Discover the challenges and rewards of sailing around Britian with changing crews, changeable weather and unfamiliar harbours.
Cruising editor Camilla Herrmann and her husband Sam Brown always wanted to sail around Britain in their Westerly Storm Kalessin of Orwell, but after Sam suffered a stroke in 2012, which left him seriously disabled and with limited speech, it really wasn’t practical. They continued to sail gently, with crew, in the waters of the East Coast, the Netherlands and France.
In 2023 Sam died, and Camilla decided to devote the summer of 2024 to sailing anti-clockwise around (most of) Britain in his memory. She describes finding and sailing with crew; the challenges of dealing with bumpy waters, unknown harbours, anchoring and reefing, after years of undemanding marina-hopping whilst also encountering Scotland’s worst summer in many years.
Date and Time: Thursday 23 October 2025, Doors open at 11:00, talk starts at 11:30, lunch at 13:00.
Venue: Royal Harwich Yacht Club, Woolverstone, Ipswich, IP9 1AT; Lat and Long: N52⁰ 0.34’ E001⁰ 11.8’; National Grid Reference: TM 1952 3896; What.Three.Words: ///lion.jumpy.chuckling.
Free car parking at the Club.
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What: Winter Talk, with or without a meal.
Open to: Members of the CA, CS and RHYC and to non-members.
Guests: Members are encouraged to bring one guest each at the member's rate, just book your guest as an additional member when booking your place.
Non-Members: Additional guests of members, and also non-members, are welcome to attend at the non-member's rate.
Booking will open in the autumn.
If you find any difficulty with booking online please call the RH Club Office on 01473 780319 to make a telephone booking. Office hours normally Monday to Friday 09:00 to 16:00.
Talk Organiser: Fred Ellis
Contact: Catriona Essenhigh, Suffolk@theca.org.uk