Engine maintenance & Laying up
Mylor Yacht Harbour experts explain and demonstrate what is needed on a display engine Speaker: Nathan Percival
Mylor Yacht Harbour experts explain and demonstrate what is needed on a display engine Speaker: Nathan Percival
Des Jones reminisces about how the crew got together and the pre-rally preparations, events and parties. Some sailing was involved too! High and lowlights of the voyage across and post-rally update.
Tales from our training guru on his earlier life in the police and as a driving instructor. Speaker: Martin Wilson
A round the world members recounts experiences in the pacific islands. Speaker: Andrina Cossey
A non-technical introduction to deep and shallow water waves, diffraction and refraction, seiches and solitons.
These are the guys to help check and sort out your rigging. Speaker: Dan Teubert
An offshore racing member describes his experiences.
Speaker: Simon Fleming
Hear about one of the best sheltered water cruising grounds.
Speaker: Bob Menee
A local diver tells us what’s underneath as we sail around Falmouth.
Speaker: Mark Milburn
The always entertaining regular spot from our popular Water Taxi driving transatlantic sailor Des.
Des,s famous Quiz night. Prizes galore and a warm nibbles in the interval, Come along and enjoy our first event of 2022.
“Marine Renewable Energy” Prof Philipp Thies of the Renewable Energy group at Exeter reviews the most recent developments in marine renewable energy and what we are likely to see around our coasts in the near future.
Local yacht surveyor Chris Olsen takes us through the steps involved in a typical insurance or pre purchase Survey, highlighting oft found issues and concerns. He will highlight things that owners should check on their own boats.
A talk by Andy Bradbury from Rosemullion Distillery who are a family run business, based in the Helford. They create award winning artisan gin and rum and will be talking to us about how they produce it. Hopefully with some samples!!!
Vicki Spooner of Falmouth Harbour Commissioners talks about the environmental initiatives currently underway in Falmouth Harbour including seagrass restoration, Advanced Mooring System development and trials and the Green Blue guidance on anchoring and moorings.
A return of this popular forum giving members the opportunity to raise questions with yachtsmen and engineers with many years experience of sailing and maintaining boats.
Club member Mike Nixon is Chairman of the Falmouth & Penryn Sea Cadets. He will describe what the Sea Cadet organisation is all about, its history and objectives, with particular emphasis on the Unit in Penryn.
Bring all those no-longer loved items of boat tat and unwanted nautical Christmas presents and try to palm them off onto some unsuspecting soul.
Ollie Graffy describes the development and building of the first composite Sunbeam and describes how laser scanning and modelling is used in the recording of boat hull shapes.
Club Racing Officer Jeanette Ruberry explains the process of running a yacht race from well before the start until after the finish. The roles and responsibilities of each member of the Race Officers team are explained.
