing that’s great, we’ve got Uno and Uno flip waiting for you.

Only rule is it’s just for fun. No money to change hands.

The bar will be open, thank you Jamie and Ben.

Feel free to bring your own takeaway or supper or have it delivered.

Saturday 8th June

We’ve got the BBQ ready for our open day. Will be pay on the day. Thank you Paul B in advance.
If you’re a star baker and would like to make a cake or cookies for the day, please get in touch. We could love to showcase, sell, and eat as many delicious goodies as possible.

Friends, family, and colleague can sign up for the open day here for free tasters on the water.
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/discover-sailing-kayaking-rowing-at-tudor-day-1

Friday 14th June

We really need support for this evening if members would like food. Would be great to have a BBQ or some warming chilli for the sunset series 3. Please get in touch if you can support the club.

Inga Lambert
Social Secretary
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The Vogalonga 2024

A visit to Venice is an ambition for many people, but having the opportunity to row through its canals and around some of its surrounding islands is a dream that many people can only ever imagine. For a group of Tudor rowers and their three welcome guests, this dream became reality when on the 19th of May four Bursledon Gigs from Tudor Sailing Club joined 2000 other rowing craft from all over the world to row a 22 nautical mile course through the canals of Venice and its surrounding lagoon.

Rowing the Vogalonga is an experience that those who took part will never forget, but the Tudor Tour to Venice provided many more experiences that made this trip so special for everyone involved. For some it was the opportunity to make new friends, for others, it was the amazing Italian food, (and drink of course), or the culture that Venice offers. Most of the group stayed in a couple of Airbnb’s in the beautiful town of Treviso which is just a short trip from Venice.

It is difficult to adequately describe the experience in words but speak to any of the rowers involved and they will happily share their experiences. The following links to video clips and attached photos will also provide a flavour of the trip.

YouTube aerial video

Nav and Kelpie getting assistance from the Venetian fire brigade

Photo montage

Animated route map

If you want to give rowing a go then why not email me at rowing@tudorsailing.org.uk. This time next year it could be you!

John Elson
Rowing Captain
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Ebb & Flow

First things first, a correction in the attribution of the Gould Trophy article in last weeks Tidal Diamond. It was actually written by Don Heath – apologies Don!

Having attended the Dockyard Port Forum last week there are a couple of items from KHM that may be of interest.

Firstly, watch out for details of activity around the D-Day events that will restrict certain areas at certain times. The link to KHM LNtM is below, but I have noted the following one being published already:

Southsea Flying Display, Saturday 8th June 2024 – https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/khm/portsmouth/local-notices/lntm/2024/2462-southsea-flying-display-sat-8-jun-24

Secondly, there is some repair work necessary on the pile on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour entrance. This will result in the temporary closure of the small boat channel at some point. Watch for the LNtM giving details of when, and you can call Harbour Control on channel 11 or the backup channel 13.

As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address, it is always nice to hear from members. Any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds always most welcome.

Let’s be careful out there.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links

• WebCollect: dinghies for more details.

Tidal Diamond 948

• Kayak News
  
• Gould Trophy
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Kayak News

Basingstoke Paddle

For a variety of reasons the Basingstoke Paddle didn’t go ahead but we are looking for a new date and Hannah has kindly volunteered to drive the trailer so we should be able to get a few more kayaks transported there.

Breakfast/Brunch Paddle

On Saturday 29th June, come and join a paddle in company to Hayling Island for a cuppa and a bacon roll at the cafe on the beach. It was suggested that the rowers might want to meet us there which sounds like an excellent idea

Opportunities to paddle in company

There are a number of regular events to get people together and paddle or SUP in company. Everyone is really friendly, and supportive and it’s not competitive. You don’t need to be that experienced or fit, it’s just chilled and fun. You can book club kayaks easily.

Monday Evenings

If you would like to paddle in company on a Monday evening come and join us for some chilled time on the water.

