CRUISING ASSOCIATION - ESSEX SECTION

Wednesday, 18^th November 2015

Midweek Waterfront Lunch

The Pier Hotel, Harwich 12:30 for 1pm

followed by a visit to Harwich Mayflower Project

Please see attachments for flyer and booking form

Closing date for bookings 12/11/2015!!!!!

Essex Section Midweek Waterfront Lunch

Midweek Waterfront Lunch 21st October 2015 The Peldon Rose, Peldon. Colchester. Essex C05 7QJ

12.30 for 1.

See attachment

Dinner & Talk at Blackwater Sailing Club

November sees the return of Alan Wilson who proved so popular last winter with his talk on heavy weather sailing. His talk is entitled “The Frozen North: Orkneys, Iceland, nearly to Greenland (until stopped by ice), Faroes”.

Laying up Supper, Colne Yacht Club, Brightlingsea, October 17th

A chance to try a new central venue at Brightlingsea. They have a new chef and it all looks very promising for an enjoyable end to the season and a beginning of our winter events.

Please see booking form below for menu and booking and flyer.

Come and join the Essex, Kent and Suffolk sections as we venture across the Estuary and up river to Limehouse for a fun and sociable weekend of sailing, sightseeing and supper!

Places still available and if you can't come by sea you can join us at CA House for Saturday evening's pontoon party & BBQ or the more formal supper on Sunday.

Fitting Out Supper at Royal Burnham Yacht Club 21st March 2015

Following an earlier very successful fitting out supper at the RBYC we hope to enjoy your company there again this year. 

The food at the RBYC was excellent and the company convivial.  The views from the club over the Crouch are superb. 

Amusing after dinner speaker Cdr John Mankerty OBE RN talking about on "Jack's Language" many phrases from which are still in use today.

February’s talk is not only the last talk this winter but also has a slightly different format – a buffet dinner to encourage sociability.  This is an experiment and we would appreciate your comments.

The focus of this month's talks is on preparation for the cruising season and we look forward to hearing some useful and varied contributions:

THE ESSEX SECTION

JANUARY MID-WEEK WATERFRONT LUNCH AND VISIT TO THE PIONEER TRUST

THURSDAY 29^th JANUARY 2015

An exciting change this month; A Thursday lunch and a visit to the Pioneer Sailing Trust after lunch.  We’ll lunch a little earlier than usual at the Colne Yacht Club Waterside, Brightlingsea, Colchester CO7 0AX at 12:15 for 12:30 followed by a visit to The  nearby Pioneer Sailing Trust

Mid Week Waterfront Lunch at the Anchor Inn, Colchester, 26th of November

November’s midweek waterfront lunch on 26th will be in the north of the county close to Suffolk border at the Anchor Inn in a beautiful riverside setting at The Anchor, 26, Court Street, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4JL http://www.anchornayland.co.uk/

We start our midweek waterfront lunches at 15th Century or early 16th Century The Ferry Boat Inn at North Fambridge http://www.ferryboatinn.net/  

Just turn up and pay on the day. No bookings, no formality, just a sociable gathering of Cruising Association friends (guests are also very welcome). If you do let us know you are coming, we could give the landlord some idea of numbers, but just turn up anyway, as complete informality is the whole point.