Suffolk

Each year the topics covered at this popular event include anything which will inform and entertain with a nautical flavour. If you have a story to tell in just 20 minutes please contact the Suffolk Secretaries, we look forward to hearing from you.

This year we have these short talks:

Unfortunately Sharon Bleese has had to cancel her talk on Wednesday. Sharon says: "You will have no doubt seen the situation that has unfolded in Hemsby over the last few weeks, resulting in loss of homes. I have been involved in supporting that situation. There are some additional concerns with tides mid-week next week and so all resources need to be focused on supporting our coastal communities."

Come, hear and meet Pip Hare after her successful completion of the Route du Rhum race, and now looking forward to the 2024 Vendée Globe circumnavigation. Pip is a local sailor having started racing on the River Deben.

News flash: Some members of the catering team at RHYC have tested positive for Covid. As a result,  the meal could not be provided on Saturday and we have therefore reluctantly decided to cancel the meeting. We look forward to an opportunity to hear Andy's talk on another occasion.

This author of historic novels is a popular speaker at our Winter Talks and this time we shall learn about a famous man who has local connections.

  Date and Time: Saturday 11^th February 2023, Doors open at 18:00, Dinner at 18:45, Talk at 20:00.

Rescheduled for 26th October 2023

Never having painted until ten years ago, Surinder is now an acclaimed artist producing wonderful paintings of boats and seascapes.

Date and Time: Thursday 26^th January 2023, Doors open at 11:00, Talk at 11:30, Lunch at 13:00.

Britain’s biggest and busiest container port handles around two thousand ship movements a year including the world’s largest container ships.

Sailing on as many traditional types of boats as possible and endless travelling and research have made Robert Simper the authority on the history of the East Coast rivers, the people, and the boats. His travel has always included taking photographs, which have become increasingly important for illustrating his books.

Date and Time: Thursday 8^th December 2022, Doors open at 11:00, Talk at 11:30, Lunch at 13:00.

Dramatic changes in the fortunes of ports from Yarmouth to Colchester occurred in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries as their communities faced repeated outbreaks of the Black Death, global climate change and a severe and prolonged economic depression. The result was a permanent shift in their importance and standing.

Professor Bailey is the president of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. He is an historian and he played rugby for England in the 1980s.

Hear the latest about the East Coast Pilot, North Sea Passages, Roger Gaspar’s Crossing the Thames Estuary, and Explore with Imray.