Thursday Evenings

Thursdays is a women on the water WOW evening with Hannah so kayaking or sailing, anything on the water basically!

Friendly Fridays

Keep an eye on the calendar for some Friday paddle in company trips on the water. Coming up we have the 31st May and the 14th June.

If anyone has any ideas for a kayaking events or happy to be a point of contact for a paddle in company please let Terri know or just pop something in the Paddlers WhatsApp group.

Terri Johnson
Kayak Captain
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Gould Trophy

Over the bank holiday 5 club boats took part in the Gould Trophy, racing from Langstone to Lymington and back, and joined by Roger and Moira in Idle Wild. The Gould Trophy is an annual event traditionally held over the May bank holiday weekend, with the outbound leg on the Saturday and back on the Monday, with two nights to take in the sights of Lymington. We would have been 6 but sadly Sheer Magic had a transmission problem prior to the start and was unable to participate.

The sail to Lymington was great! A sunny day, light but not too light winds and a broad reach the entire way with a number of the boats flying their cruising chutes. Pre-dinner drinks in Lymington were aboard Idle Wild – thank you Roger and Moira, followed by a very nice meal at the Kings Arms – another special mention to Helen for organising that.

Sunday included a walk to the Keyhaven Yacht Club for lunch. They’re well worth a visit and are extremely welcoming to visitors.

The return on Monday was a bit greyer and a bit damper – another broad reach, but as the wind had gone from North to South over the weekend I think (and someone can correct me on this) that for the entire weekend the only point of sailing was a reach on the starboard tack! My kind of sailing …..

Thank you to all those involved in the organisation of a great weekend.

Julie Thorpe

Ebb & Flow

Starting on Sunday at 10am from Sandy Point there will be a flotilla of Lifeboats in the Solent to celebrate RNLI 200. More details on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/share/kMrpfp4Gg9vBT6pM/ or to save a visit:

A Flotilla of lifeboats will travel along the coast between Portsmouth, Hayling Island and Selsey, and across to the Isle of Wight, to mark the 200 year anniversary of the RNLI. Hayling Lifeboats will be joined by Selsey’s Shannon, Portsmouth’s Atlantic 85 and D Class (for some of the trip), as well as the Tamar from Bembridge.
The boats will assemble at 10:45 in Fishery Creek, near Hayling Island Sailing Club, departing at 11.00 towards West Pole, and then East along the Witterings beaches towards Selsey. After rounding Selsey Bill and passing Selsey Lifeboat Station, the fleet will turn at Bognor Rocks and head west for the Isle of Wight. After passing Bembridge they will then head North towards Portsmouth and then travel East along Southsea seafront and then along the Hayling shoreline before dispersing.
The fleet of boats will be an awesome sight and will serve as a reminder of the dedication of all the volunteers who have saved 144,277 lives at sea during the last 200 years…. and still counting.
Should any vessels (from Chichester or Langstone Harbour or beyond) wish to join the whole route or any part of it, it would be fantastic to have other boats take part in the celebratory event. The lifeboats will travel at approximately 12 knots and the full circuit will take around three hours.
Bacon rolls, tea and coffee and RNLI 200 souvenirs will be available at Hayling Island Lifeboat station from 10 am, for those who would like to watch the start from the shore. It will be an occasion not to be missed – we look forward to seeing you there!

As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address, it is always nice to hear from members. Any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds always most welcome.

Let’s be careful out there.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links

• WebCollect: dinghies for more details.

Tidal Diamond 947

• Social Update
  
• Rowing News
  
• Club Boat Maintenance
• Maintenance Jobs
• British Canoeing Discover Paddle Award
  
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Social Update

Hi everyone, please do put the following dates in your diary and join us.

As mentioned before, we are looking for more help to ensure we can provide food after as many ‘on the water’ events as possible this summer. It doesn’t have to be onerous, simply organising a ‘bring a board’ or offering to wash up for specific dates will make all the difference.

