Essex

8th October 2016 Dinner and Talk at Blackwater Sailing Club

Talk by Linda Crew-Gee ‘The Rescue of Gipsy Moth IV’

Fellow CA member Linda Crew-Gee has been sailing all her life, firstly on her father's fishing boat in her homeland, Croatia.

She moved to the UK after university and made London her home, and has lived aboard her own designed canal houseboat on the Regent's Canal for several

years.

As well as being a Cape Horner, Linda has sailed in warmer climes too.

Midweek Waterfront Lunch 26th October 2016

The Chequers Inn, The Square, Goldhanger, Essex. CM9 8AS

For our first waterside lunch this coming winterin Octoberwe’ve picked a pub with great atmosphere and food.

The Chequers is located in the charming village of Goldhanger on the River Blackwater in Essex. We really enjoyed our last visit in January with a great lunch and a stroll down Goldhanger Creek afterward

URL: www.thechequersgoldhanger.co.uk

Wednesday, 30th March 2106

Essex Section Midweek Waterfront Lunch The Peter Boat, Leigh-onSea and Visit to RNLI Southend Lifeboat Station

Please see the attachment below for details.

Fitting Out Supper 16 April 2016

The Royal Burnham Yacht Club, The Quay, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex CM0 8AU

Meet: 19.30

Dinner: 20.00

Following earlier successful fitting out suppers at the RBYC we have arranged another event there again this year. The food at the RBYC is excellent and the company always convivial. The views from the club over the Crouch are superb.

PLUS:

Those not already members of The Cruising Association who join the CA on the night will get their meals free!!!

RSPB Talk from Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project

Dinners and Talks at Blackwater Sailing Club

Saturday 2 April

Rachel Fancy, Warden, Wallasea Island & Foulness, RSPB will give a talk on the Wallasea Island wild coast project and its relevance for cruisers.

Dinner  at 7pm. Lecture at 8pm

Notice and booking form attached.

Please note due to the Easter holiday the Last booking date for dinner is Tuesday 29th March.

Alan Wilson - Man Overboard - Now where's he gone?

Dinners and Talks at Blackwater Sailing Club:

Saturday 12 March, from 7pm

Come and join us as we repeat last year's successful Rally at Limehouse over the Late Spring Bank Holiday 27-30 May

The outline plan is to meet at Queenborough on the evening of 27 May.

Cruise in Company to Limehouse Basin on 28 May.

Pontoon Party/ BBQ at CA House.

Dinner at CA House on Sunday 29 May.

Leave for your Home port or cruise on Monday 30 May 

We have reserved berths in Limehouse Basin  and to secure your booking please send a £25.00 deposit per boat to our treasurer Peter Barnard 

Midweek Waterfront Lunch, 24th February 2016

The Swan Inn, Lower Street, Stratford St Mary. CO7 6JR

We have tried to pick pubs alternately in the North or South of Maritime Essex and so this month we have picked the well reviewed Swan at Stratford St Mary, on the river Stour near Dedham Vale in the heart of Constable County. The pub boasts a good well kept cellar and brews some of its own beer.  The reviews of the food are good.

Invaders, Explorers and Shipbuilders- a lecture by Jeremy Batch, 6th of February

Blackwater Sailing Club, Heybridge, Maldon

Limehouse, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Greenwich Yacht Club. How the Dutch sneaked up the Medway to raid Chatham. How Olaf the Viking made London Bridge fall down... All this and more tales of the Thames in another engaging lecture by Jeremy Batch. All welcome.

See attached flyer for booking information

We hope to see old and new friends at our Christmas dinner and social evening. 

£13 per head CA and BSC members, £15 per head for other guests for 2 course dinner, followed by mince pies and tea/coffee.

After dinner get ready for the now famous CA Yankee Grab. A variation on “Secret Santa” everyone please bring a wrapped gift (maybe suitable for a sailor if you like) but don’t spend more than £5.  It’s the thought that counts! All will be revealed on the night.