Programme

AUTUMN 2007

Wednesdays 8:15pm prompt - Bar opens 7.30 pm
Colston Hall, Memorial Centre, Gerrards Cross

Oct 3rd	Uffa Fox Association. Tony Dixon tells of Uffa's adventures when he was Scout Master of the Cowes Sea scouts in 1921, including taking the scouts to France, up the Seine nearly to Paris and back in an open whaler without the parents knowing where they had gone.
Oct 10th	SS Terra Nova - Whaler, Sealer and Polar Exploration Ship. Mike Tarver talks of the exploits over sixty years of this remarkable vessel including those with the Captain Scott Expeditions, covered in his new book.
Oct 17th	From North Atlantic Drama to South Atlantic High. Explorer and Adventurer Jonathan Blain recounts surviving a shipwreck in the North Atlantic, then designing and building a yacht, which he raced to the island of St Helena.
Oct 24th	Laying-up Supper (Advance ticket* required for the meal) Fish & Chip Supper with an interesting evening of members’ tales recounting challenges, memorable times and the odd confession whilst sailing or motor cruising. (* available from the secretary or committee member)
Oct 31st	Life as an Engineer Officer on the Orient Line 50 Years ago. Club member David Harrop will describe the Passenger Steamships he served on for four years and give an illustrated tour of the world as it was 50 years ago.
Nov 7th	High Barbaree to the Baltic and back. Tim and Liz Dodwell sailed their Cornish Crabber Pilot Cutter to the Baltic in 2005, laying up near Stockholm, then in 2006 cruised the Baltic before returning to Buckler’s Hard. They will talk about their adventures and misadventures too!
Nov 14th	A New Future for the Sailing Barge Cambria. Cambria Trust, founded by Tony Ellis, is restoring the famous 101 year-old sailing barge Cambria. Tony has been involved in a variety of barging organisations over the years and will tell us his fascinating story.
Sat Nov 17th	*** SATURDAY SPECIAL *** Introduction to Electronic Charts Details to follow
Nov 21st	Singlehanded round the world ‘vertically’ Adrian Flanagan will tell how he this year became the first single-hander to circumnavigate north/south including crossing the Arctic Ocean along Russia’s northern sea route.
Nov 28th	Shenanigan in the Hebrides Club member Rob Johnstone recalls a summer cruising Skye and the east coast of some ofthe Outer Isles as navigator/bo'sun/leading hand in a 35ft Moody.
Dec 5th	Cast Off for Christmas Mulled wine – good company, short stories – judging of our summer photographs.
	Spring 2008 Programme starts Wednesday January 16th