Suffolk

Suffolk artist, Claudia Myatt, is known for her cartoons and illustrations in yachting magazines as well as for the 'RYA Go Sailing' series of books. She likes to take her sketchbook to the world's wild places and in recent years she's been lucky enough to travel to Antarctica, South Georgia and the Southern Ocean. Join us for a fascinating evening with Claudia as she shares with us her sketches and tales of sailing round Cape Horn as well as travelling to Antarctica with the Royal Navy on board icebreaker, HMS Protector.

The story of the floating and sinking into position of our local seamark "Roughs Tower".

Date and Time: Thursday 24th October 2024, Doors open at 11:00, Talk at 11:30, Lunch at 13:00.

Coastal Forces ran Motor Gun Boats from HMS Beehive, a Naval Base in Felixstowe Dock, during WW2, usually crossing the North Sea under the cover of darkness. Julia Jones will tell us about one of these vessels. Many yachtsmen joined the RNVR and crewed these boats including Robert Hichens, who wrote down his story before he was killed in action in April 1943.

The Suffolk Winter 2024 - 25 Talks start on Saturday 12th October 2024.

The dates of all the events are listed below.

We shall be meeting at our normal venue, the Royal Harwich Yacht Club on the River Orwell outside Ipswich.

Doors open for the Saturday events at 18:00 and on Thursdays at 11:00.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Simon and Georgette Harrison

This popular annual event with four short talks and the Photographic Competition judged by attendees, this year covers the world:

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

Date: Tuesday 24^th October 2023 at 09:30. Victor will return to RHYC at around 16:00, wind and tide willing......

Guide: Bird and wildlife expert Rick will be our guide.

For all those who sail, or wish to sail, in the Thames Estuary and further afield, with the latest information on navigating with the tides, around or over the sands, through the windfarms and across the traffic separation schemes; also covering routes to the near continent.

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. 

Liferaft and Lifejacket servicing experts, Suffolk Marine Safety, have agreed to explain what they do, and what they find, when servicing our kit, and give us a demonstration of MOB procedures. They will also show us their range of the latest electronic safety equipment including laser flares, EPIRBs and MOB alerts.

London Walks Guide and historian, Robert Smith, has agreed to visit us in Suffolk to tell us about our local shipwrecks. He is an author, college lecturer and, as a guide, offers twenty historical walks around London and further afield, but for this talk we may remain seated at RHYC.

Date and Time: Thursday 21st March 2024, Doors open at 11:00, Talk at 11:30, Lunch at 13:00.