Friday 17th May

Jacket potatoes with a choice of toppings will be available this Friday after the racing. Booking in advance is essential to assist in catering and to avoid waste. The bar will be open, thank you Anthony and Julian.

Thank you Linda and Les for food service and washing up duty.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/sunset-series-1-supper

Friday 31st May

This evening looks to be a busy one with all sections on the water.

We will be serving a ploughman’s supper with the choice of either slow cooked honey roasted gammon or vegetarian lightly spiced samosa. It’s not on web collect just yet. We’ll let you know as soon as it is as booking will be essential.

Thank you in advance to John and Paul for hosting the bar. Jane for the ploughman’s. Dawn and Rafa for serving and washing up.

Friday 7th June

Back by popular demand. Games Night.

Bring along board games or card games or simply turn up and join a game. It’s a great way to meet other members. Even if you don’t want to play, come and have a drink. We’ve got a flourishing chess section (who knew you were so cerebral) and we’d love to see more of you. If Uno is more your thing that’s great, we’ve got Uno and Uno flip waiting for you.

Only rule is it’s just for fun. No money to change hands.

The bar will be open, thank you Jamie and Ben.

Feel free to bring your own takeaway or supper or have it delivered.

Inga Lambert
Social Secretary
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Rowing News

Hamble River Raid – Veni, vidi, vici

The Tudor Rowers managed a clean sweep at the Hamble River Raid (HRR) last Saturday with the Tudor Crews securing the top three places in the Bursledon class, and the winning trophies in the Ladies and Mixed classes.

As usual for the HRR the sun shone brightly as 29 rowers and coxes travelled the short distance down the M27 to Hamble-le-Rice for the first regatta of the 2024 season. The weather was too hot for rowing, but everyone resisted the temptation of the beer tent before the race and soaked up the atmosphere as the excited crews readied themselves, and their boats.

The course is a real challenge for the coxes, who have to navigate strong tides, many obstacles on the busy Hamble, and the other competitors. And it is a test of stamina for the rowers who have to throw every ounce of energy at the oars, and strain every muscle for nearly an hour of hell with only the thought of the ice cream, beer tent and sheer stubbornness to keep them going.

Congratulations go to the winning crews of:

• Crazy Daisy – Overall Winner Fastest Bursledon Gig
• Navigator – Winner Fastest Bursledon – Ladies Crew
• Friendship – Winner Fastest Bursledon – Mixed Crew
• Navigator – Winner Fastest Bursledon – Ladies Vets (average crew age)

The next event in the rowing calendar is the Cockleshell Challenge on the 15th June, hosted by Eastney Cruising Association, when Tudor expects the rowers to return with more trophies.

If you would like to try gig rowing, then why not sign up for one of the clubs intro row sessions which are held at 6pm on Tuesday evenings. These free 1hr taster sessions are organised to suit the rower’s ability and are great fun. To book one email me at rowing.

Vogalonga Update

Twenty Tudor rowers are heading for Venice this week to row in the Vogalonga on Sunday 19th May. Four Bursledon Gigs left by ferry this Monday with the majority of the rowers flying out this coming Friday, returning on Wednesday 22nd May. Keep your eyes on Tidal Diamond for photos and a report on how the trip went.

John Elson
Rowing Captain
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Club Boat Maintenance

Like boats? Good with your hands? Looking for duty hours? Several of the club boats need minor works doing to continue supporting club activities. Please volunteer on the maintenance WhatsApp group or via email to bosuns_committee FAO Quartermaster.

Thank you,

Rory Goodenough
Quartermaster
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Maintenance Jobs

There is a new list of Maintenance Jobs on the Maintenance WhatsApp group. This is also accessible here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ml4QTUVHyWXHUEClhvS_PtjqWjPbqET80qy8IzSv9qY/edit?usp=sharing

Let me know if you have trouble accessing this, or if you’d like to go onto this group.

