Thursday, 13th March 2014 – Members Day – Tell us what you did in 2013 so that we might follow in your wake…..
Members Evening - an interesting presentation by a number of members ranging from the United Kingdom to Belgium, the French Inland waterways, the Mediterranean to the Caribbean – an evening not to be missed...........
Prince Henry the Navigator - Portugals Pioneer of Maritime Exploration with Graham Anthony.
Henry's shipwrights innovated, his scholars improved celestial navigation, and his seamen mastered the winds and ocean currents. Freed from the control of Islam, Portugal was then able to trade in the Spice Islands, across the Atlantic, and expand Christendom.
Meetings begin at 19:00 for those that would like to eat with the talks beginning at 20:10.
The Dog & Bear Hotel is situated 8 miles E of Maidstone off the A20 in the village square.
In this talk illustrated with superb slides and some extraordinary video sequences, Roger tells how shipwreck on a square-rigger lead him to a lifetime of small-boat single handed ocean sailing. Roger has sailed 19ft and 20ft engineless yachts from the Roaring Forties to the Arctic Circle. In 2011 he sailed to 80 degrees North.
The meetings begin at 19:00 for those that would like to eat with the talks beginning at 20:10.
Sat, 03/05/2014 - 00:00 to Mon, 05/05/2014 - 00:00
East Coast Spring Rally, 3/5 May 2014
For many of us the start of the new sailing season is marked by the East Coast Spring Rally held over the Bank Holiday Weekend Saturday 3 May to Monday 5 May 2014 at the RHYC on the River Orwell.
Langdon Battery, Dover to see how the coastguard monitor the TSS [Traffic Separation Scheme]
Dover Coastguard Langdon Battery Swingate DOVER Kent CT15 5NA
The Dover Strait is one of the busiest international seaways in the world, regularly used by over 400 commercial vessels daily. It became the first International Maritime Organization [IMO] approved
