Category: Lecture Summary

Now we are going sailing – talks start again in the Autumn… Looking forward to the first club rally of the season at Cowes on 23rd April.

    Wednesday 9th March  Mark Darley Lloyd’s Register   After his early career as a marine surveyor, Mark is now Global Marine and Offshore Director at Lloyd’s Register’s Marine and Offshore business. He will tell us about the history of Lloyd’s Register and how they help companies to improve design, safety and environmental impact of…

    Wednesday 2nd March  Richard Sutton Three Men in a Nauticat Boat    A talk covering the trials and tribulations of a delivery trip of a 37ft sailing boat across the Bay of Biscay from Santander to Portsmouth in September 2020. It all began with a remark over a beer: “If you need any…

    Wednesday 23rd February Jon Holt Scaramouche      Jon founded the Scaramouche Sailing Trust and leads outdoor education at a London City Academy. With small boats and their 45ft Admiral’s Cup boat, Scaramouche, he has led young sailors to compete successfully in major races, including the Round the Island and Fastnet. In 2020,…

    Wednesday 16th February John Apps The Big Tow  Minke without rudder being towed by Good Report on a beam reach   John successfully completed the 2021 Jester Azores Challenge, sailing single handed to the Azores. Unusually for the Jester Challenge, all the boats that crossed the start line finished (but not all under…

    Wednesday 9th February Paul Barnett The Penlee Lifeboat   This talk will be on Zoom only     On Saturday 19th December 1981 the ‘Solomon Browne’, a 47ft wooden Watson class motor lifeboat, was launched from its boat house near Mousehole into hurricane conditions to go to the aid of the MV Union Star,…

    Wednesday 2nd February Graham Scholey Wildlife and Ecology of the Thames   This talk will be on Zoom only Picture with permission of D. Cousins Graham Scholey has a Biodiversity Technical Specialist role with the Environment Agency (Thames area) and was made MBE for his work in 2004. He will explain how the wildlife…

    Wednesday 26th January Alan Watson HMS Medusa   This talk will be on Zoom only HMS Medusa is the last original, seaworthy example of 464 Harbour Defence Motor Launch vessels built for the WW2 Royal Navy. Her story starts in 1943 with a critical role at Omaha beach on D Day through to taking…

    Wednesday 19th January James Littlewood Cruising through Life, BC to the Hanson Cup  This talk will be on Zoom only  James receiving the Hanson Trophy from Mike Golding James returns to reflect, in his usual entertaining style, on his sailing career and tell us about his cruising on the coastal and inland waterways…