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
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British Canoeing Discover Paddle Award (Kayaks)

Whilst many of us already kayak, it’s worth mentioning the following course that’s available from ASC. Following the same theme as the SUP course above the course aim is encouraging independent decision making on different bodies of water, safety and weather aspects to prepare for self-guided adventures, equipment and skill development.

It will include launching, recovery, self rescue techniques, our own harbour tides and currents, safety and decision making, using whole body techniques, seeking urgent help.

If break time falls on low tide, the added bonus of lunch on sword sands.

The cost is £130 (and 20% Tudor member discount will then be applied)

Next availability is 25th May 9:30-16:30, 22nd June 9:30-16:30, 24th August 9:30-16:30

Booking is via ASC next door.

Terri Johnson
Kayak Captain
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Ebb & Flow

I don’t know how many people watch Saving Lives at Sea on BBC2, I tend to almost as a way of knowing how things work if I ever get into trouble! I’m a bit behind with this series, but a local NCI station was on a recent episode. Although it’s not about NCI Gosport, it gives a good overview of what NCI does and how it co-operates with other services such as HMCG and RNLI. The episode is available on iPlayer and you can watch it at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001yv9s/saving-lives-at-sea-series-9-8-pressure

As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address, it is always nice to hear from members. Any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds always most welcome.

Let’s be careful out there.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links

• WebCollect: dinghies for more details.

Tidal Diamond 946

• Cadets News
• Marketing & Advertising Update
  
• For Sale
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Cadets News

Hi everyone,

Delighted to say cadets is back for 2024.

If you’ve got kids or grandkids between the ages of 8 and 18 they are very welcome to come along and join the fun.

The sign up evening is May 8th 18:00 to 20:00 and the first on the water session will be May 15th at the same time.

If you have non member friends or family that you think would be interested please send them the poster attached as we have brilliant cadet membership rates and we offer intro sessions before they need to join as cadets. Don’t forget ASC offers discount on training for our cadet members.

And a big thank you in advance to all the parents of cadets that help the evening run smoothly.

For more information and any questions please contact me at cadets

Thanks.

Daniella Brain
Cadet Captain
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Marketing & Advertising Update

Hi everyone,

Thank you to everyone that continues to ‘like’, share and comment on the club’s social media content. It really does make a difference to our community presence. Several community groups that promote local clubs and events have offered to advertise our events and our reach continues to grow. A big thank you for the photos too. Showcasing not just the ‘on the water ‘ events but also the fun moments of friendship and shenanigans really sets the tone and essence of our club. Please keep them coming. There are two ways you can continue to help in addition to supporting the social media content.

Open Day Advertising

Posters are available for the clubs annual open day. If you work in a local school, shop, or business and are able to display a poster please get in touch with me. Posters will be sent out to local schools and businesses this week but a personal touch is always better. Please do keep sharing social media about the day to your friends, family, and colleagues.

Business Cards

A few people have mentioned this to me. If you’re in a job where you find yourself chatting to customers or clients about the club and would like a handful of business cards to remind potential members of our email addresses and website, please get in touch with me. Our new Tudor business cards are being delivered in the next week or so and it would be helpful to know what volume of stock I need to keep.

See you on the water.

Jane Dare
Rear Commodore
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For Sale

There are currently a number of cruisers for sale at the club, all priced competitively. If you are interested, let the bosun Simon Rumer or me know, or take a look in the compound.

Nordic Mist
Perryman Design – Puck Class Marine Ply grp covered bottom
Length 26ft 6″
Draft 3ft
Volvo 18hp diesel

Eryngium
Snapdragon 747
Bilge Keel
Length 24’6
Draft .76m

Halo
Dehler 25
Lifting Keel

Wild Fox
Copeland foxhound 24
Bilge Keel
Draft 1m

Emma
Seamaster 815
Bilge Keel
Length 26’9
Draft 2’11”

Tish
Nelson 30
Length 9’5”
Draft 2’6”

Lykke
Jaguar 22
Lifting Keel

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
commodore

Ebb & Flow

After a little more ‘fun’ with my internet yesterday than is ideal I am just going to send this week’s Tidal Diamond on its way without further delay.

