CA House, 1 Northey Stree, Limehouse Basin, London E14 8BT

Thames Valley

Boat Jumble and GXSA Member Talks – What we did last Summer

Thames Valley
Date: 
Wed, 28/02/2024 - 19:30

This is it - the annual opportunity to sell your unneeded sailing gear, books, charts etc. to your friends. A share of all proceeds will go to support GXSA. This will be interspersed with some very entertaining accounts of GXSA members’ sailing trips last season.

Date: Wednesday 28 February 2024

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

From Dinghies to the Fastnet Race – Ben Palmer

Thames Valley
Date: 
Wed, 21/02/2024 - 19:30

Ben was a highly competitive dinghy sailor as a teenager but then went into personal coaching while still enjoying some sail cruising. Always a racer, things got more exciting when he joined the crew of a highly ranked boat in the challenging 2023 Fastnet Race.

Date: Wednesday 21 February 2024

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

South of the River: London’s Cradle of Power – Jeremy Batch

Thames Valley
Date: 
Wed, 14/02/2024 - 19:30

The story of Greenwich, Woolwich and Deptford - building ships overseen by Samuel Pepys and fitting out for James Cook, Trinity House, East India Company, the Arsenal, the Seamen’s Hospital, the first steam railway and much more!..

Date: Wednesday 14 February 2024

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

Ice and Fire – Alison Vincent

Thames Valley
Date: 
Wed, 07/02/2024 - 19:30

Featured in the recent Make it at Market BBC series, Alison makes glass art locally and will display some at her talk, but she also loves exploring remote wilderness and oceans. She will tell us about her sailing in the Drake passage, Svalbard and diving in Antarctica.

Date: Wednesday 7 February 2024

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

Musings of a Freelance Delivery Skipper – Bill van Bommel

Thames Valley
Date: 
Wed, 31/01/2024 - 19:30

Bill is a Dutch mariner who started life at sea aged 15 on cargo ships but subsequently spent many years delivering motor yachts all over Europe’s inland waterways. He now lives on his boat in Windsor and has written a book about his adventures.

Date: Wednesday 31 January 2024

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

Lyme Regis or Bust: Unfortunately Bust – John Apps

Thames Valley
Date: 
Wed, 24/01/2024 - 19:30

John is one of our most accomplished GXSA sailors and was beginning to move his boat south for the winter. It didn’t quite work out that way, but events resulted in him meeting a man living in the Isle of Wight with an exceptional life-story skippering large sailing yachts.

Date: Wednesday 24 January 2024

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

Brunel’s Three Ships – Jim Cannon

Thames Valley
Date: 
Wed, 17/01/2024 - 19:30

From an early age, Jim has been fascinated by Brunel, one of the greatest engineers of the 19th Century. He will tell us about the history of Brunel’s 3 most famous ships. Jim is a GXSA member but lives in Australia during the English winter, so he will speak via Zoom.

Date: Wednesday 17 January 2024

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

Wildlife of Galapagos, S Georgia and Falklands – Peter Brinsden

Thames Valley
Date: 
Wed, 10/01/2024 - 19:30

Peter is a retired hospital consultant and also served as an RN Surgeon Commander. He enjoys wildlife photography and will tell us about his journey in the footsteps of Darwin in Galapagos and show us the amazing scenery and wildlife of the South Atlantic Islands.

Date: Wednesday 10 January 2024

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

Solent to Svalbard – Bob Hendicott

Thames Valley
Date: 
Wed, 06/12/2023 - 19:30

Bob keeps his Rustler 36 in the Solent and had done all the usual sailing trips to Ireland, Spain, round Britain and the Azores. So, he set off for 80 degrees N, reaching Svalbard via Norway and explored the geography, wildlife and heritage of these northern lands.

Date: Wednesday 6 December 2023

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

Venue: Colston Hall, The Memorial Centre, 8 East Common, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 7AD

Seafarers Hospital Society – Sandra Welch

Thames Valley
Date: 
Wed, 29/11/2023 - 19:30

Many seafarers lead precarious lives with little medical support or fallback if they become stranded in foreign or UK ports. For over 200 years, the Society pioneered treatments, founding the Tropical Disease Hospital in London, and still supports sailors in every way.

Date: Wednesday 29 November 2023

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

Venue: Colston Hall, The Memorial Centre, 8 East Common, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 7AD

CA House, 1 Northey Street, Limehouse Basin, London E14 8BT