Category: Lecture Summary

    Wednesday 5th February Alasdair Flint   Sailing Small Boats to the Arctic   Alasdair Flint is the long-time owner of a 26ft wooden yacht called Sumara. He will talk about his penchant for sailing north to the Arctic. The talk will focus on his 2011 expedition to Jan Mayen to climb the world’s most…

    Wednesday 29th January Nigel Morris From Pushing Paper to Planing Planks     For 30 years Nigel Morris was a project manager working on high profile and intense projects around the world; then on 20 August 2018 he jumped ship and decided to become a boat builder.  He describes how his life long…

    Wednesday 22nd January Martin Thomas In the Footsteps of Shackleton     In 1915 Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, was crushed in the ice of the Weddell Sea and sank. After drifting on the ice for 15 months, he and his men reached the uninhabited Elephant Island. He then set out on one of…

    Wednesday 15th January Nick and Roxanne Creak Seabatical – a Caribbean adventure at 30 something   In 2018 Nick and Roxy bought a 1989 40ft Westerly in Trinidad in the hope of being able to sail to Puerto Rico and back for the Caribbean honeymoon of a lifetime.  Armed with limited experience and a…

    Wednesday 8th January James and Carol Littlewood Paddington: Motorboating in Europe     Having sailed the coastline from the Norwegian Arctic Circle to La Rochelle, James and Carol decided it was time to visit the “inside”. In 2014 they started to explore the gutters of France, the ditches of Belgium, the canals of…

       Wednesday 27th November Paul Barnett Rout on the Riviera – Exercise Tiger – The Slapton Sands Disaster     This talk documents the tragic events of the night of April 28th 1944.  Almost forgotten, the story places the listener in the heart of sleepy Lyme Bay at a time of the Allied…

     Wednesday 4th December Stuart Anderson Historic Yachts and National Historic Ships UK   Gypsy Moth IV What does it take for a historic vessel to make it on to the National Register of Historic Vessels and its associated registers? Stuart will tell the stories of some of the sailing vessels on the register, including…

    Wednesday 16th October Julian and Alison Cable Sailing in Robinetta     Robinetta is a 22’6” gaff rigged wooden yacht launched in 1937 and designed for sailing the Irish Sea and Inner Hebrides. Julian and Alison bought her in 2007 and will share their experiences cruising in this small but well-found boat, focussing…

    This talk has been postponed  Voyage of Liberdade Mike Austin Voyage of Liberdade     The original Liberdade was sailed by Joshua Slocum and his family from Brazil to the USA in the late 19th century after Slocum’s first boat was damaged in a storm. Mike will tell us about how a replica…

      Wednesday 20th November Colin Wilson A Beginner’s Guide to the Baltic     The Baltic – arguably one of the best cruising areas in the World – and it’s almost on our doorstep. Why visit, what might you find, how can you get there, how do we get back home again, what…