Winter Talks

The Winter Programme is launched in October.

A printable version of the latest winter programme is available here .

Visitors are welcome to all our talks - we ask a modest £3 contribution towards our costs.

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  • Winter Talk - Poo to Power

    • 28 Jan 2020
    • 20:30 - 23:00
    • Papercourt
    Talk on Poo to Power
    • Speaker - David Linsell,  GCCC Member

    • For 10 years until 2019 David worked for Thames Water (TW), as a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Specialist.  He was engaged in a series of projects to replant CHP at 12 of 24 sites with modern and efficient engines.  Thames Water presently generates over 280 GWh per year of electricity consumption from sewage.

      David is going to review the sewage business and discuss:

      • ·         How did sewage treatment develop
      • ·         How do we treat sewage today
      • ·         What energy value does sewage have
      • ·         Where do Thames Water operate
      • ·         How much do Thames water generate
      • ·         Future developments
    • Organiser: David Cockburn

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  • Winter Talk - Passion, Boats & Poverty

    • 11 Feb 2020
    • 20:30 - 23:00
    • Papercourt
    Talk on Passion, Boats & Poverty; a Journey from Chicago to Portsmouth
    • Speaker: Andrew Pascoots - details to follow

    • Overview of talk - to follow

    • Organiser: David Cockburn
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  • Winter Talk - Turn to Starboard

    • 03 Mar 2020
    • 20:30 - 23:00
    • Papercourt
    Talk entitled 'Turn to Starboard'
    • Speaker: Shaun Pascoe - details to follow

    • Overview of talk - to follow

    • Organiser: David Cockburn
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  • Winter Talk - The Sea Takes No Prisoners

    • 17 Mar 2020
    • 20:30 - 23:00
    • Papercourt
    Talk entitled 'The Sea Takes No Prisoners - Offshore Voyages in a Dinghy '
    • Speaker: Peter Clutterbuck - details to follow

    • Overview of talk - to follow

    • Organiser: David Cockburn
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Past events

03 Dec 2019 Winter Talk - Charting the Uncharted in the UK's Yachting Paradise
26 Nov 2019 Winter Talk - Sailing Weather
29 Oct 2019 Winter Talk - History of Portsmouth
12 Mar 2019 'Send us Some Women'
26 Feb 2019 The Coastal Geography , Flora and Fauna of Iceland
12 Feb 2019 'Donald Campbell' - Talk by Phil Holt
29 Jan 2019 'Man is not Lost' - Talk by Tom Cunliffe
04 Dec 2018 Jubilee Sailing Trust – Songs of the Seas
02 Dec 2018 RYA First Aid Course
20 Nov 2018 Voyage of The Liberdade
30 Oct 2018 Trinity House and more......
27 Mar 2018 Birds of the Solent
13 Mar 2018 Coastwatch
18 Feb 2018 RYA First Aid Course
30 Jan 2018 "Stress Free Sailing and MOB"
16 Jan 2018 "The Maiden Factor"
07 Jan 2018 Visit to HMCG SAR (Search and Rescue) Helicopter Unit
05 Dec 2017 "Organising Finances on a Boat"
21 Nov 2017 In the Footsteps of Shackleton
19 Nov 2017 RYA First Aid Course
07 Nov 2017 "Scapa Flow - Salvaging the German Navy"
24 Oct 2017 Bembridge Harbour Past, Present and Future.
14 Mar 2017 Three Great Maritime Explorers
14 Feb 2017 Talk - 'Around London in a small dinghy'
31 Jan 2017 Talk by the RYA on their services for yacht sailors
17 Jan 2017 Talk - All about Sails
13 Dec 2016 Solent in the 1930's & ‘70's
22 Nov 2016 GRP Yacht Construction
08 Nov 2016 Yacht Surveys by Guy Nicholls
01 Nov 2016 Captain McNaught & Trinity House
10 Nov 2015 Casting Off - Emma Bamford, Deputy Editor of Sailing Today
24 Feb 2015 Briefing on 2015 Summer Cruise
17 Feb 2015 An evening with Richard Nicolson
14 Oct 2014 New Members Night
06 May 2014 2nd Briefing on Summer Cruise
08 Apr 2014 New Members Night
18 Mar 2014 Ropes and Splicing
11 Mar 2014 Briefing on summer cruise
04 Mar 2014 Photography
18 Feb 2014 Atlantic Adventure with the ARC
04 Feb 2014 Marine Accident Investigation Branch
21 Jan 2014 Chatham Dockyard
17 Dec 2013 Commodore's Punch Party
10 Dec 2013 Sailing the Global Challenge - Round the World 2004-05
26 Nov 2013 40 Years of Navigating, Positioning and Communications underwater
12 Nov 2013 Preparing My Entry for the Fastnet 2013
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