| Some Forthcoming Cruiser Events | |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Sat 2nd Jun | East Coast Cruise In Company |
| Sat 23rd Jun | BBQ at Cliff |
| Sun 29th Jul | Cruise in Company |
| Sun 30th Sep | Brandy Hole |
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Class Captain - Sue King
Mingming Mania in Moscow
Roger Taylor, 'voyageur extraordinaire' and an advocate of 'simple sailing', has sailed his 21ft junk-rigged Corribee 'Mingming' on single-handed voyages every year from 2006 to 2011. These voyages are the inspiration behind his books, "Voyages of a Simple Sailor" and "Mingming & the Art of Minimal Ocean Sailing". Having completed translations into Russian of his books, his Russian publishers invited him to attend the Moscow Boat Show in March...
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Mike Peyton Tells his Tale
The Cruiser Class winter series of talks was brought to a splendid end by yachting cartoonist Mike Peyton giving his first ever talk. Now in his nineties, Mike let us into his sailing past and his private life. We learnt that he didn't much like being a German prisoner of war, so he left, headed east and joined the Russian Army. Post war Mike attended art school, bought a sailing canoe and started to explore the East Coast.
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