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.
John Dudeney talk on Antarctica (+TEAMS)
Dr John Dudeney, BSc, FRAS, FRGS, OBE was Deputy Director of the British Antarctic Survey; Chairman of various international scientific organisations; UK representative on the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes and Expert Advisor to the UK delegation of the Antarctic Treaty. He was awarded the Polar Medal by HM the Queen and the OBE for services to science. A range of hills in Antarctica was named after John in 2020. He currently lectures regularly on Antarctic tour ships and elsewhere.
Sea survival
Talk by Paul Hart
Going afloat meal
To book please email Bernard We will commence at 7.30pm, with food service at 8pm. We have asked for the bar to be open and this will depend on final numbers attending. Menu Choices - Main Courses 1. Chicken Curry (medium strength) with rice. A vegetarian curry will be available as an option 2. Beef Stroganoff with rice 3. Youngs fried Scampi with chips Bowls of salad and additional chips will be on each table Menu Choices - Desserts 1. Cheesecake / Gateaux 2. Fruit Crumble 3. Individual Cheese and Biscuits Price - £22 per head The price will include all condiments such as tartare sauce, vinegar, salt etc. Water jugs and glasses on the tables. Tea and coffee available throughout. Please advise of any allergies or special requirements, which we will do our best to meet. As usual, preferred method of payment is by direct transfer to the Club account To book please email Bernard
Test rally – test booking system here
This is a test rally to test the booking system. Feel free to book yourself here for practise This is not a real rally
Maggie Adamson talk (+TEAMS)
Maggie Adamson, Shetlander, Commercial Skipper. Professional Musician and volunteer Lifeboat Crew with the Lerwick Lifeboat is returning for her second talk at Sutton Mariners. She's never far from her fiddle so no doubt there will be a few tunes as well as sailing stories. This year Maggie has taken time out from skippering The Swan and will be at the helm of Gavin Howe’s Swan 76 Tigris for charter trips around the UK and surrounding waters. So Maggie has replaced one Swan with another, and it looks like the second will be a tad more luxurious than the first! The Swan, named Sail Training Vessel of the Year by UK Sail Traing and the MCA, took part in the Tall Ships last year, so between that, Maggie's RNLI volunteering, the upcoming year in charge of a 76 foot top-tier cruiser and some exemplary fiddle playing, this week at the Mariners will be one you don't want to miss!
Sailing Questions
Questions primarily relating to navigational issues, the environment in which we sail and the relevant sailing bodies, interspersed with two or three questions on significant sailing events. We will be in teams, but the emphasis will be on reminding ourselves, rather than achieving a high score, i.e. it will not be a quiz as such. by Derek
Cowes rally
Organiser Garry Mackey Easy access shake down cruise As many boats and crew as we can. Pontoon drinks and fun at 15.00 bring some canapés Meal at Island Sailing Club at 19:00 Look to book into Shepards Wharf or Cowes Yacht Haven Can’t sail get red funnel to Cowes, boats will put you up for night. Menu choices:
Visitors are welcome on any Thursday club night held at the VBS Community Stadium