{"id":15,"date":"2026-10-15T14:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.socasailing.org.uk\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-10-24T11:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T10:24:29","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.socasailing.org.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to SOCA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SOCA Sailing<\/strong> is an active club with members from Hertfordshire<\/strong>, Bedfordshire<\/strong>, Essex<\/strong> and surrounding areas. We also have members from Norfolk<\/strong> and Hampshire<\/strong>. Our members range from beginners to round-the-world sailors, with a number being boat owners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

We welcome new members<\/a>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SOCA <\/strong>is a RYA<\/strong> affiliated Sailing Club.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SOCA is affiliated to the Royal Yacht Association<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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To get a feel for our association please join our Facebook group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Website Last Modified 24th<\/sup><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0October 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEXT MEETINGS and EVENTS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 7th November 202<\/em>6 @ 1:00pm<\/span>
SOCA Laying Up Lunch.<\/span> <\/span>
<\/strong>At\u00a0\u00a0Cowper Arms Digswell,
near Welwyn North Station.
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Click here for Details<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 12th November 202<\/em>6 @ 7:30pm W. G. City RNA Club<\/span>
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Jeremy Batch<\/strong> has been booked to to give another of his very interesting presentations.
In this sequel to Jeremy\u2019s talk last year, we look in more detail at the early British and French-led projects to create accurate maps and charts. \u00a0In Britain, William Roy\u2019s 1747 Survey of the Scottish Highlands would lead to the commencement, in 1791, of our nationwide Ordnance Survey. \u00a0Meanwhile, the French had been busy with\u00a0an even more ambitious project (begun in 1683) to measure their own prime meridian, not just through Paris and across France but around a quarter of the globe. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meetings are held at the RNA club<\/a> in
Welwyn Garden City
The second Thursday of each month starting at 7:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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