Category: Event Reports

Peter ‘Stokey’ Woodall joined the Club for an evening of two halves. He began sharing the remarkable story of his life, from his beginnings in the Black Country, to his…

The Winter Talk series is now in full swing, with fantastic attendance and the new venue proving a great success. Our second talk of the series was Dr Stephen Payne…

Club member Jane Williams shared the tale of her journey from Newfoundland to Greenland in 2022. Unsurprisingly, there were numerous challenges to be overcome, not least navigating the ever-changing ice…

The start of what is officially Autumn brought a change in the weather – to bright sunshine and rising temperatures. It felt the least Autumnal it has for the last…

The planned cruise itinery of The Yealm and Fowey had been an enticing prospect for the Spring Cruise, but a combination of circumstances made some of the fleet make the…

On the 29th May the Spring Cruise fleet assembled in Portland Marina; 10 sailing and 1 motorboat.  A brisk easterly had been blowing for some time which resulted in the…

Seven yachts headed towards Gosport, to join two local boats, for the Summer Rally. Appropriately, the sun was blazing, to welcome everybody in plenty of time for tea and cakes…

Following straight on from the Fitting Out Supper, the Spring Rally saw a select fleet of yachts heading to the north of Southampton Water, to visit Hythe Marina. For once,…

With the first Rally of the new season due to start the following day, the Fitting Out Supper took place in the nick of time! It was held at The…

Richard Vaughan Frankland joined us for the evening to share how sailing had moved from a pastime of the rich and Royal, to one enjoyed by a significantly wider audience.…