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Beach Layout 2022

As the 2022 season approaches and we all make plans to bring our boats down to the beach the committee have looked at allocating areas of the beach to certain size boats this year, attached is the proposed layout.

 As you will see we have 5 defined areas on the beach with a mix of single handers, medium sized double handers, large double handers and club boats. There is approx. 72 spaces available and we anticipate boats coming to the beach this year so space is at a premium, this and logistics whilst manoeuvring boats in and out of spaces has led to this plan being made up. 

  • Area 1 & 3 should be used for medium sized double handers (for example Ents, Laser 2000’s, RS200’s etc)
  • Area 2 should be used for large double handers (for example RS400’s, Laser 4000’s, Int 14s etc)
  • Area 4 is for club boats 
  • Area 5 should be used for single handers (for example lasers, solos etc)

 The spacing of the tyres have been checked and the above boats should fit in just nicely, once the mats are re-laid in the planned beach clean-up at the end of March and start of April the layouts should become a lot clearer. A copy of the plan will be posted in the window of the club as an aid when people come to the beach. 

Kind Regards TSC Committee

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Wednesday Evening Report

Tynemouth Wednesday Night Series 2021

As the nights draw in we thought now would be a good time to reflect on a great Wednesday night series we have had at Tynemouth this year. In recent years Wednesday nights have been our best attended series and this year has been no different with a total of 47 different individuals/teams involved at some point over the year, leading to an average weekly turnout of 19 boats and a whopping 24 boats from TSC on the water for a couple of Wednesday’s in June. Its been great to see a large and varied turn out with close class racing in Laser and RS400 fleets along side a varied handicap fleet.

We have to go all the way back to the 7th April for the first of the Sun up – Sun down series, which saw us blowing the cob webs off with a gentle 4 knot breeze – the perfect way to ease those who didn’t sail at Ladyburn back into it. That first Race was won overall by Phil Murray and Neil Schofield, showing the form they would carry throughout the season. One more race the following week won by Neal and Ellen Piper concluded the early part of the Sun up sun down series. After the interlude of the main summer Wednesday evenings the series concluded with 3 weeks of racing beginning 1st Sept, the first of which was sailed in a ideal 12 knots, with Richard Watson taking the win in his Laser, the following two weeks were won by Phil and Neil to wrap up the series as the nights started to get darker. Remarkably not losing any of the series due to weather at either end of the season was unusual yet very welcome welcome.

Overall Winners

Phil Murray and Neil Schofield RS 400

Laser Class Winner

Melanie Landamore

Handicap Winners

Neal Piper and Ellen Piper Miracle

The main mid week series started on the 21st April with another drifter, won by light wind specialists Jacob Ainsworth and Kayleigh Roberts. In fact light winds dominated the start of the series, with wind speeds never going above 12 knots until race 8 at the start of June. Despite this we saw solid attendance and a varied set of race winners including, Nathan Batchelor, Weed and Annabel Gardiner, John Pitkethly and the ever present Murray/Scholfield. Mid season saw the usual down turn in attendance due to summer holidays and members competing at open/national championships, not least the RS400 Nationals which were well attended by TSC. Despite this competition remained and clear the way for some variety in race winners with Dave and Jackie Gebhard, Jon and Sally Cooper both taking race wins. Special mention must also go to Andrew Nel of the Laser fleet who competed in every race of the series and was most likely present in the bar every week too! As with the sun up sundown series we happily didn’t lose a single race to adverse conditions – due in part to good fortune but also a testament to the willingness and ability of our club fleet.

Overall Winners

Phil Murray and Neil Schofield RS 400

Laser Class Winner

Melanie Landamore

Handicap Winners

Colin Gardner and Annabelle Gardiner

It was great to see the club so busy after sailing on Wednesday evening’s, often 25/30 people staying late into the evening and creating a great atmosphere to break up the working week. A big thanks goes to Ann Lee for her tireless efforts behind the bar keeping us all fed and watered throughout the season with a customised selection of pies and pints of Moretti. A thanks also to our sailing secretary Howard Steavenson for his support on the water throughout the series and managing the results and scoring.

Congratulations too all the winners and those that took part in the Mid week series, there is still a few more Sundays left of the season, the RS400 super cup is on the 16th Oct which is looking like a well attend event with all the 400’s on the beach taking to the water, come down and watch them blast around for a few hours then join them in the bar for food, drinks and games after sailing around 1700.

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Beach Layout

As the 2021 season approaches and we all make plans to bring our boats down to the beach the committee have looked at allocating areas of the beach to certain size boats this year, attached is the proposed layout, this will be explained further in the zoom call on the 24th March – invite to follow. As you will see we have 6 defined areas on the beach with a mix of single handers, medium sized double handers, large double handers and club boats. There is approx. 72 spaces available and we anticipate 68 boats coming to the beach this year so space is at a premium, this and logistics whilst manoeuvring boats in and out of spaces has led to this plan being made up. 

  • Area 1 & 2 should be used for medium sized double handers (for example Ents, Laser 2000’s etc)
  • Area 3 should be used for large double handers (for example RS400’s, Laser 4000’s, Int 14s etc)
  • Area 4 is for club boats 
  • Area 5 & 6 should be used for single handers (for example lasers, solos etc)

 The spacing of the tyres have been checked and the above boats should fit in just nicely, once the mats are re-laid in the planned beach clean-up at the end of March and start of April the layouts should become a lot clearer. A copy of the plan will be posted in the window of the club as an aid when people come to the beach. Kind Regards TSC Committee

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Tynemouth SC adopt the RS400

Tynemouth Sailing Club are pleased to announce the decision to adopt the RS400 fleet as an adopted class within the club. This will be the first new class adopted at the club for over 20 years, joining the already established classes of Lasers and Enterprises.

