Calendar subject to change at short notice.
Please click on an event in the calendar for full details.
Weekly meetings take place on Thursday evenings and are normally held in the ‘MBA Lounge’, formerly known as the ‘Times Square Hall’, at the VBS Community Stadium, Gander Green Lane, Sutton, Surrey unless stated otherwise under Venue in the programme.
If no specific event is listed it will usually be a social evening.
Meetings start at 20.00. – Talks start at 20.15 unless stated otherwise in the event.
CANCELLED: Commodore’s Cruise presentation (+ZOOM)
Jerry Tagg and Gary Eversfield will present the plan for the Commodore's Cruise
Marchwood rally
Marchwood Yacht Club Maritime Ave, Marchwood, Southampton SO40 4ADWe will be visiting Marchwood for a rally. Weather permitted sea shanty band (The Mariners Mates) may even do a few songs on the pontoons in the afternoon around 4 pm Later in the evening there is a skittles evening to which it would be good to see as many Marchwood members attend if they would like. We will be sitting down to dinner around 7pm so expect skittles to start around 8.30 pm, look forward to seeing you all there. Marchwood Yacht Club Visitors Guide: PDF
So you think you know about the Solent and Thames
Impromptu evening hosted by Derek
Summer BBQ
Nork Village HallBring and cook your own main course. BBQ will be held at Nork Village Hall, 38 Nork Rise, Banstead SM7 1JB ITEMS TO BRING WITH YOU 1. A chair for each person in your party 2. A table to cater for the persons in your party (Arrange to share with others beforehand if convenient) 3. Knife, fork and spoon for each person in your party 4. A plate, bowl and glass for each person in your party 5. A pair of bar-b-que tongs 6. The meat, fish or whatever you wish to cook on the bar-b-que 7. Your liquid refreshment – alcoholic or otherwise. There will be a bar open so no need The BBQ’s will be available plus salads and desserts will be provided. There will be a charge of £6 for these items. Please transfer the £6 payment to the club account.
London’s More Important River – a talk by Jeremy Batch
What do navigational buoys, lighthouses, tidal power, Britain’s first aeroplane, gunpowder, rockets, the light bulb, the diode, television, electronic warfare, the safety match, the rifle, the bouncing bomb, plate glass, plastic, petrol, gin, dog biscuits and the world’s most powerful warship all have in common? Answer: all were invented, developed, manufactured or tested along the River Lea and its accompanying man-made canal, the Lee Navigation. It has been our border with Scandinavia, London’s lifeline during the Great Plague, and the venue for the 2012 Olympic Games. It boasted Britain’s first lock with mitre gates, and now London’s newest: the Three Mills Lock on the Prescott Channel. What were the Three Mills used for, and why are there only two?
Visitors are welcome on any Thursday club night held at the VBS Community Stadium