From her base in Gosport, Ella sailed her 38-foot boat Yeva single-handed via Iceland, the NW Passage, Alaska, Russia, Norway and back home – an impossible passage just a few decades ago. She used procedures to avoid pollution or damage to the ocean environment.
Date: Wednesday 3 December 2025
Time: Doors open 19:30, talk begins at 20:15
Venue: Colston Hall, The Memorial Centre, 8 East Common, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 7AD
Booking: No booking is required however, to comply with fire regulations, we require a list of those attending and will also provide name badges. Please therefore email thamesvalley@theca.org.uk to let us know you will be attending and the names of anyone coming with you.
Cost: CA members can attend for a discounted admission price of £4 instead of the £5 non-member visitor rate. To take advantage of the discount, CA members will need to show membership cards. If you have the CAptain's Mate app you will have a digital card to show. CA members with joint Gerrards Cross Sailing Association (GXSA) membership attend all talks for free.
The talks are run jointly with GXSA on Wednesday evenings from October to December and January to March at Colston Hall. See details of getting there and parking here.
Prior to the talks, may wish to meet other members for a drink or a coffee in the bar or there are various local options for an early evening meal:
- The Apple Tree (Gastropub: fairly close to Colston Hall, entering from the south (M25) or the West from the M40 Beaconsfield junction is the Apple Tree (Gastropub) on the A40 at the junction with East Common Road.
- The Ethorpe Hotel and Restaurant: entering from the North from the Amersham direction along the B416 towards the town centre.
- The Journeyman pub & restaurant within walking distance of Colston Hall
- Wildwood restaurant within walking distance of Colston Hall.