Thames Valley

The Green Blue is the RYA’s environmental outreach programme, promoting a sustainable UK leisure marine sector. This talk will explore all aspects of how the boating community can act responsibly to avoid pollution and also protect wildlife and the environment.

Date: Wednesday 5 March 2025

Time: Doors open 19:30, talk begins at 20:15

Tom is National Network Commander at the Coastguard Joint Rescue Coordination Centre. He will explain the extensive work of HM Coastguard with a particular emphasis on how technology has revolutionised search and rescue operations.

Date: Wednesday 26 February 2025

Time: Doors open 19:30, talk begins at 20:15

The Tall Ships Youth Trust supports youth development, taking over 1200 young people on their fleet of Challenger 72 boats each year. CEO Alastair Floyd will share experiences and explain the impact of the programme, along with operational details of the fleet.

Date: Wednesday 19 February 2025

Time: Doors open 19:30, talk begins at 20:15

Kim had enjoyed club racing and some brief sailing holidays before he decided to sail around Britain. Sailing mostly single-handed, he broke the voyage into a series of day sails, visiting 48 towns and making it an achievable ambition for many weekend sailors.

Date: Wednesday 12 February 2025

Time: Doors open 19:30, talk begins at 20:15

Roger is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society; he will tell us about some of the history of canals in Britain and their impressive engineering. Many entertaining stories too, including a pioneering canal honeymoon in 1962, Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton!

Date: Wednesday 5 February 2025

Time: Doors open 19:30, talk begins at 20:15

We shall hear from Richard Sutton and his eventful passage on an interesting yacht sailing from Denmark to the coast of Belgium to be followed by CA member Stuart Gaunt providing an overview of the recent Vendée Globe round the world single handed race.

This is a replacement, double bill talk as the previously scheduled one by Timothy Long is postponed.

Date: Wednesday 29 January 2025

Bob has sailed Rosinis, his Rustler 36, from its Solent base as far as the Azores in the mid-Atlantic and Svalbard in the high Arctic. Island destinations always seem to have a big attraction for him - this talk is about his 2023 sailing expedition to the Faroe Islands.

Date: Wednesday 22 January 2025

Time: Doors open 19:30, talk begins at 20:15

Selling or scrapping an old boat can be difficult and non-recyclable components make breaking boats an unprofitable and ecologically damaging choice. So, what can be done with end-of-life boats, damaged boats or boat projects that were never completed?

Date: Wednesday 15 January 2025

Time: Doors open 19:30, talk begins at 20:15

Join Jason and the Argonauts on the first and greatest sea cruise in history. You will harass Harpies, slay Spartoi, generally live the heroic life and navigate the Hellespont against the main current. Berths are filling fast, so don’t miss the quest for the Golden Fleece!

Date: Wednesday 8 January 2025

Time: Doors open 19:30, talk begins at 20:15

Roger is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society; he will tell us about some of the history of canals in Britain and their impressive engineering. Many entertaining stories too, including a pioneering canal honeymoon in 1962, Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton!

Date: Wednesday 4 December 2024

Time: Doors open 19:30, talk begins at 20:15