It is with great pleasure that we announce the guest speaker for our Cruising winter lecture on Wednesday, March 6th. We are honoured to welcome Malcolm Turner, Uffa Fox's Biographer, who will be delivering his talk titled 'Uffa Fox - Yachting's Eccentric Genius'.
Join Uffa Fox’s biographer—Malcolm Turner—for an evening with yachting’s most succesful and influential designer. Uffa was an irrepressible extrovert and novel thinker, as well as a singer, musician, journalist, author, painter, sportsman, campaigner, controversial businessman and friend of royalty. He not only changed his sport, his Island and the lives of his friends, but also left an unfillable void.
Malcolm Turner is a writer, dramatist, publisher, and the founder of Sunrise Publishing. A former journalist with a lifelong interest in leadership, he spent many years of his life devising and organising events which celebrate the work of leaders and achievers. He lives by the coast with his wife, Sue, and an irascible Yorkshire Terrier called Toby. He is the author of The Honourable Member, Blueline (2017); BOAC and the Golden Age of Flying, Burnt Ash (2019); Britain’s Airline Entrepreneurs, Burnt Ash (2020); Ari, Jackie & Maria, SunRise (2022) and UFFA: Yachting's Eccentric Genius, SunRise (2023). His new play, UFFA, will premier at the Trinity Theatre, Cowes, in March 2024.
The lecture will start at 18:30 prompt, so we recommend you arrive in good time to get a drink from the bar to take to your seat in the Island Room. If you are booked for supper, it will be served in the River Room after the lecture, please sit where you wish.
Members should book for supper no later than Friday 1st March, along with any dietary requirements.
We are thrilled to announce some exciting enhancements to our lecture offerings that will bring even more value to your experience with us. As part of this, we will be implementing a modest price adjustment from £15.00 to £17.95 for a main course and a choice of dessert for an added £5.00. This change reflects our ongoing commitment to providing top-notch quality and exceptional service. We are confident that the added benefits and improvements will exceed your expectations and make the adjustment worthwhile.
MENU CHOICES - 1 Course £17.95, 2 courses £22.95
Locally bought pork sausage with mashed potatoes, red wine jus, onion ring
Oriental style mussels, lemon grass, ginger, coconut milk, coriander, skinny chips
Roast butternut squash with grains, buckwheat , chickpeas, pomegranate, crumbed British feta cheese, coriander dressing
Chocolate Brownie Glory: brownie, vanilla ice cream, white & dark chocolate sauce
Pavlova - Yorkshire rhubarb and warm raspberry sauce
If you would like to attend the lecture without the supper, please also reserve your seat so that we can monitor numbers.