Bob and Sue were advised that they couldn’t ‘do” the Baltic justice in a season but decided anyway to see as many countries as possible and sailed 3800 miles mostly day-sailing and visited 9 countries going as far as St.Petersburg on “Intrepid’, a Dufour 365.
They spent 182 days onboard and will talk about why we did it, preparation, the route, the practicalities, the places visited and us and our experience.
We hope it doesn't happen but every now and again it does.
Dredge up and refresh, from the depths of your mind all that stuff you learnt at Scouts, Guides or any of the other youth activities.
Come along to this entirely practical based talk given by Jon Boon of CA London who worked for 37 years 132 days in the Ambulance Service, not that he counted.
Audience participation and brave volunteers required!!!
By definition couples sailing alone have to do everything for themselves. They leave the berth, set the sails, helm the boat, trim the sails, navigate, anchor, pick up mooring buoys, enter harbour, moor up and all without the help of any extra crew. So they need to carry out these manoeuvres efficiently and effectively, with as little physical effort as possible.
Britain and the Sea with Sam Llewellyn, Tuesday December 1st
Sam Llewellyn writes a novel most years, writes for the Daily Telegraph, and is a columnist for Practical Boat Owner and Classic Boat. As if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy he is also Editor of Marine Quarterly, a journal of the sea, and was the judge for the 2014 CA log competition.
Accessing and Using Weather Information for Cruise Planning
Dr Andrew Eccleston is Chartered Meteorologist and Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. He worked in the weather business for about 20 years, providing forecast services to media and aviation. He recently retired from an academic post at Plymouth University.
Tuesday 17 March will see our annual Fitting Out Supper and Nautical Quiz Night. We do hope many of you can join us for this social event which closes out our season of events before we all depart for our sailing adventures. Details of menu choices and booking form can be found on the attachment below.
Brittany: a Gallic Paradise, by Paul Brown, 27/1/15
In July 2013 Paul and family cruised the stunning North Brittany coastline between Paimpol and Roscoff. The brief for the trip was to cross over from Poole, spend time ashore in as many places as possible, and return their Ovni, "Little Wing", safely to her home berth, all in the space of a three week break from work. They discovered a wonderful cruising ground with a great variety of idyllic, tranquil islands, small bustling harbours and winding rivers.
