Essex

Midweek Waterfront Lunch, 29th March 2017

Walton & Frinton Yacht Club, Mill Lane, Walton on the Naze, Essex, CO14 8PF

For March’s waterside lunch we’ve picked a yacht club which has been fairly recently revamped and comes highly recommended, thanks to Ken Nunn for arranging this one for us. Located in Walton-on-Naze it is one of the oldest established clubs in the area, having been formed in 1920.

Fitting Out Supper 8th April 2017

The Peldon Rose, Peldon, Colchester, Essex C05 7QJ

Just 20 minutes from Colchester near adjoining the Strood this is a pub which has been popular for our lunches for years and always draws a good attendance.

Enjoy a great social occasion and celebrate the beginning of the Cruising Season with the following menu at £29:95 per head

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Midweek Waterfront Lunch 25th January 2017 The West Mersea Yacht Club, 116 Coast Rd, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8PB

For 2017’s first waterside lunch this coming winter, in January we’ve picked a yacht club we’ve enjoyed in the past – No problem with the tides for the strood on this day. The club is located on Mersea Island in the village of West Mersea in the River Blackwater in Essex. We hope to see plenty of friends there.

Saturday 4th February 2017 from 18.30. Blackwater Sailing Club

Our guest speaker Gary Annis spent his career on the River Thames and joins us to share his experience as a Thames Waterman,Come and hear about this historic and interesting profession. Supper at 19.00 followed by the talk at 20.00.  Please see flyer and booking form for more details

Saturday 10 December 2016. 18:30 -22:00. Blackwater SC, Heybridge. CM9 4SD

All welcome to share our Christmas festivities with a hearty supper, some Christmas cheer and of course the now famous Essex Section "Yankee Grab".

12^th  November 2016 Dinner & Talk at Blackwater Sailing Club

Traversing France by Canals and Rivers, by Jules & Vanessa Dussek

8th October 2016 Dinner and Talk at Blackwater Sailing Club

Talk by Linda Crew-Gee ‘The Rescue of Gipsy Moth IV’

Fellow CA member Linda Crew-Gee has been sailing all her life, firstly on her father's fishing boat in her homeland, Croatia.

She moved to the UK after university and made London her home, and has lived aboard her own designed canal houseboat on the Regent's Canal for several

years.

As well as being a Cape Horner, Linda has sailed in warmer climes too.

Midweek Waterfront Lunch 26th October 2016

The Chequers Inn, The Square, Goldhanger, Essex. CM9 8AS

For our first waterside lunch this coming winterin Octoberwe’ve picked a pub with great atmosphere and food.

The Chequers is located in the charming village of Goldhanger on the River Blackwater in Essex. We really enjoyed our last visit in January with a great lunch and a stroll down Goldhanger Creek afterward

URL: www.thechequersgoldhanger.co.uk

Wednesday, 30th March 2106

Essex Section Midweek Waterfront Lunch The Peter Boat, Leigh-onSea and Visit to RNLI Southend Lifeboat Station

Please see the attachment below for details.

Fitting Out Supper 16 April 2016

The Royal Burnham Yacht Club, The Quay, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex CM0 8AU

Meet: 19.30

Dinner: 20.00

Following earlier successful fitting out suppers at the RBYC we have arranged another event there again this year. The food at the RBYC is excellent and the company always convivial. The views from the club over the Crouch are superb.

PLUS:

Those not already members of The Cruising Association who join the CA on the night will get their meals free!!!