Suffolk

Another event-packed Bank Holiday weekend for all CA East Coast Sailors. Suffolk, Essex and Kent CA Members usually attend with a few from further away, and all are most welcome. 

Two possible speakers have been approached but neither has confirmed yet.

Date and Time: Thursday 27th March 2025, Doors open at 11:00, Talk at 11:30, Lunch at 13:00.

Venue: Royal Harwich Yacht Club, Woolverstone, Ipswich, IP9 1AT; Lat and Long: N52⁰ 0.34’ E001⁰ 11.8’; National Grid Reference: TM 1952 3896; What.Three.Words: ///lion.jumpy.chuckling.

Free car parking at the Club.

Many rich and famous people built large houses overlooking the River Orwell; we sail past their estates without knowing their stories. Keith Pettican now lives in one of these houses and he will tell us its history and that of some of the others.

Date and Time: Thursday 27th February 2025, Doors open at 11:00, Talk at 11:30, Lunch at 13:00.

Traditional boat building skills are the central focus of the International Boatbuilding Training College at Lowestoft.

Anne lives on sailing yacht Midday Sun with husband Marc and is a professional artist. She will talk about yachting on our wonderful East Coast.

Photographic Competition: Attendees will also have the opportunity to cast their votes for the "Best Photograph" and may win a prize as "Best Judge".

Date and Time: Saturday 15th March 2025, Doors open at 18:00, Dinner at 18:30, Photo Competition Judging at 19:45, Talk at 20:00.

The cast of characters involved in the Americas Cup ranges from Thomas Lipton (of tea fame), through Thomas Stopwith (of Stopwith Camel fame), through Alan Bond (of prison fame), to Larry Ellison. The talk examines these eclectic characters and the way the design of the Americas Cup boats has changed.

The planning and logistics for his 2024 cruise to Scotland will be covered by Viv and he will also describe some of the places he visited, and some he missed. So if you have ever considered a cruise to this beautiful part of UK this talk is for you, or just come to enjoy the story, the pictures and the company.

Join us for a bird watching cruise on board the Thames Sailing Barge Victor along Suffolk's peaceful Orwell and Stour Rivers.

Date: Saturday 19^th October 2024 at 09:30. Victor will return to RHYC at around 16:00, wind and tide willing......

Guide: A bird and wildlife expert will be our guide.

Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell fought at the Battle of Sole Bay, Southwold, helped capture Gibraltar, and accidentally improved navigation. But whose navigational error was it that resulted in his ship, HMS Association, being wrecked off the Isles of Scilly, with the loss of 2,000 lives?

Find out how the government of the time set in motion measures to ensure this would never happen again. (And are there lessons to be learned even today?)