Suffolk

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

Guide: Bird and wildlife expert Mark Nowers will be our guide.

Joining Instructions: Boarding from 0945 at the RHYC marina, before departure promptly at 10:00.

The CA Suffolk-RHYC Photo Competition 2022  
Deadline: Midnight, Sunday 31st January 2022  
Subject: “Boating” in its broadest sense
Format: Best quality jpg only 

Over several centuries a surprising diversity of goods were traded between East Anglia, northern France and the Low Countries and this two way trade helped the local economies. Andy used the lock-down to prepare this presentation on what he discovered during his researches.

What: Smuggling on the East Coast talk, with or without a meal, at the RHYC.

When: Saturday 2^nd April at 18:00 - Doors open at 18:00, Dinner at 18:45, Talk at 20:00.

"We completed a 17 year circumnavigation in 2013 in our Bowman 48. The longest passage was from Galapagos to Hawaii, 4,800 miles; it took 36 days. We were enjoying the passage so much we didn't want it to end. I hope to share the excitement of Ocean sailing with you."

What: Ocean Sailing talk, with or without a meal, at the RHYC.

Each year the topics covered at this popular event include anything which will inform and entertain with a nautical flavour.

This year’s short talks are:

Biological Oceanographer and artist Paul Rodhouse has spent his life working for British Antarctic Survey. He will introduce us to the art from the Antarctic expeditions from James Cook’s time to the present.

What: Artistic Exploration of Antarctica talk, with or without a meal, at the RHYC.

When: Thursday 17th February 2022 - Doors open at 11:00, Talk at 11:30, Lunch at 13:00.

Through the Kiel Canal and into the Baltic on Infinity, an Oyster 406 deck saloon, exploring many unspoilt Danish Islands, the dramatic landscape of the West coast of Sweden and finally reaching the Öckerö Archipelago. Infinity wintered in Germany and may still be there.

What: Sailing in the Baltic talk, with or without a meal, at the RHYC.

When: Saturday 5th February 2022 - Doors open at 18:00, Dinner at 18:45, Talk and Webinar at 20:00.

We hope to be able to rearrange this talk for another date. Based locally at Harkers Yard, Brightlingsea, Essex, the Trust provides learning opportunities for young people to equip them with skills for life, both at sea and on land. Find out how this is achieved.

Unfortunately we have had to postpone this event.

We do hope that you will register for future Suffolk Events.

From the royal yachts of the pharaohs and the Victorians and Americans cruising in their pleasure palaces,  to the explosion of yachting in the 20^th century, Rod will take us on a fascinating historical voyage. He has spent more than 40 years sailing and writing about the Mediterranean and in the progress has amassed an extensive collection of papers and books on the history of yachting in this area, and he himself is part of that history.

The summer of 2020 did not seem like a year to have wild adventures, it was a year of staycations and Covid claps, Captain Tom and his hundred laps.