Switzerland may not be an obvious destination for cruising sailors, but Peter and Gill Pitcher were looking for new adventures. They have cruised extensively in a series of motorboats taking in many European inland waterways as well as trips from Bordeaux to Oslo and the Scillies to Great Yarmouth.
The voyage of the Harrier had a purpose: to recreate the historic voyage of HMS Beagle which, in the late 1830s, circumnavigated under the command of Robert FitzRoy with Charles Darwin aboard as ship’s naturalist. Darwin’s book, Voyage of the Beagle was published in 1839 and has never been out of print. It was the turning point in Darwin’s life and led him to publish his Origin of Species in 1859. His theory of evolution is the basis of all modern biology.
The original plan for this cruise was to circumnavigate the Black Sea, but plans had to change when the Crimea became out of bounds. Martin’s journey in his Moody 336 began in Thessaloniki, stopping at the World War I sites at Gallipoli and then Istanbul and on to Romania and Bulgaria before visiting several ports along the north coast of Turkey, finishing on Leros. He avoided the war zone, but encountered the refugee problem on the way.
Date: Wednesday 1 November. Lectures and talks start promptly at 1900 hrs.
In anticipation of retirement, Viv and Linda bought their Nauticat 331, Tempus, in 2012, and after two years’ cruising the waters around the Thames estuary, set off for the Baltic. The talk will cover getting there through the wonderful Dutch canals, negotiating the German Bight and into the Kiel Canal, and then travels through Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and back to Sweden via the Gota Canal.
Robinetta is just 20 feet on the waterline but she has standing headroom and everything needed inside and out for extended cruising. She also happens to be an 80-year old gaff cutter. When Julian and Alison Cable decided to circumnavigate Ireland in her they knew they would need luck with the weather. Their luck held and they got around in a leisurely nine weeks visiting around 40 ports.
In February 2011, Tony became the owner of the miniature 16’6’’ wooden gaff-cutter Shoal Waters, owned and sailed for over 75,000 miles by the late Charles Stock. He will show how, with relatively minimal cash outlay, modest adventures can be had in a small boat in what he calls sea-country, the place where land and sea come together in estuaries up and down the East Coast, surrounded by the glory of England’s countryside.
The age of the autonomous vessel has already arrived. Dr Andy Norris has had a close involvement in the concept for many years and, more recently, has been engaged in the development of UK and international standards for their design and use. He will explain the present situation, how the future will evolve and why their use will inevitably expand. He will also look at the drawbacks that could come from ever-enhancing automation.
This comprehensive one-day seminar at CA House is based both on Jimmy Cornell’s considerable personal experience and the practical information gathered as the organiser of 30 transatlantic and six round the world rallies.
Position fixing is a critical task for any form of navigation, not least for those at sea. Modern technology has made the estimation and depiction of absolute position a very easy task for the human user. However, this has created a number of newer issues that perhaps not everybody is aware of. This presentation will take a revised look at the real requirements and issues of navigational positioning at sea, focussed on the cruising community.
The voyage of the Harrier had a purpose: to recreate the historic voyage of HMS Beagle which, in the late 1830s, circumnavigated under the command of Robert FitzRoy with Charles Darwin aboard as ship’s naturalist. Darwin’s book, Voyage of the Beagle was published in 1839 and has never been out of print. It was the turning point in Darwin’s life and led him to publish his Origin of Species in 1859. His theory of evolution is the basis of all modern biology.
In anticipation of retirement, Viv and Linda bought their Nauticat 331, Tempus, in 2012, and after two years’ cruising the waters around the Thames estuary, set off for the Baltic. The talk will cover getting there through the wonderful Dutch canals, negotiating the German Bight and into the Kiel Canal, and then travels through Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and back to Sweden via the Gota Canal.
Robinetta is just 20 feet on the waterline but she has standing headroom and everything needed inside and out for extended cruising. She also happens to be an 80-year old gaff cutter. When Julian and Alison Cable decided to circumnavigate Ireland in her they knew they would need luck with the weather. Their luck held and they got around in a leisurely nine weeks visiting around 40 ports.
In February 2011, Tony became the owner of the miniature 16’6’’ wooden gaff-cutter Shoal Waters, owned and sailed for over 75,000 miles by the late Charles Stock. He will show how, with relatively minimal cash outlay, modest adventures can be had in a small boat in what he calls sea-country, the place where land and sea come together in estuaries up and down the East Coast, surrounded by the glory of England’s countryside.