Category: Lecture Summary

    Wednesday 10th October Dave Selby Marlin’s Mission     Dave Selby is a passionate but useless sailor who’s been fumbling around the east coast for years in Marlin, his 18-ft Sailfish, without dying once. In 2016 the PBO columnist set his horizons further afield, heading off on Marlin’s Mission to sail 340 miles up…

    Wednesday 14th November Jane Percival Vintage Boats     Jane is the Commodore of the Thames Vintage Boat Club  which was founded at Old Windsor in March 1983.  The Club provides a forum for all types of traditionally built craft to encourage restoration, maintenance and use and in particular to produce and maintain…

    Wednesday 28th November Captain Ian Shields CHIRP       CHIRP (Confidential Reporting Programme for Aviation and Maritime) and the Maritime Feedback publication are well known to professional seafarers and leisure sailors alike.   CHIRP’s aim is to contribute to the enhancement of maritime safety worldwide by providing a totally independent reporting system for…

    Wednesday 31st October Captain William Hargreaves Sharing the Solent – a Southampton Pilot’s perspective       The Solent is many things to many people. For the many sailors, both in yachts and dinghies, the Solent is their playground. For Bill, it’s his place of work.  How we share this space in a…

    Wednesday 7th February Tom Sowerby  –  First Aid at Sea Peter May – Accessible Sailing for All   Both from Bisham Abbey Sailing School, Tom and Peter will update us on nautical First Aid and tell us about current efforts to provide opportunities for people with a wide range of disabilities to enjoy…

    Wednesday 21st February Chris Tarratt Mutiny on the Bounty and the Loss of the Vergulde Draeck       Chris will speak first about the Mutiny on the Bounty and the second session will describe the loss of the Vergulde Draeck.  Although more than 100 years apart, both these events are about getting…

    Wednesday 17th January Paul Barnett Disaster Waiting – the Severn Bridge Disaster     The tragic tail of the 1960 destruction of the Severn Bridge by two run away tankers. Paul Barnett will describe the construction and daily operation of the bridge and events leading to its eventual loss.  The talk will unravel…

     Sale of RNLI Christmas cards this evening Wednesday 7th November Kevin Patience The True Story of “The African Queen”   Almost everyone has seen the film ‘The African Queen’ starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn, based on the book by C.S. Forester and released in 1953. The story is set in German East…

    Wednesday 17th January David Carter CHIRP   The CHIRP Charitable Trust was named ‘The Best Safety Service of the Year’ at the 2017 Safety at Sea Awards, held during London International Shipping Week. CHIRP provides a free and confidential reporting programme for near miss and hazardous occurrences, sharing safety lessons learnt with 200,000…