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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918
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SUMMARY:Port Hamble Marina\, River Hamble Cruise
DESCRIPTION:Port Hamble Marina is on the River Hamble\, right in the heart of the South Coast’s sailing scene. With thousands of visitors every year\, this busy marina is popular with racing enthusiasts and cruising vessels looking for an exciting atmosphere. The marina has it’s own Banana Wharf Resteraunt and a Force Four Chandlers on site\, along with the picturesque Hamble Village\, with its inviting pubs and restaurants\, only a few minutes’ walk away. It is also a wonderful place to relax with friends on a lovely balmy evening. \nFriday 18th – Monday 21st September (3 nights) \nAlternative Arrangements: \nWe can adjust the booking for those skippers that may not be able to do the whole trip. If you let us know the times/days you can attend then we can make the neccessary arrangements with the Harbour Office. Please state this in the ‘Requirements’ box on the booking form \n\nPlease book this cruise and any others you would like to participate in on this booking form link \nPLEASE NOTE: We are now putting a Cut-Off point 1 week before the departure date for all this year’s bookings to help with notifying the marinas and venues. \nOnce your Booking Form has been sent you will immediately receive a confirmation/payment email from our new booking system with the PYCCS bank account details into which you should pay your fees for this cruise. PLEASE NOTE: If you don’t receive this email within 5 minutes\, from sending your booking form\, then please look in your Spam or Junk folders as some email browsers see automated replies from websites as Spam or Junk mail. \n \n 
URL:https://www.pyccruising-section.co.uk/event/port-hamble-marina-river-hamble/
LOCATION:Dorset
CATEGORIES:Organised Cruises for 2026
ORGANIZER;CN="Peter Hayton":MAILTO:captain@pyccruising-section.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260923T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260923T220000
DTSTAMP:20260902T134238Z
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SUMMARY:Bob & Elaine Hazell's Overlord Talk 2026
DESCRIPTION:Bob was introduced to the Offshore Cruising Club in 1984\, and his first trip on Overlord was a passage from Brittany to Southampton Water.  He had never had an experience like this before and joined the club.  After a number of other passages he obtained his Yacht-Master Offshore Certificate and was passed out as Skipper.  Elaine joined the club in 1995\, having previously sailed on a sister yacht called Sea Scamp that is 41 ft long. \nSailing Overlord is a very different experience from a normal modern yacht.  She is 58 ft long with tiller steering and an offset propeller.  She was built in Germany in 1936 as part of a fleet of 200 similar yachts. They did not have engines.  The hull is teak on Swedish iron frames and she has been well looked after.  She has 10 berths but today a maximum crew of 9 provides more space.  She has sailed all over Europe\, and one of the biggest advantages is taking a flight to wherever she is\, this year Southern Ireland\, sail to wherever the next crew change has been arranged\, and fly home.  It is therefore a great way to experience harbours and countries that you may never have visited. \nWe will be providing the history of the windfall yachts and then focussing on Overlord and the Offshore Cruising Club.  If you are interested\, it could be a great opportunity to go for a weekend sail\, then decide whether you would like to sail on her again and get involved in the club. \nFood will be available on the night\, so arrive early if you wish to eat beforehand\nand make an evening of it.\nTo book a place on this fascinating talk please click the button below \n \nOnce your Booking Form has been sent you will immediately receive a confirmation/payment email from our booking system with the PYCCS bank account details into which you should pay your fees for this talk. PLEASE NOTE: If you don’t receive this email within 5 minutes\, from sending your booking form\, then please look in your Spam or Junk folders as some email browsers see automated replies from websites as Spam or Junk mail. \n 
URL:https://www.pyccruising-section.co.uk/event/pycccs-overlord-talk-2026/
LOCATION:Dorset
CATEGORIES:Talks
ORGANIZER;CN="Keith Askew":MAILTO:keith@skyva.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261018T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261018T170000
DTSTAMP:20261012T210723Z
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SUMMARY:Hengistbury Head Walk & Lunch 2026
