Thames Valley

Child of the Sea, by Doina Cornell 

Our last meeting of 2012 is on Tuesday, 4 December with Paul Heiney, long time member of the CA, writer, broadcaster and sailor of more than 30 years.

For those who either sail or plan to sail the Mediterranean, on November 13 we have a great opportunity to meet Rod and Lu Heikell

Since first setting out for the Med in 1976, Rod has published many pilot books and guides, over 19 according to CA library's last count, and most sailors in the Med will have a Heikell guide at their side.

The Rebellion Beer Co, Marlow Brewery. We have arranged a tour around the Brewery on Tuesday, 3rd April meeting at 1900. The tour price is £10 per head and includes the chance to taste 5 different beers. There is also a bbq which is not included in the price however food costs range from £2.50 to £4.50 depending on what you chose to eat.

The address: Rebellion Beer Company, Benscombe Farm, Marlow Bottom, Bucks SL7 3LT. The Brewery is situated about 5 minutes drive from A404 if leaving the roundabout at the High Wycombe end.

The tour price to be paid on arrival.

The crew of Concord cruised to The Baltic from the UK in 2003 and spent five seasons investigating the coasts of Denmark, Baltic Germany, Sweden, Latvia, and Estonia. They then put their boat on a truck and sent it by road to Slovenia on the Adriatic. Three seasons later, having sailed into Venice and visited the whole coastline of Croatia, they have put down roots for the time being at an island near Zadar.

Talk by Richard and Pam Moore on their 52000 mile voyage completed last year and taking in some of the warmer ports of the world. Along the way they survived a double lighting strike in the Gulf Stream, made it safely through the Gulf of Aden, though not without some scares, and sailed most of the Red Sea without an engine.

Bar is available from 6.30

Entrance £3 CA members, £5 guests

Roger Shaw commodore of the Henley Offshore Group will join us for our last meeting in early Spring.Members are very welcome to bring along friends and the entrance fee for guests is £5. CA Members £3

Discover the River Lea. Once our border with Scandinavia, London's lifeline during the Great Plague, and soon to be the venue for the 2012 Olympic Games

Jeremy Batch is our HLR and a lockkeeper at Limehouse. His illustrated talks to the CA have become one of the hightlights for many sections.