There are 10 400’s at the club already, ranging from newcomers to National and European regulars. The fleet is really on the up, regular in-club training days are being held to help newcomers get up to speed with the boat, and RS association coaching days to fine tune our racing skills. With the inaugural RS400 open event being run from Tynemouth SC on in 5/6 June, and the 2021 UK Nationals are being held across the river at South Shields – this year is looking great for the Tynemouth RS400 fleet. 

Over the last 3 years, under the leadership of Dave Gebhard (Trident UK), the club has invested heavily in the future. During this time, the club has acquired a new committee boat, new RIBs, new outboard engines, new training 2000s, and completed a refurbishment of both bars in the clubhouse. The club is gearing up to host the 2021 International 14 POW this August, along with a full sailing calendar for club racing on both a Wednesday evening and Sunday afternoons.

To be a part of it – please view the club website @ tynemouthsc.co.uk or contact the TSC RS400 fleet representative Neil Schofield @ Neil_Schof@hotmail.com

Photo taken by Colin Edgar

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International 14 POW Cup at Tynemouth

Tynemouth Sailing Club are pleased to announce the hosting of the International 14 class for this year’s POW Cup Week between the 2nd and 6th August.

Tynemouth has a long history with the International 14 Class and the POW Cup, first hosting the event in 1984 and again in 1994. A long 27 years later we look forward to welcoming the latest generation of Int 14 boats and sailors to the club. In 2019 the club held the Int 14 Estuary Bowl as a warm up to the then planned 2020 POW & Europeans with great success. Since then, we have worked closely with the class association to improve & refine our offering, and planning to bring the fleet back in 2021.

Tynemouth has long standing links to the International 14 fleet, both on and off the water. Some of our current members sailed the 14’s as far back as the 1970s and are a big part of the team helping to bring the POW back to Tynemouth. A large number of the boats competing will have been built by Ovington Boats who are based less than a mile from TSC. Their latest offering, the Beiker 6, is the current World Championship winning design.

This regatta is being organised primarily by Adam Ovington, Howard Steavenson (who competed in the ’94 POW) and Nathan Batchelor (Ovington Boats UK sales manager and TSC Commodore). For further details on the event please contact Adam Ovington, email Adamovington@googlemail.com

1994 POW Cup winning crew Ian ‘Bunny’ Warren gave us the below comments about his and Andy Fitzgerald’s win some 27 years ago.

“I remember the Race well.. about 8 to 12 knots, 3rd or 4th at the top and 1st after the downwind… The only boat to challenge us a bit was Roddy Bridge, sailing with Andy Green I think. Fitz had set us up fast, and I was doing tactics. We started to pull away to a comfy win in the end, despite the wind dropping towards the end and Mr Fitz getting nervous. It was the first time for both of us to win, at my fifth attempt, but Fitz’s 20th or something… he was really happy!

“The prize-giving was at the Grand – great fun, with some famous names on that trophy, still proud to have won it! The club as always was so friendly and great racing with likes of Peckish, Kevin and Trotter etc.”

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Notice Of Race 3rd Dec, Newburn

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TSC Long Race (Pursuit) – Sunday 19th June 2016

2016 Long Race on Sunday 19th June 2016:

TYNE GOBLET presented to Overall Winner (Allcomers Handicap)
LEDA CUP presented to the winner of the ENTERPRISE CLASS
GEORDIE’S MUG presented to winner of LASER CLASS
THUNDER TROPHY presented to winner of HANDICAP CLASS

Pursuit Race Start from 2.00pm:
Start Times:

TSC Long Race Start Times 2016.doc

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Wednesday Talks: Episode 1 & 2: Tides & Rules, Race Management

Come down to the club the next 2 Wednesday’s to hear talks by some of our resident experts…..

Wednesday 2nd March: Talks on Tides and Rules of Racing, 7:30 for 8:00. Fickle currents and pesky give ways: How to use water flows and sailing rules to your advantage. Or, in some cases, an opportunity to learn lots of new excuses as to why they didn’t do quite as well as hoped.

Wednesday 9th March: Race Management, 7:30 for 8:00. From course laying to protests – how to run races. Especially useful if you’ve been drafted into race office duties for the season

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Notice Of Race: Tynemouth Sailing Club At Newburn Slipway

WINTER LONG RACE

A Long Distance Race on the tidal River Tyne

BLAYDON RACES SHIELD for NATIONAL TWELVES

McGREGOR Salver for ENTERPRISES

SHIPWAY TANKARD for LASERS

SUNDAY  20th March  2016

NOTICE OF RACE

VENUE:  Competitors to launch from Newburn Slipway on the tidal river Tyne upstream of Newburn Bridge on the North Bank of the river adjacent to Newburn Sports Centre. Changing facilities available in the Sports Centre. The race shall start from a line adjacent to the slipway.

PROGRAMME:  First Class Start at 12.00 am. A long distance race upstream of Newburn Bridge.  Race time approx 2.5 – 3 hours – depending upon conditions on the day. Separate start for each class unless numbers dictate an all class start.

TIDES:  High Water at 13.40

RACING RULES:  The Race to be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing 2013-2016

BRIEFING:  There will be a briefing in the dinghy park prior to the race. This will not be held before 11.00 am

SCORING:  The race result for each class will decide the prize-winners.

SERIES:  The Result of the race for National Twelves to count towards the 2016 Old Spice Travellers Series.

ENTRY FEE:  £14.00 per boat for National Twelves  (to include Old Spice Levy)

£12.00 per boat for Enterprises

£10.00 per boat for Lasers

APRES SAIL:  Competitors are encouraged to congregate after racing at the Keelman Public House where real ale and a selection of good pub fayre will be available.