DESCRIPTION:Dave Butler (Jessica) is leading the walk from Hengistbury Head on Sunday\, 218th October 2027 \nMeet up at the Hengistbury Head car park\, BH6 4EL\, by the Hungry Hiker Cafe at 10.30am to start our walk. We will be stopping for a drink at the Mudeford Beach cafe \, halfway point. \n This walk encompasses a surprising range of landscapes and environments. It is approximately 3 miles and takes about 1.5 – 2 hours\, on well- maintained paths\, and beach to Christchurch Harbour entrance. \nIt’s a lovely\, circular walk which takes you up and over the the headland and down to the white sand beach of Mudeford Sandbank\, where you can have a coffee on the spit before looping back across the salt-marshes that skirt Christchurch Harbour. \nHengistbury Head is a towering headland of golden sandstone\, enclosing the natural harbour where the estuaries of the Stour and Avon rivers converge. \nBeaches\, heathland\, marshes\, reed-beds\, and woodlands can all be found on this circular walk. Not to mention some stunning clifftop views\, with an incredible 360-degree panorama from the highest point of the Headland. \nFor eating we will move to the Spyglass & Kettle (BH6 3PW) at Southbourne nearby for a  2pm roast dinner in the company of our follow walkers. Please see the booking form with the menu choices. \nPlease book early with your choice of main and as we need to pre order your requirements. \nSunday Roast\nServed with garlic & rosemary roast potatoes\, sage & onion stuffing\, cauliflower cheese\, roast parsnips\, Yorkshire pudding\, seasonal vegetables and gravy.\nMain Course Choose from:\nHand-carved Turkey (1065 kcal) 12.95\nRoast Sirloin of Beef (1274 kcal) 14.95\nSlow Cooked Lamb Shank (14.45\nVegetarian Option:\nChaddar\, Garlic & Mushroom Tart V (1555 kcal) 14.45\nStarters and Deserts are available to be ordered on arrival if needed.\nPlease Book this walk\, and your meal choices please click\,
URL:https://www.pyccruising-section.co.uk/event/hengistbury-head-walk/
LOCATION:Dorset
CATEGORIES:Walking Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Dave Butler":MAILTO:djbsail@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T220000
DTSTAMP:20260803T164435Z
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SUMMARY:Robert Heaton's Talk on Poole Maritime History 2026
DESCRIPTION:Robert Heaton will be giving us another very interesting talk on the Maritime and Archaeological History of Poole Harbour\, the coastline area of Dorset and the wider area surrounding us. \nRobert from Poole Maritime Trust and East Dorset Antiquarian Society is a local Surveyor heavily involved in research projects on land and sea across Dorset. New technology is bringing opportunity and discoveries\, where we can build on our understanding of Poole’s extraordinary rich and fascinating past. Remotely operated vehicles\, sub-surface sonar mapping and drones bring footage and help provide a new perspective for you to enjoy. \nThere is a strong connection between members of our club and former projects that have paved the way for some new exciting discoveries and undoubtedly more to come in the years ahead. \nArchaeological work on sites in Dorset add so much to this story across many thousands of years. There is much to learn and enjoy in this journey through our beautiful county. \nThis will be a fascinating and absorbing talk with much to learn for us all. \nFood will be available on the night\, so arrive early if you wish to eat beforehand\nand make an evening of it.\nTo book a place on this fascinating talk please click the button below \n \nOnce your Booking Form has been sent you will immediately receive a confirmation/payment email from our booking system with the PYCCS bank account details into which you should pay your fees for this talk. PLEASE NOTE: If you don’t receive this email within 5 minutes\, from sending your booking form\, then please look in your Spam or Junk folders as some email browsers see automated replies from websites as Spam or Junk mail.
URL:https://www.pyccruising-section.co.uk/event/talk-on-maritime-history/
LOCATION:Poole Yacht Club\, The Poole Yacht Club The Yacht Haven New Harbour Road West Hamworthy\, Poole\, Dorset\, BH15 4AQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
ORGANIZER;CN="Peter Hayton":MAILTO:captain@pyccruising-section.co.uk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261116
DTSTAMP:20261023T165928Z
CREATED:20231006T183628Z
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SUMMARY:Longham Rivers/Woods and Lakes Walk in Company 2026
DESCRIPTION:Our Cruising section walk on Sunday 15th November is 10.15 for a 10.30 start\, and will start and finish from the car park behind the Bridge House Hotel at Longham BH22 9AN. \nRoy and Wendy (The Roshanaks) are leading a 4 mile walk – River/Woods/Lakes. \nLunch is booked at the Bridge House at 13.00 – they do an excellent lunchtime carvery. We do need numbers by Wednesday 11th as they get very busy. The walk is all footpaths and only 100 yards on a pavement. There is one short incline and 2 stiles. \nHere is a link to the walk map. \nRiver\, woods and lakes (osmaps.com)
URL:https://www.pyccruising-section.co.uk/event/longham-walk-in-company/
LOCATION:Dorset
CATEGORIES:Walking Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Wendy & Roy Davies":MAILTO:wroydav@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261121T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261121T223000
DTSTAMP:20261022T124017Z
CREATED:20230210T141400Z
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SUMMARY:Cruising and Classic Laying Up Supper 2026
