Winter Motorboat Lecture by Roy Clare, Thursday 14th March
Book by Friday 8th March
The next Winter Motorboat Lecture is on Thursday 14th March and we are delighted to be welcoming Roy Clare to present his talk 'From PS Comet to USV Maxlimer - engineering and technology on the move at sea'.
Roy Clare sails out of Tollesbury, Essex. He was Chief Mate in the Royal Navy’s Nicholson 55 Adventure in the first Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.
A past Director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand, he rose from Junior Seaman to Rear Admiral and commanded several ships, including HMS INVINCIBLE, before switching careers. He was made CBE in 2007 ‘for services to museums’; and was appointed Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Essex in 2022.
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.
Book your seat and your supper
Members should book for supper no later than Friday 8th March along with any dietary requirements. Supper this week will be:
MENU - 1 Course £17.95, 2 Courses £22.95
Chilli Con Carne with rice, nachos and sour cream
Or Veg Chilli
Apple Crumble & Ice Cream
If You Would Like To Attend The Lecture Without The Supper, Please Also Reserve Your Seat So That We Can Monitor Numbers.