As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address, it is always nice to hear from members. Any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds always most welcome.

Let’s be careful out there.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links

• WebCollect: dinghies for more details.

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• Social News
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• Ebb & Flow
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Social News

Family & Friends Friday – May 3rd

Please join us for an evening of Sea Shanties with Jim Splice and the Mainbrace. The bar will be open from 6.30pm and the shanties, hornpipes, jigs, and reels from 7pm. Feel free to bring your supper or a takeaway and make an evening of it with your friends, family, and fellow pirates.

Our Club, Our Success

We are delighted to see a packed ‘on the water’ calendar for our 75th year. The club wants to support as many on the water events as we can with food afterwards. However it simply can’t happen without more galley support. We need people who like to cook, or BBQ, put together ploughman’s, co-ordinate ‘bring a board’, bake, serve, wash up etc. In short, on the water events will need more co-ordinators and contributors if you’d like food provided after your events.

Our club, our success …

Please contact me asap to let me know how you can contribute.

Thank you

Inga Lambert
Social Secretary
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Kayak News

Basingstoke Canal trip

We are hoping to put on a kayak trip to Basingstoke Canal and currently canvassing opinion on the 18 or 19th May dates.

There’s a poll on the WOW and Paddlers WhatsApp groups but you can also e-mail terrijohnson@btinternet.com to express a preference on dates and confirm if you are able to transport your kayak and/or help others.

Monday paddle in company

Weather permitting the Monday paddle in company sessions have begun again so we hope as many of you can join us as possible for some informal and fun times on the water. Keep an eye on the paddle/wow WhatsApp groups for weather updates but generally we aim to launch by 6pm.

Terri Johnson
Kayak Captain
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Ebb & Flow

Andrew Simpson Centres have spaces available in May on the following courses:

• PB Ins. 5th – 8th May
• RYA 1 25th & 26th May

Tudor member discount applies. To book either vist ASC next door to Tudor or visit https://andrewsimpsoncentres.org/our-centres/portsmouth/ – see also the attached poster.

There was a recent Practial Boat Owner article published on their website about checking your shore power cable and the dangers it can present. Not only an interesting read for cruiser owners, but also relevant to extension cables used in the compound. You can read it at: https://www.pbo.co.uk/news/warning-to-check-the-shore-power-cable-every-time-you-plug-it-into-your-boat-86163

To round off I’m going to do both a plug and a callout for the social committee. On Wednesday last week they provided a fantastic spread for the PLSA AGM that was hosted at Tudor. So first, a big thank you to Inga et al. for representing the club so well and providing the food and bar cover. Secondly, and I had a great chat with Inga about this, as per the Social New section above, we need volunteers to help fun club events. It covers your club duty as well as being enjoyable and, for newer members, a great way to get to know the club and other members. Volunteers are the life blood of Tudor, and what make it such a great club to be a member of.

As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address, it is always nice to hear from members. Any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds always most welcome.

Let’s be careful out there.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links

• WebCollect: dinghies for more details.

Tidal Diamond 944

• Spring Clean
• New Roles
• Wombles Cup
• Friendly Friday
• RYA Powerboat Level 2 Course
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Spring Clean

Many thanks to everybody who took part in the Spring Clean on Saturday. We made a real difference to the look of the club, not least filling a skip to overflowing with accumulated junk. It was excellent to coincide this with the Wombles Cup, which half-filled the skip with rubbish from the harbour before we’d even started!

There are a few jobs left that didn’t get finished – let Jane or me know if you can help with these.