DESCRIPTION:Our Annual Cruising and Classic Boat Section’s Laying Up Supper is always a great way to finish the cruising and yachting year. \nWe have chosen a wonderful menu for you all to enjoy\, and we will be showing a Cruising Season video of our 2027 cruises during the meal. \nWe will also be having the Cruising Section Awards Presentation for the various awards achieved by our members\, including the 2027 Most Cruised Award and the 2027 Achievement Award. There will also be one or two fun awards to bring a smile to our faces. \nThis promises to be a wonderful\, fun evening and it would be really great if you could all put this date in your diaries\, and have a full attendance. We always have a superb time meeting up with friends\, old and new and relaxing with others\, whether catching up\, talking about the coming cruising plans or just swapping tales of past adventures\, it’s always a good evening. \nMenu Choices\nMains: \n\nFrench Trimmed Chicken Supreme with herb crushed potatoes\, wild mushroom sauce and seasonal vegetables.\nRoasted Salmon Fillet with herb crushed potatoes and a white wine garlic tiger prawn sauce.\nNew Forest Wild Mushroom Risotto with spinach\, peas\, and edamame beans topped with parmesan.\n\nDesserts: \n\nClassic Brownie with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream.\nWhite Chocolate Pannacotta with berry coulis.\nFresh Fruit Salad with cream or Sorbet.\n\nFor 2 courses £21.95 per member \nCoffees are extra at the request of each member \nTo book this event\, and your menu choices please Click Below \nYou will receive a emailed booking reply and payment request as soon as you send your booking form into us. If\, for some reason you do not get your booking reply then please look in your spam or junk folder\, or as a last resort\, please email us. \nIf you have any difficulty please send your menu choices from the list below to Ken Wilding and he will contact you about payment. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.pyccruising-section.co.uk/event/cruising-and-classic-laying-up-supper/
LOCATION:Dorset
CATEGORIES:Social Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Peter Hayton":MAILTO:captain@pyccruising-section.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261125T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261125T220000
DTSTAMP:20260823T174100Z
CREATED:20260823T164134Z
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SUMMARY:Chris Harris's Clipper Race Talk 2026
DESCRIPTION:Chris took part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in the 2015-16 edition even though he had very little previous experience of sailing. He went on to become the global Communications Manager for the Clipper Race and\, as Crew Recruitment Director\, is now responsible for recruiting new crew to have their own adventure of a lifetime. \nOne of the biggest challenges of the natural world and an endurance test like no other\, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a record-breaking 40\,000 nautical mile race around the world on a 70-foot ocean racing yacht with the route divided into eight legs and between 13 and 16 individual races including six ocean crossings. \nThis will be a fascinating and absorbing talk with much to learn for us all. \nFood will be available on the night\, so arrive early if you wish to eat beforehand\nand make an evening of it.\nTo book a place on this fascinating talk please click the button below \n \nOnce your Booking Form has been sent you will immediately receive a confirmation/payment email from our booking system with the PYCCS bank account details into which you should pay your fees for this talk. PLEASE NOTE: If you don’t receive this email within 5 minutes\, from sending your booking form\, then please look in your Spam or Junk folders as some email browsers see automated replies from websites as Spam or Junk mail.
URL:https://www.pyccruising-section.co.uk/event/chris-harriss-clipper-race-talk-2026/
LOCATION:Dorset
CATEGORIES:Talks
ORGANIZER;CN="Dave Butler":MAILTO:djbsail@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261208T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261208T210000
DTSTAMP:20261015T173709Z
CREATED:20261012T213835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T173709Z
UID:3752-1796756400-1796763600@www.pyccruising-section.co.uk
SUMMARY:PYCC&CS 2026 AGM
DESCRIPTION:Formal Notice of Cruising & Classic Boats Section\n  \n2026 Annual General Meeting\n  \nTuesday 8th December – 7.00pm Skylight Lounge Poole Yacht Club \nAll welcome – Bar available \nFormal Notice of 2026 Annual General Meeting \nTo Read the 2025 AGM Minutes for this Meeting Please click on the AGM Minutes Button: \n \nAgenda \n\nClass Captain’s Introduction and Annual Report\nTreasurer’s Report and Adoption of Accounts\nCruising Report\nTalks Report\nWalks Report\nElection of Officers and Committee for the forthcoming year\nAOB\n\nElection of officers and committee members: \nPoole Yacht Club Cruising & Classic Boats Section is run by volunteers.  We meet as a committee about once a month and have some tasks to do in between. The current committee consists of 5 persons – who are willing to offer themselves for re-election in their current roles\, but we are very keen to recruit some more enthusiastic people to join the committee with different ideas on how we can best serve the membership. We particularly need help with minuting occasional meetings plus collating content for Facebook and other PR/communications via WhatsApp to the members – but any help would be useful. \n \nAny person wishing to be considered for a committee position should be a member of Poole Yacht Club.  Anybody who feels they would like to volunteer please\, ideally\, email in advance to the Poole Yacht Club Cruising Captain by 30th November 2026 – captain@pyccruising-section.co.uk \nWe are able to co-opt volunteers at or after the AGM. \nThank You.
