Winter Lecture Season 2023/24
Our winter lecture season runs from October and continues until mid - March. Member Andrew Sutherland has organised an exciting series of lectures, which all our members are very welcome to attend.
Lectures will be starting at 18:30 prompt, so do arrive in good time to get a drink from the bar and take it to your seat in the Island Room. If you have booked for supper, it will be served in the River Room, buffet style, following the Q&A session of the lectures.
How to book your seats and suppers
Here are more details of how things will run this season:
- Full details of each lecture and the supper menu will be advertised in advance, with meals priced at £22.95 for 2 courses and £17.95 for one course.
- Book online and pay for your food at the time of booking, along with any dietary requirements. Those wishing to eat must book by the Friday before each lecture to enable the team to plan and order for the event. Any cancellations after the Friday before will payable/non-refundable.
- Members wishing to have drinks only are also welcome to attend the lectures. Please also book your attendance so numbers can be monitored.
Our winter lecture schedule
Wed 4th October Tom Cunliffe: Man is Not Lost
Wed 11th October Peter Ellis: The History of The NCI and the birth of NCI Hengistbury Head’
Wed 18th October Jasmine Noble-Shelley: Secrets of the Solent
Wed 25th October Donald Begg: Ellida's Northern Voyage
Wed 1st November Diana Fletcher: Brockenhurst WW1 Hospital
Wed 8th November Michael Dawkins: Little Ships of Poole & Dunkirk
Wed 15th November Dave Foot: Trans-Siberian Railway
Wed 22nd November Colin van Geffen: Lawrence before and after Arabia
Wed 29th November Jean Carteron: The Island of Saint - Mercouf
Wed 6th December Charlotte Marchant: Shell Posters of Beaulieu Museum
Wed 13th December Phil Lawrence: Ocean Race 2022/23 -The Ocean Race 2023
Wed 3rd January Nick Saunders: SOE and Beaulieu
Wed 10th January Simon Boxall: Oil and Plastic Pollution
Wed 17th January Sophie Bubb: Family Cruising in the South Pacific
Wed 24th January Chris Knox: Nelson and the Battle of the Nile
Wed 31st January Junior & Youth Fleet Annual Sailing Round-Up
Wed 7th February RLymYC Photographic Competition
Wed 14th February Nick Quirke: A Tall Ship Adventure
Wed 21st February Peter Shanks: Build and Launch Cruise Ships
Wed 28th February Mark Smith: Operation Deadstick
Wed 6th March Malcolm Turner: Uffa Fox Eccentric Genius
Wed 13th March Mark Ashley-Miller: Harbour Master's Sailing Challenge BOOK
Wed 20th March Mike Cowan: Oil Spill Response; Some of the Issues. BOOK
