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Antarctica – In the Footsteps Of Shackleton
Date: 18/11/2025
In 2022/23 Andy Beharrell sailed from Tenerife to Antarctica via the Falklands, South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands.
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Life and times on the Royal Yacht Britannia by Tony Noble RN (Nobby) and Steve Porter RN
Date: 04/12/2025
Tony spent nine of his seventeen year Royal Naval career on board the Royal Britannia and during th
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Wessex Section Festive Lunch
Date: 07/12/2025
We are pleased to return to Parkstone Yacht Club again this year to enjoy the very pleasant waterside restaurant for a fun, informal lunch.
Details will be announced in October.
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"Near and Far", and Photo Competition
Date: 20/01/2026
Please join us as we begin the year with our traditional "Near and Far" social evening, where we will hear the tales of travels in 2025 from a couple of our members.
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Frozen in Time - An Ancestor in the Arctic
Date: 22/01/2026
Learn about the ill-fated Franklin Expedition and the two ships that were wrecked.
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Your First Channel Crossing – a CA Channel Section Seminar
Date: 25/01/2026
For many skippers a first crossing of the English Channel is a big step in their cruising accomplishments – one undertaken with some trepidation.
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To Svalbard and 80 degrees North
Date: 17/02/2026
Bob Hendicott has sailed since he was a child and has owned Rosinis, his Rustler 36, for 15 years. He has cruised Rosinis extensively, accumulating some 30,000NM, much of it sailed solo.
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Operation PLUTO
Date: 17/03/2026
Operation PLUTO - Pipeline under the ocean - was an ambitious and top secret operation to lay a series of pipelines across the English Channel from the south coast of England to France following th
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Eyes of the Few - Bawdsey Radar
Date: 26/03/2026
This is the fascinating story of why, how and by whom radar was developed in the 1930's and the role it played in the Battle of Britain.
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