Wessex

Join with old friends and make new acquaintances at an informal evening of socialising and sharing with fellow sailors. The new Wessex Section Secretaries will kick off the evening by introducing themselves and sharing the highs (and lows!) of their 2022 sailing season. Continuing the tradition of “Near and Far”, we’d love if others would do the same – please contact us to book if you would like to present.

Duncan Wells is the principal of Westview Sailing School, a features writer in the sailing press, and the author of several books which score four and a half or five stars on Amazon. I’ve only got one of them, but I’d score that one highly as well. Four, five years ago - well in distant pre-Covid times - Duncan gave us a very popular talk, “Stress Free Sailing.” Since then, Duncan has written a couple more books, and this talk will be a follow-on from the first, and incorporate some of the ideas in his recent books.

We always try to have at least one talk in our winter programmes from someone who earns their crust either working on the water or in a job which is very closely connected with the water; it puts things into perspective for those of us who use the sea purely for recreational purposes. So this year, we are particularly pleased to welcome David Bursey, who is based at Fareham. 

David tells me that he is also a helm with the Poole RNLI, so would be able to give us insights from various viewpoints.

The story of the CA told against the background of a century of developments in boating and marine technology.

“There is nothing... absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats,’ are words first published in 1908, the year that the Cruising Association was founded.

Given the current rate of infections, and the difficulty of ensuring that the venue would be a safe environment for attendees, we have reluctantly decided to cancel this event.

Given the current rate of infections, and the difficulty of ensuring that the venue would be a safe environment for attendees, we have reluctantly decided to cancel this event.

Wessex Section Christmas Lunch: 13.00 on Saturday 14th. December at Parkstone Yacht Club.

If you want to come, please fill in the attached pdf order form and send asap, together with a cheque for the appropriate amount made out to Cruising Association Wessex Section,  to C Jackson, 1 Point South, 71 Anthonys Avenue, Poole BH14 8JJ.

Price: two courses - £18.99; three courses - £24.99.

We always try to include a presentation from people who earn their living on the water, and this year we anticipate an informative talk about the role the Border Force has, and will have, in these complex and changing times.

Tuesday 19th. November 2019, 19.30hrs

Tuesday 18th. February 2020.

Caroline Milmo: Sailing with Strangers at Lilliput Sailing Club, 200a Sandbanks Road, Poole, Dorset BH14 8HA. The talk will start at 19.30, although the bar tends to open at about 19.00. There's no need to book, just turn up.

Caroline is on the CA's Council and runs the CA's Crewing Service. She has sailed with a wide variety of skippers on a wide variety of boats and has had a wide variety of interesting experiences. We look forward to an entertaining talk.

Tuesday 21st. January 2020.

Wessex members have the opportunity to share last season's cruises, or their future plans.