• Tom Cunliffe, legendary sailor, author and professional speaker
  

• The talk covers the development and safe use of navigational electronics. It combines a mix of yarns and solid information and an irreverent look at the changes many of us have seen from the early 1970s when Tom found Barbados after 42 days at sea with no chart at all – just a lat/long position, a sextant and his grandfather’s pocket watch – to current chart plotters that sometimes manage to lead one astray.
  

• All attendees must register online individually in advance - see below for details.
• GCCC members are recommended to register by 20th December.
  
  

Online Event Registration

Registration is open to GCCC members and also from 21st December to members of associated sailing clubs and the public.

Registration is free for GCCC members and £7 for each non-member.

GCCC Members and Partner members must each register individually. Note: for Partner members without an email address, the main Member should first register and then send an email with details for the Partner registration to  events@guildfordsailing.org
Members can also bring non-member guests but the guests must be paid for in advance by the member and their names given in the 'Information for Organiser' box.

Non-members registering must have a unique email address, register individually and pay in advance of the event by Friday 25th January.
For any queries please email events@guildfordsailing.org

There is a maximum limit overall of 110 places.

Payment must be made by bank transfer to GCCC's bank account.

Details: Sort Code 402226, Account Number 51377477
Please use your surname as the reference.

No physical tickets will be issued but confirmation emails will be sent out.

• Speaker: Phil Holt
  

• Phil will review the life of Donald Campbell, the only man to hold both the world land and water speed records in the same year. 
  A behind the scenes look at that fateful day in January 1967 on Coniston Water, to find the cause of the crash and look at the current recovery of Bluebird and her subsequent relaunch, in August 2018 on the Isle of Bute.

• Organiser: Bill Wood-Roe
  

• Speaker: David Richmond - Coggan,  RNLI
  

• A new talk, on behalf of the RNLI, exploring the fascinating coastal geography, flora and fauna of Iceland
  A visitor's view of the primeval geothermal geography of the coastal areas together with some of the plants and birds that are found in the area. David is a volunteer presenter for the RNLI and gives talks in Surrey, Sussex andLondon with all proceeds going to the RNLI.

• Organiser: Bill Wood-Roe
  

• Speaker: Diane Mannering

• When the Governor of Australia wrote home to Lord Sydney (yes, that's why it's called Sydney) asking for some women, he was sent Newgate Gaol's worst offenders.
  This is the story of their amazing sea voyage and how these unprepossessing women reinvented themselves to help found Australia. Diane comes to us from Alton. She is a former Insurance Broker and is now a writer and speaker.

• Organiser: Bill Wood-Roe