Wednesday Oct 6th
"London's More Important River" - Jeremy Batch
Jeremy has kindly agreed to start our new season of talks with this stimulating account. Regular attenders will remember Jeremy's excellent talk last year on the history of Limehouse. Autumn Talks
Rallies
Three solent rallies are in advanced preparation and bookings are being taken. Places are limited on some of them. For Details
John Rugg and John Gorrie - UK Circumnavigation
Two GXSA members have completed a UK clockwise circumnavigation in a 37 foot sloop "Gnutcracker" having left Gosport on May 3rd. They made their Irish landfall in Cork and headed north up the Irish sea. They then cruised in the Clyde the Crinan Canal and traversed the Pentland Firth before heading south. Their return ports included Lowestoft, Harwich, London and Ramsgate before reaching Gosport again - all in 79 days which is a very fast trip compared with the 100 day norm.
They say they enjoyed the trip and will be recounting their expereinces in one of our winter talks
You will be interested in seeing their blog.
John Apps completes the "Jester Challenge 2010"
GXSA member John Apps left Plymouth on May 23rd at 13.00 hr on the Jester Challenge "towards Newport Rhode Island". sailing his Dehler 27 "Glayva". This was John's third Jester Challenge, a biannual single handed event for sub 30 ft yachts.
He arrived safely on Monday 12 July in Newport. The great circle distance is around 2,800 nm, John will have logged around 3,600nm in 50 days by taking a more southerly route.
Our congratulations to John for this fantastic achievement.
John started back on July 21st. He has since logged over 690nm and is over 650nm from Newport, however in the past 24 hour his speed has dropped considerably. He has averaged around 3.6 kt for the passage so far.
Cruising Association sets up Thames Valley Section
The CA is setting up a Thames Valley section which will be of interest to both yachtsmen living in the area and those boaters that enjoy cruising on the river. Membership is free to CA members. At the moment monthly meetings are planned during the "non sailing season". More details
The RYA now has a dedicated website for the Thames Valley
RYA Thames Valley news can be found on its revamped website See
What is Buys Ballot's law ?
New challenges are published from time to time throughout the season
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