Please note we have a new venue for our Winter Warmers
The Dog & Bear Hotel
The Square
Lenham
ME17 2PG
Tel: 01622 858219
Part of the Shepherd Neame Group situated 8 miles East of Maidstone off of the A20 in the village square
A pleasant light, airy room located on the ground floor with theatre style seating for 50 persons
Ample parking both behind in the car park or opposite in the Village Square
Bar Menu available similar to the Early Bird
Winter Warmers are the 2nd Thursday of each month
Our Winter evening talks take place on the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Dog & Bear Hotel, The Square, Lenham, ME17 2PG
The meetings begin at 19:00 for those that would like to eat with the talks beginning at 20:10.
It helps to know the numbers attending, but don’t let that stop you coming and please “bring a friend”, just a simple email to Ian will suffice. If you forget, don’t let that stop you turning up either…….
Ian Galletti [joint secretary] has organised some interesting Winter Warmers to get us under way again in October starting with:
Thursday, 10th October 2013 - Disasters created and avoided with Roger Shaw
Roger is Commodore of Henley Offshore Group. He has sailed 23,000 miles in the Baltic, South Coast, USA and recently completed a 3 year cruise from Plymouth to Corfu. He will talk about “Lessons learnt or disasters I just avoided !”. His topics will cover the notion of being a “Nanny Skipper”, avoiding pirates off Lanzarotte, putting diesel in the holding tank for 8 weeks, finding and killing a rat on board. Also how to keep the crew [and wife] happy and some perils of chartering.
Thursday, 14th November 2013 – Shipwreck, Small Boats, High Latitudes with Roger Taylor
In this talk illustrated with superb slides and some extraordinary video sequences, Roger tells how shipwreck on a square-rigger lead him to a lifetime of small-boat single handed ocean sailing. Roger has sailed 19’ and 20’ engineless yachts from the Roaring Forties to the Artic Circle. In 2011 he sailed to 800 North.
Thursday, 12th December 2013 – Prince Henry the Navigator – Portugals Pioneer of Maritime Exploration with Graham Anthony
Henry’s shipwrights innovated, his scholars improved celestial navigation, and his seaman mastered the winds and ocean currents. Freed from the control of Islam, ~Portugal was then able to trade in the Spice Islands, cross the Atlantic, and expand Christendom.
More details to follow with The Truth about Rodes, Extreme Voyagers, etc for 2014