London Walks Guide and historian, Robert Smith, has agreed to visit us in Suffolk to tell us about our local shipwrecks. He is an author, college lecturer and, as a guide, offers twenty historical walks around London and further afield, but for this talk we may remain seated at RHYC.
Date and Time: Thursday 21st March 2024, Doors open at 11:00, Talk at 11:30, Lunch at 13:00.
For all those who sail, or wish to sail, in the Thames Estuary and further afield, with the latest information on navigating with the tides, around or over the sands, through the windfarms and across the traffic separation schemes; also covering routes to the near continent.
Liferaft and Lifejacket servicing experts, Suffolk Marine Safety, have agreed to explain what they do, and what they find, when servicing our kit, and give us a demonstration of MOB procedures. They will also show us their range of the latest electronic safety equipment including laser flares, EPIRBs and MOB alerts.
Past editor of Cruising and still a columnist, Cathy will reveal all about her and Richard's trip through the Caledonian Canal to the Western Isles, their adventures, and encounters en route, with a liberal sprinkling of humour.
The talk will also cover their migration from sail to power.
Antarctica is one of the driest and windiest places on earth. It is the single biggest mass of ice in the world and can sometimes be up to four miles thick. The continent as a whole contains about 90 percent of the planet's freshwater ice and around 70 percent of the total fresh water on earth! Yet around Antarctica the waters teem with life. In 2022 Andy Beharrell visited South Georgia and Antarctica on a 1915 Dutch Herring Drifter and will illustrate the talk with photos from that trip.
Liz has a passion for the outdoors - walking, wildlife watching and especially wildlife photography; living near the Suffolk/Essex border enables her to watch and photograph a variety of nature and wildlife along the Stour estuary and along the Suffolk and Essex coasts; more often than not, birds are the main subject. Occasionally she ventures further afield around the UK and elsewhere in Europe, and beyond.
A lifelong fascination in wildlife, and in particular birds, makes Andrew our perfect guide to what we may see from our yachts when at sea, anchored or simply walking along the foreshore. Andrew was born in central London and developed an early interest in birds through frequent visits to the Natural History Museum, the London parks and Hampstead Heath.
In 1672 Southwold residents watched the English and French fleets being attacked by the Dutch. David Davies, the Naval historian, will tell us who was the real winner in this great sea battle