Solent

Frostbite Rendezvous to Port Solent, 18 January, 7pm

 Visit to Solent Coastguard and lunch

After a short presentation, we will be given a tour of the building - including the Ops Room (this will be subject to operational caveats) and a Q&A session. In all the visit will last approximately 2 hours.

Date: 15 April 2025

Time: 1200 for lunch, 1400 Solent Coastguard 

Venue: lunch TBA, HM Coastguard, Fareham

Bookings open: Early March, tickets limited to 20 members

Dennis and Janet will talk their trip up the inside passage from Vancouver to Alaska in May & June in 2002 in thier Oyster435 “Shilling”.

Together with our usual supper this is a very sociable occasion.

Date: 20 March 2025

Time: 7pm

Venue: TBA

Join us for a club supper and talk at Emsworth Sailing club. We are hoping to have a local sailmaker or a talk on the manufacture of Prosecco using The Charmat method of production.

Date: Tues 18 February , 7pm

Venue: ESC

Contact: solent@theca.org.uk

The Christmas dinner event has moved to Tuesday 3rd December and is to take place at Emsworth Sailing  Club where the chef Ollie has a great reputation.

Where: Emsworth Sailing Club, 55 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ES

Time: 1900 for 1930 Two Course Supper, £28.00

Parking: Parking is to be found just before you reach the clubhouse.

RNLI Poole visit

Date Tues 5th Nov

Arrive from 1200

Lunch at 1230

Tour at 1400

The lunch is a 2-course hot buffet (main and dessert) served with tea & coffee.

The Discovery Tour takes us through the College and the Sea Survival Centre, which mimics the conditions at sea. Please note that the RNLI College is a working venue and so we cannot guarantee access to the wave tank or simulator due to training requirements.

This tour is 90 minutes long.

The evening’s talk is entitled “To the far side of the world” by Paul Ellis and covers the highs and lows of our circumnavigation.  The highs include the Panama Canal, the Pacific Islanders and sealife (whales, sharks etc).  The lows are a hurricane, mending boats in exotic places and piracy! Interested, then please join us… 

Date and Time: Thurs 21 November. Bar opens at 1800, with the supper at 1900.

Venue: Royal Southern Yacht Club, Hamble, SO31 4HB

Our Laying Up Supper is a great opportunity to meet CA friends and exchange tales of the past season over a meal and a few drinks.

Menu choices for a two course supper will be confirmed when finalised.

Date: Saturday 19 October 2024

Time: 19:00

Place: The Creek, Haslar Marina, Gosport PO12 1NU

Subsequent to the cancellation of the talk for Thursday 21 March we wondered if you would like to join us at Banana Wharf, Universal Marina for a supper only at 7pm. Choose from a wide selection on the menu and pay direct to the restaurant on the night. 'Alfresco dining by the water. Located on the east bank of the Hamble river offering idyllic views across the Solent'.

Date: Thursday 21 March 2024

Time: 1900

Venue: Banana Wharf, Universal Marina

We are holding our Fitting out supper at The Creek, Haslar Marina for a two course dinner on Saturday night at 7pm. Please would members attending in their boat reserve a place at either Haslar or Gosport Marina.

Dates: Saturday 27 April to Sunday 28 April

Time of arrival: to suit skippers and crew

Venue: The Creek, Haslar Marina