• Dust the upper parts of the clubhouse using stepladders and hoover up fallen debris – will need 2 people in order to work safely
• Jet-wash canopy and other painted areas in the patio area; clean out gutters etc.
• Deep clean gents changing rooms – floor jet-washer available.

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
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New Roles

I’m very pleased to welcome Katrina Hedger-Noyce as our new membership secretary, and Terri Johnson as our Kayak Captain.

Katrina joined the club late last year and is already looking forward to enjoying the summer on her cruiser. As a newish member she brings fresh ideas and enthusiasm to the role of welcoming new members and making their orientation as easy as possible.

Terri is very keen to encourage people onto the water, paddling in company – you may have seen her posting on WhatsApp already for evening paddling. Please do contact her if you want to get involved in Kayaking at Tudor.

I want to say a huge thank you to Steve Woodbridge who has been our membership secretary for over three years. Many of you will know him as the first person you spoke to when joining the club. He has implemented strong process within the role and been the knowledgeable and welcoming face of Tudor. Steve will be continuing his role on the rowing sub-committee.

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
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Wombles Cup

Saturday saw the running of the rowing section’s ‘The Wombles’ Cup, our once a year litter picking event via water!
16 volunteers in 4 gigs headed out for 3 hours to scour foreshores around the harbour at high tide to help with access. There was some good news, a few of the areas checked had very little rubbish but there was a lot picked up from others!

Some of the stranger items recovered included a shopping trolley, a car stereo and some artificial lawn!
Winners of The Wombles Cup were team Freedom given the sheer quantity they picked up! well done to them
We’re now starting to build a picture up of where we need to concentrate on next year and will be looking out for rubbish as normal on our rowing trips out

Steve Woodbridge
Rowing Sub-Committee
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Friendly Friday

Record turnout for the First Friendly Rowing Evening of The Season

Thank you to all those involved with the organisation of last Fridays Friendly Rowing evening and to all those who took part. Thanks to their efforts the Tudor Friendly Rowing Race Nights are now a high point in the local rowing calendar with rowers from 8 local clubs attending last Friday’s event.

This month saw a record turnout with 56 rowers and coxes taking part with many more coming along to enjoy the fun, drink beer, and devour the excellent food from the galley.

At the end of the evening the trophies were presented by Paul Rivington with congratulations going to the winning crew of Rory Goodenough and Nikki Rivington from TSC, and Stuart from Emsworth Slipper Sailing Club. Inga Lambert and Kirsty Stark were awarded the VIPER trophy, in recognition of the great work that they did in organising the offering from the galley. However, the top prize of the wooden spoon (beautifully crafted by Yvonne Adams) was awarded to the crew that recorded the slowest time, this was Kean from Hamble River Rowing, Dave from Langstone Cutters Rowing Club, and Maggie Hodge from TSC, who together with a number of other boats managed to get themselves stuck on a mudbank at the edge of Broom Channel during the 2nd race.

The Friendly Friday rowing races are usually held on the last Friday of every month (the next one being on Friday 31st May) between April and the end of August and all Tudor members are invited to come along and join the fun, either as a rower or spectator.

If you are not already in the rowing group but would like to take part next month then please email me at rowing@tudorsailing.org.uk and I will add you to the list of rowers, or arrange an intro row, if you would prefer a try-out first. If you want to spectate then please feel free to just turn up, although if you want to eat then please make sure you pre-book this on WebCollect.

Rowing is fun at Tudor!

John Elson
Rowing Captain
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RYA Powerboat Level 2 Course

This weekend, we are running an RYA Powerboat Level 2 course and we still have available spaces that we would love to offer you for 20% off.

This is a 2 day course where you will learn how drive a powerboat safely by learning skills such as close quarters handling, high speed manoeuvres, man overboard recovery and collision regulations all guided by our experienced powerboat instructors. This is also a pre-requisite qualification for the RYA Dingy Instructor course.

More information on this course can be found here: https://andrewsimpsoncentres.org/courses/rya-powerboat-level-2/a1u4J000001l8W1QAI.

