CA London

Not the same as events at CA House

Sailing into the Electronic Age, Jeremy Batch

Date: 
Wed, 01/02/2023 - 19:00

"We have no use for these inventions" was the rebuff given to Christian Hülsmeyer by Telefunken in 1905 when he offered them his early versions of radar and the chart plotter. Decca would make the same mistake with the Beatles.

Tides part 2, Penny Haire

Date: 
Wed, 07/12/2022 - 19:00

This is our annual joint event with the Royal Institute of Navigation. Penny returns to give the second part of her talk which is to focus on modern tidal prediction and models. There have been a lot of recent developments in this space, such as we can now measure tidal height from space, and this technique in combination with computer modelling is about to supersede traditional methods of tidal prediction.

Essential Boat Electrics, Oliver Ballam

Date: 
Wed, 30/11/2022 - 19:00

Oliver, who runs Seapower Marine Electronics, is the co-author of Essential Boat Electrics, described by its CA reviewer as ‘easy to read and an excellent little book’. He will talk about the themes covered and about common problems he is called upon to fix.

Date: Wednesday 30 November 2022

Time: 19:00

West is Best in the Med, Tony Boas

Date: 
Wed, 23/11/2022 - 19:00

While many CA members reaching the Mediterranean head straight for Greece and Turkey, Tony and Sarah Boas have spent the past decade sailing around the western Mediterranean, particularly the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Tony will outline their cruising and discuss suitable equipment for the area. He will also talk about formalities post Brexit, pilot guides and passages.

In the Wake of Giants, Sailing the Wildest Seas on Earth, Bjorn Riis-Johannessen

Date: 
Wed, 16/11/2022 - 19:00

The Novara, Steve Brown’s 60ft aerorigged schooner, completed a 33,000nm circumnavigation of the American continents, passing through the North West Passage and visiting South Georgia and the Antarctic in the wake of many famous polar explorers.

Round the Islands, Ann and Steve Crome

Date: 
Wed, 02/11/2022 - 19:00

Whilst sailing round the UK, Ann and Steve have been circumnavigating some of the larger islands round our coast, all of them for the first and probably only time. They plan to talk to you about their adventures going around Lundy, Anglesey, Isle of Man, Ailsa Crag, Arran, Bute, Mull and Skye, including the navigational challenges of a first time visit and a few things to see onshore.

 

Famous Ships of London, Rob Smith

Date: 
Wed, 26/10/2022 - 19:00

London may not spring to mind when you think of shipbuilding, but seagoing vessels were constructed here for hundreds of years. The pride of Henry VIII's fleet, Henry Grace a Dieu, was built in Woolwich, as was the Beagle which carried Charles Darwin. The Blackwall Yard built well-armed cargo ships for the East India Company. In 1577 the Revenge, the ship used by Francis Drake to raid Cadiz, was launched from Deptford.

The effects of climate change on voyage planning, Jimmy Cornell

Date: 
Wed, 19/10/2022 - 19:00

In recent years, the global weather conditions have seen major changes especially in the location, frequency, strength and extra-seasonal occurrence of tropical cyclones. Sailors planning to go on a long voyage are now rightly concerned about how these changes will affect their plans. Jimmy has been monitoring global weather conditions since the 1980s, both for his own interest and to update his various books.

South Pacific, Graham and Kate Walker

Date: 
Wed, 12/10/2022 - 19:00

In late 2019 Graham and Kate Walker set sail from the Caribbean to cross the Pacific on their OVNI 395 ‘Barracuda of Islay’. In the Galapagos, COVID struck; and all their plans changed. The trip was now dominated by the difficulty of ‘where next’ decision-making as most Pacific countries closed their maritime borders or introduced tight controls; this was additionally complicated by the timing of the south Pacific cyclone season.

Single handed in the North Atlantic, Kass Schmitt

Date: 
Wed, 05/10/2022 - 19:00

Kass Schmitt is a solo sailor whose dream is to be the first American woman to complete the OSTAR, the original single-handed trans-Atlantic race which, back in the 1960's, began the solo racing scene we know today.

Kass will talk about her motivation and preparations and recount her experiences of taking part in this famous event in 2017 as well as her plans to compete again in 2024.

Date: Wednesday 5 October 2022