2018 Programme
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| When | What | Details |
| December | Meeting / Competition | 2018 Photo Competition and Christmas social. |
| December | Social | Commodores Fondu evening |
| November | Social | Laying Up Supper |
| November | Meeting/ Presentation | What an inspiring talk we had in November when we welcomed two trustees from the East Anglian Sailing Trust (EAST). This was Richard White, the previous commodore’s charity. |
| October | Cruising | Various trips by club members to Spain/Gibraltar to visit Ray Hunt on his yacht Miss Behaving. |
| October | Cruising | Greece Charter of 4 yachts for 16 crew in the North Ionian. No Medicane and very light winds. An organised flotilla was a first for some, the lead crew really made the week stress free with their excellent sailing briefings and recommendations of of bays, harbours and restaurants to visit |
| October | Meeting/ Presentation | NEW ZEALAND. with Dave Arnold A photographic tour of some of the iconic coastal locations and lakes of New Zealand starting at the Bay of Islands in the North Island and finishing at Milford Sound in the South. Also a Greece live update. |
| September | Cruising | Martyn Reed/Ariel Spirit did the Burnham carnival weekend in September. |
| September | Cruising | George Whitchurch and Vivien cruise Panpipe to Swale, Faversham, Harty Ferry, Chatham, Mudberth |
| September | Cruising | SOCA GAUNTLET CHALLENGE Postponed due to a bad weather forecast of wind, rain, storm Ali etc. |
| September | Meeting/ Presentation | WAVES, WHEELS AND SPARKS Sailing into the Electrical Age with Jeremy Batch. |
| August | Cruising | Paul Bragg continued cruising Jennie B in the west coast of France through the season including a visit to Ile de Re near La Rochelle. |
| August | Cruising | The Branston’s Jetstream cruised the south coast August 2018. Bembridge, Newtown Creek and Lymington. |
| August | Cruising | George Whitchurch and Vivien August trips with Panpipe to Osea, plus club Fireball dinghy racing week, and various weekends through the season. |
| August | Cruising | Ipswich maritime festival. |
| August | Cruising | John Robertson moved his narrowboat over the summer months with a little help from his friends at SOCA. |
| August | Social | Summer BBQ |
| July | Cruising | George Whitchurch and Vivien cruise Panpipe to Deben, Rocks, Tidemill, Ferry. |
| July | Cruising | Moondance once again took part in the Round the Island race in July. Moondance then headed to the Channel Islands via Portland visiting Alderney and Guernsey and returning via Cherbourg. |
| July | Meeting / Presentation | At The Lytton Arms, Old Knebworth |
| June | Cuising | A rally of three SOCA yachts were sailing to France but the forecast was not favourable. However a great time was had in Ramsgate, Queenborough and Chatham on the River Medway by Ariel Spirit, Hypertonic and Wabbit. |
| June | Cruising | Martyn Reed cruised Ariel Spirit to Brightlingsea where they met Conrad Humphrey’s the now owner of the mutiny on the bounty boat, used in the Ant Middleton Channel 4 series, he was the experienced sailor on the trip. |
| June | Cruising | Terry Branston chartered in Sardinia. |
| June | Cruising | George and crew Alex Nicholas cruise Panpipe to Levington & Foxes. |
| June | Cruising | George Whitchurch and Vivien cruise Panpipe to Titchmarsh Backwaters, RHYC Orwell & Shotley. |
| June | Cruising | Simon Harrison set off cruising Folie Douce from the Orwell on 2nd June and returned in mid August. He visited three of the Frisian Islands. Georgette joined him in Den Helder on 12th June for the rest of the trip. Simon presented his cruise at the January 2020 meeting. |
| June | Meeting / Presentation | SOCA OUT AND ABOUT. Start of summer season. Crooked Billet. |
| May | Cruising | George Whitchurch and crew Richard White cruise Panpipe to Boulogne and Sandwich. |
| May | Cruising | Martyn Reed cruised Ariel Spirit to Pyfleet, Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe for spring bank holiday |
| May | Cruising | Wabbit prep including how to get wounded crew on board. |
| May | Cruising | Early May Paul Bragg planned to explore more of west coast France unfortunately Jennie B’s pushpit and davits were remodelled in a collision. |
| May | Meeting / Presentation | WATERWAYS WONDERS Richard Thomas. Innovations from our waterways history with locks, lifts and tunnels along with a look at some of the more modern additions. |
| April | Social | Fitting Out Dinner – An Indian banquet at Dine Bangla in Baldock. |
| April | Meeting / Presentation | PLASTIC OCEAN Diane Ketcher. Transition Town Letchworth (TTL). A global overview and an evening of film and discussion. |
| March | AGM | Commodores Annual review and AGM – outgoing Commodore Richard White |
| February | Meeting / Presentation | Paul Bragg around Brittany |
| January | Meeting /Training | Basic life support and AED use |