Course info:

Date: 27–28 April 2024

Time: 9:30 – 16:30 each day including a lunch break

Price: £264 (original price £330)

If you wish to book onto this course, can do so by using the link above and using the code TUDOURPOWERBOAT during booking. Alternatively, you can call us on 03001240449 or contact Jane Dare who will message me.

Ross Dixon
Andrew Simpson Centre

Ebb & Flow

As posted on Facebook earlier, and for those that don’t use it:

The RSPB have closed the Long Island landing area due to protected ground nesting birds currently on the shingle there. These birds are very vulnerable to disturbance whilst breeding. Nests are being monitored by camera

Thank you for your understanding and help ensuring the future of wildlife in this beautiful area.

From Chichester Harbour Conservancy:

Mariners are advised that an oil spill exercise simulating an offshore oil spill entering the harbour is being conducted by Oil Spill Response Limited commencing 10:00 Tuesday 23rd April and finishing 16:00 Friday 26th April.

More details at: https://www.conservancy.co.uk/notices/lntm-no-06-of-2024/.

As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address, it is always nice to hear from members. Any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds always most welcome.

Let’s be careful out there.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links

• WebCollect: dinghies for more details.

Tidal Diamond 943

• Spring Cleaning 20th April
  
• Friendly Friday
• The Womble Cup & Spring Cleaning
• Bucket Chair & Freezers for Sale
• Ebb & Flow
• Useful Links
• Diary Dates

Spring Cleaning 20th April

Thank you to everyone that has signed up so far for Spring Cleaning. Many hands make light work, so if you want to work away two duty hours this weekend please sign up on the link below. There’s spaces left that ideally need to be filled to get the club in top shape for the year.

If you’re working in the compound, please bring gardening gloves, a garden rubbish sack, and some secateurs.

If you’re working in the clubhouse, changing rooms, or race box please bring rubber gloves if required.

Jane, Paul, Martino and I will be there to meet you at 1pm.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/spring-cleaning-from-1pm

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
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Friendly Friday

This Friday we have the first friendly Friday rowing race evening of the year. Everyone is welcome even if it’s just to spectate, have a drink or enjoy some supper after the racing. If you do want to eat please pre-book. It’s Lasagne this month, thank you to all our cooks. Patience is always appreciated as many of our members helping are also participating in the racing. Teamwork and self – help in action.

Web collect link is below

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/friendly-friday-rowing-race-night-april

Inga Lambertn
Social Secretary
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The Womble Cup & Spring Cleaning

If you’d like to refuel after The Womble Cup or Prefuel before Spring Cleaning you can preorder a sausage or bacon bap here.

https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/the-wombles-cup-1

Inga Lambertn
Social Secretary
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Bucket Chair & Freezers for Sale

You will have seen on WhatsApp and the members lounge that we’ve got chairs and two freezers we no longer need. We’re offering these to members first. The chairs are £20 each and the freezers £50 each. All in good working order. If you’re interested please contact me for the chairs and Maggie Hodge about the freezers. Deadline please of 23rd April after which we’ll offer outside of the club.

Colin Thorpe
Commodore
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Ebb & Flow

I’m going to quickly put my RYA hat on this week and promote the fact that RYA members can get a free ticket to the Southampton Boat Show, as well as two discounted tickets. The boat show is 13th to 22nd September this year, and you can find out more details at: https://www.rya.org.uk/events/southampton-boat-show. You should have seen an email direct from the RYA, but for non-members there is time to sign up and get the offer if it is of interest (and, of course if membership of the RYA is of interest). You can find out more about the benefits of joining at: https://www.rya.org.uk/membership. The free ticket offer must be redeemed by 7th May. For reference RYA membership is £55 and the boat show ticket is £29.99.

As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address, it is always nice to hear from members. Any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds always most welcome.

Let’s be careful out there.

Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links

• WebCollect: dinghies for more details.