Category: Lecture Summary

    Wednesday 12th January Bob Shepton Antarctica, Old and New   This talk will be on Zoom only Accomplished sailor, mountaineer and Arctic explorer, Reverend Bob Shepton will tell us about his sailing in the 1990s between the Falklands and Antarctica (partly under jury rig) and more recently on Novara from the Falklands to South…

    Because of concerns about coronavirus, it has now been decided to hold Cast Off online There will be no Cast Off meeting in Colston Hall   Wednesday 15th December Cast Off for Christmas (online) GXSA Members are warmly invited to the entertainment at this year’s Cast Off for Christmas There will be short…

    Wednesday 8th December Norma and Phil Heaton Cruising in Indonesia    Norma and Phil Heaton retired early and in 2009 embarked on a seven years circumnavigation in ‘Minnie B’, an OVNI 395: an aluminium, semi-custom sloop with a lifting keel and folding rudder. In 2014 they spent three months cruising in Indonesia from…

    Wednesday 1st December Brett Phaneuf Mayflower Autonomous Ship  With no human captain or onboard crew, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) uses Artificial Intelligence and energy from the sun to travel further and reveal more about the ocean. ProMare is a Marine Research and Exploration non-profit company based in Connecticut, USA.  They will tell us about…

    Wednesday 24th November Jane Bowden-Dan Resurrecting Dr John Snipe Nelson reboarded his flagship Victory (100) on 14th September 1805 at Portsmouth and sailed to retake command of the British Mediterranean Fleet blockading Cadiz, prior to the Battle of Trafalgar.  But before leaving his home at Merton on 13th September, he wrote to the Admiralty…

    Wednesday 13th October Brian Deacon Cruising Chesapeake Bay and Recovering Crashed Aircraft  Sailing in Chesapeake Bay was on Brian’s bucket list, and he managed to cross this off in 2017.  Separately, his career in aviation led him into aircraft recovery; not what he planned but an interesting subject.  Don’t worry if you are…

    Wednesday 10th November Graham Horn The Isle of Wight, England in Miniature    Graham (a blue badge guide) visits the island frequently and has an extensive knowledge of its attractions, history and geography. Some of us know the island well and the talk will bring back memories, but most people listening also say…

    Wednesday 3rd November Philip Beale The Phoenicians were in America before Columbus      Adventurer and Sailor, Philip Beale FRGS, will describe his journey sailing a Phoenician galley, the Phoenicia, on a 6000 mile voyage from Carthage to the Americas in 2019-20. This is one of the most interesting and important historic replica…

    Wednesday 27th October Jill Rogers Round Britain in Vela  Jill is a serving Army Officer who decided to take a break from “green camouflage” for 6 months and sail her Sadler 25 – Vela around Britain in 2019, doing most of it single-handed. Prior to the trip, she had only sailed alone occasionally…

    Wednesday 20th October Joe Startin The Saxon Ship Project      The ship burial at Sutton Hoo, 100 feet above the River Deben in Suffolk, took place in 624 or 625 AD. The treasures found there in 1939 are now in the British Museum and are world-renowned. The ship was hurriedly surveyed in…