Sailing Through Russia: From the White Sea to the Black Sea by Maxine Maters

On Thursday 12th December 2024 CA member Maxine Maters will give us a talk on her experiences sailing through Russia.

There are a staggering 93,000km of navigable waterways in Russia. In 2012 Russia opened its inland waterways to foreign-flagged pleasure craft. In 2013 Australian yacht “Tainui” successfully completed the 3,000 mile voyage through central Russia from the White Sea down the Volga River to the Black Sea. Tainui’s crew were John Vallentine (AUS) and Maxine Maters (NL). John wrote a blog which was awarded with the CA’s 2014 Lacey Trophy which became the basis for a now fairly useless cruising guide published in 2016, he also won the OCC’s 2015 Vasey Vase for this “voyage of an unusual or exploratory nature”.

We meet at the Dog and Bear Hotel in Lenham ME17 2PG, there is a car park behind the hotel or parking is available in the square opposite. Some of us have dinner in the Hotel beforehand, please phone the Hotel to book a table and let them know what time you will be arriving. We will publicise the menu nearer the time. Hotel phone number is 01622 858219

Our meetings cost £3.00 per person and are booked and paid for via Eventbrite, the link will be available a couple of weeks before the date.