Talks
Near and Far – talks by members
Richard Hare - 'Woodbridge to Marseille - The most direct route'. William Whickham - the Shetlands
Sunday Talk, Shipwrecks around East Anglia, Andy Beharrell, 10.45 for 11.00
This talk looks at the hidden history revealed by the various shipwrecks around our East Anglian coast. These shipwrecks can tell us about trade in Roman times, the brutal history of the Anglo-Dutch wars and the devastation of World War II. Even more
Sunday talk, Scapa Flow 2023: A different sort of cruise, Roger Knight, 10.45 for 11.00
The Hebridean Princess is a converted sixty-year old Caledonian-MacBrayne ferry, which specialises in very expensive cruises, mainly in Scottish waters, with only fifty guests. Roger was asked to be the lecturer on a cruise five years ago, which was postponed because of Covid,
Sunday talk – Small boat – Big seas The Danish Limfjord, Paul and Alison Constantine, 10.45 for 11
Paul & Alison have sailed all around Britain on their bigger boat, but now they relate how they trailed their very small boat to the mainly-unknown Limfjord. They found pretty harbours with many facilities, in a beautiful rural landscape. They sailed unexpectedly big
Sunday talk, Great Yarmouth Drifters and the Herring Industry Heyday—Will Green
Over a hundred years ago Great Yarmouth was at the epicentre of the Herring Fishing Industry, with drifters bringing in vast catches of the ‘silver darlings’. Over those years a few local fishing families played an active role in the development of the