Tidal Diamond 912
- Bart’s Bash Saturday
- Tudor Rowing – Seaford Regatta “The Rowing Monster”
- Oo(aI)H race report – A view from the front(ish)
- Handheld VHF found outside the club
- Ebb & Flow
- Useful Links
- Diary Dates
Bart’s Bash Saturday
This coming Saturday, 16th September, there is Bart’s Bash race with a starting time of 1pm. This year will be the tenth year that Bart’s Bash race has taken place. As per previous years, we have invited ASWC next door to take part in our race. The race will be multiple laps of a short course starting at the club line. There will be a briefing at 12:30 on the club house lawn which will go over the race course and answer any questions you may have about racing. This event is a charity race in the aid of The Andrew Simpson Foundation. The race is not taken too seriously and it is there to encourage people to get out on the water dinghy sailing with patrol boat cover. Even if you sail a slow boat please do think about taking part.
ASWC next door will also be running taster sessions during the day as well as having food available from the cookhouse street food. So please do consider popping next door and supporting them by buying some lunch. They will also be running a raffle to help the good work that they do.
To celebrate the 10th year of the Barts bash there is branded clothing available at https://andrewsimpsoncentres.org/shop/
If you have any questions before the event, then please do get in contact.
Mark Swallow
Sailing Secretary
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Tudor Rowing – Seaford Regatta “The Rowing Monster”
On Saturday 9th September a team of 5 rowers from the Tudor Rowing section went to the Seaford Rowing Regatta which is held at Newhaven.
The event was originally planned for 22 July but this had to be postponed due to unseasonably strong winds and rain, and so we are now rowing on one of the hottest days of the year! Three clubs local to the area organised the event and provided the boats – Cornish pilot gigs, which is a new rowing experience for the Tudor Rowing section, but a good opportunity to expand our rowing expertise. The event consisted of 5 separate races over a 2.8 Km course set in Newhaven Bay, a very different setting to the tranquillity of Langstone Harbour.
As we didn’t have enough crew to fill a Cornish gig (6 rowers + a cox) we were teamed up with Rowhedge Coastal Rowing Club (RCRC) so we could row in 5 events.
The slightly different rowing technique was soon mastered with some impressive results two first places, two seconds and a third, good going for a team new to pilot gigs. We also beat two Cornish gig rowing clubs based in Langstone Harbour, quite an achievement.
An unusual accolade was given at the prizegiving, when the organisers announced that they hadn’t realised when they combined the strengths of Tudor and Rowhedge rowing clubs that they had created a Rowing Monster! A title to be remembered.
Special thanks to John for doing all the organisation and to Maggie for driving us all to Newhaven and back.
Written by Warwick Tilley
Oo(aI)H race report – A view from the front(ish)
Due to work and holiday “commitments”, August was not a very ‘saily’ month for me and, after being pipped for the bronze medal by half a point in the final standings of the Sunset Series, I was looking forward to some speedy fun over a longer course, which seems to suit both me and my boat better – cue the Out of Harbour Race on 26 August.
Unfortunately, because only one patrol boat helm and crew could be found (thank you Paul and Nikki Rivington, and to Richard Adams for being the Race Officer), this became the rather long-winded “Out of (actually In) Harbour Race (due to logistical reasons)” but 10.5 miles still awaited the 10 crews that rigged up in eager anticipation on the Saturday morning.
11-18kts from the WSW were forecast and it looked like fulfilling the promise of perfect conditions for my Blaze. The usual start line jousting was spiced up by Russell and Dave’s late arrival on the water, after the countdown sequence had begun, “due to logistical challenges” and Brian’s fantastic port-tack line dip, tack and start at the front tactic.
These days, having one of the faster boats among the usual suspects who turn up to race, my sailing ability is vastly flattered in being able to get a (normally) rubbish start and then just undertake everyone to leeward using a bigger sail and a faster hull. No exception this time, either, and with the added joy of having Bernie on his Blaze for company and a one-on-one match race between similar dinghies in the offing. This time I vowed not to capsize and put up a better fight of it.
The race lasted over 1h45m so rather than bore you with constant commentary, here are the condensed highlights:
- fast close reach up to Sword Point in the predicted wind (and gusts), which got more towards the top end as we hit the wind funnel that is Russell’s channel. Not my best start but I managed to pull ahead in the excellent wind, leaving Bernie behind at this early stage 😛
- run down to Alpha, where Iain and Pete in their broad-reaching Laser 4000 were able to use the spinnaker to good effect to get to the buoy first
- tacks back up to NW Sinah. My hiking shorts and pads are too loose, giving me alternate pins and needles and dead legs without doing much padding and meaning I spent much of my runs retrieving them from somewhere near my ankles. Replacements in the post
- repeat for lap two. However, 2/3 of the way up to NW Sinah again, there was a massive wind shift of about 45 degrees to the north, meaning a fantastic lift for me, who happened to be in the right place for it. Still unable to shake the ever-tenacious Neil and Denise in Sanderling II, who undoubtedly, undoubtedly profited too
- back down to Alpha for the last time and I could see the bottom of Iain and Pete’s Laser – not me stuffing up a gybe, for once
- LOWLIGHT – Andy coming off worse from an encounter with the boom on the Pico (during the wind shift?) and having to retire to count the stars revolving around his head
- super fun and fast blast back to the line with the wind back to its original direction and my boat planing on its best point of sail, measured by my GPS at over 22kph/12kts. Pancake-flat water, sunshine and big smiles
- second over the line behind the Laser 4000 but close enough to have beaten them on handicap. Looked like it was in the bag, with Bernie next and Neil and Denise fourth. But despite an 8m15s deficit, my N&D nemesis bagged the win on handicap by almost 90 seconds – grrrr. Must still get myself a Wayfarer – not that I’d be able to sail it anywhere near as well as Neil/Denise or Terry/Alison so I may as well continue to have fun out front(ish)
- all kudos points to Russell and Dave whose Wayfarer finished almost half an hour behind that of Terry & Alison. They thought they might have sailed an extra lap – we know the real reason 😉
Thank you to all who helped organise and who took part in this epic day on the water.
The results are here and I’ve condensed 108 minutes into a more modern-attention-span-friendly 12-minute video in case you’re interested.
Rupert Rhodes
Blaze 850
Handheld VHF found outside the club
A handheld VHF radio (ICOM IC-M25) was found outside the club on the 28 July and handed to me. Despite having put messages out on various WhatsApp groups no one has come forward to claim it. If you think that this might be your radio then please email me at rowing@tudorsailing.org.uk.
John Elson
Rowing Captain
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Ebb & Flow
To round off this weeks Tidal Diamond here is a link to a short YouTube video on the Hayling Ferry. I know Colin through LHB and the Advisory Committee, and he does a fantastic job keeping this valuable local service running. https://youtu.be/jdzQqeuYwQc?si=IaHyXZQ9yqI9xfYg.
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 would be 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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