URL:https://www.pyccruising-section.co.uk/event/pycccs-2026-agm/
LOCATION:Dorset
CATEGORIES:Organised Cruises for 2026,Social Events,Talks,Walking Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Peter Hayton":MAILTO:captain@pyccruising-section.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270127T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270127T220000
DTSTAMP:20260803T172101Z
CREATED:20240817T210753Z
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SUMMARY:Tom Cunliffe\, Hurricane Force
DESCRIPTION:Back by Popular Demand\nTom Cunliffe is a Top International Yachtsman\, Author and Wonderful Speaker and Raconteur\nTom is the consummate nautical story teller whose experience and knowledge he delights in relaying to boaters and others. \nHe is the author of many books including: The Complete Yachtmaster; 200 Skipper’s Tips; The Shell Channel Pilot; and many others. \n \nTom’s talk this year ‘Hurricane Force’. \nHeavy weather is a lurking threat that most of us hope and plan to avoid\, but not even internet forecasting can make it go away. Anyone intent on going on passages or crossing oceans must be ready to deal with it if it comes. Even well-informed inshore and continental-shelf sailors will inevitably be caught out sooner or later. The object of this talk is to give everyone\, a sound brief so that whether they find themselves at the wrong end of a force-six blow along the coast\, or confronting serious waves far out at sea\, they are fully aware of their options for taking it in their stride. \nThe talk will be fully illustrated. \nThis is a talk that no one wants to miss\, so book early to avoid disappointment. \nFood will be available on the night\, so arrive early if you wish to eat beforehand\nand make an evening of it.\nTo Book this talk please click the button below \n \nOnce your Booking Form has been sent you will immediately receive a confirmation/payment email from our booking system with the PYCCS bank account details into which you should pay your fees for this talk. PLEASE NOTE: If you don’t receive this email within 5 minutes\, from sending your booking form\, then please look in your Spam or Junk folders as some email browsers see automated replies from websites as Spam or Junk mail.
URL:https://www.pyccruising-section.co.uk/event/tom-cunliffe/
LOCATION:Dorset
CATEGORIES:Talks
ORGANIZER;CN="Keith Askew":MAILTO:keith@skyva.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270324T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270324T223000
DTSTAMP:20261006T225359Z
CREATED:20261006T222014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T225359Z
UID:3733-1805918400-1805927400@www.pyccruising-section.co.uk
SUMMARY:Rodney Lord's Harbours and Heroes Talk
DESCRIPTION:Harbours and Heroes is the story of a love affair with sailing which gradually developed into a vivid exploration of the history of Europe through its coastlines. From early on in his sailing career Rodney Lord found himself learning not only from experience but also from giant figures of the past—men like the diarist Samuel Pepys\, or Robert Fitzroy\, the inventor of weather forecasting and saviour of countless lives. \nIn this compelling travel memoir\, we start to appreciate not only the journey but the arrival\, and begin to relish the encounters with these local heroes\, with their triumphs and tragedies. \nThe pleasure of travelling\, says the novelist Marcel Proust\, is to make the contrast between departure and arrival as profound as possible so that one can marvel at the link between two distinct personalities of place. There’s nothing more intense than travelling across the sea in a small boat\, entirely dependent on your own skill and experience to ensure you arrive surely and safely\, to savour the difference between where you embarked and where you step ashore. \nThe talk will be fully illustrated. \nThis is a talk that no one wants to miss\, so book early to avoid disappointment. \nFood will be available on the night\, so arrive early if you wish to eat beforehand\nand make an evening of it.\nTo Book this talk please click the button below \n \nOnce your Booking Form has been sent you will immediately receive a confirmation/payment email from our booking system with the PYCCS bank account details into which you should pay your fees for this talk. PLEASE NOTE: If you don’t receive this email within 5 minutes\, from sending your booking form\, then please look in your Spam or Junk folders as some email browsers see automated replies from websites as Spam or Junk mail.
URL:https://www.pyccruising-section.co.uk/event/rodney-lords-harbours-and-heroes-talk/
LOCATION:Poole Yacht Club\, The Poole Yacht Club The Yacht Haven New Harbour Road West Hamworthy\, Poole\, Dorset\, BH15 4AQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
ORGANIZER;CN="Keith Askew":MAILTO:keith@skyva.co.uk
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