Camsail

Our next meeting is on October 9th:

Bob Bradfield: "Antares Charts for the Scottish Islands"

(for full details, see the 2019-20 programme)

Spring/Summer 2019 trips for members:

May 3rd-6th: Sailing from the Orwell to Bradwell

May 14th: Guided tour in Kings Lynn

September 25th: a day on a Rona Sailing Project boat

Please note that we are not linked to the Cam_Sailing_Club at Waterbeach. We apologise for any confusion.

CAMSAIL is a club which meets monthly from October to March to enjoy a wide range of illustrated talks about sailing, given by invited speakers and club members, and provides an opportunity to socialise in a nautical atmosphere (albeit in central Cambridge!).

We also organise occasional trips, both on and off the water. These have included two trips on Thames Barges on the River Orwell and, most recently in March 2018, a trip to Harwich to be shown the Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) at the Harwich Haven Authority and the Lightship LV18 (photo above).

We operate a small lending library of nautical books.

We try to act as an informal crewing service, putting yacht skippers wanting crews in touch with crews wanting skippers!

Our monthly meetings are on Wednesday evenings (normally the second Wednesday in the month) at 19.30 for 19.45. We meet in the Cambridge and County Bowling Club, Brooklands Avenue, CB2 8FG. The club is situated towards the west end of Brooklands Avenue on the north side, and parking is available there. There is a bar and hot drinks machine.

Now in our tenth season, we have a membership of over 50. Some of the members have or have had their own yachts, others enjoy sailing by chartering or as crew, others have sailed in the past or are simply interested in things nautical!

Our club welcomes a connection with the_Cruising_Association through their Suffolk Section. Camsail and C.A. members can attend each other’s meetings, and the Camsail programme is published in the C.A. quarterly magazine.

There is an annual subscription of £15 (to cover the cost of the venue and speakers’ expenses), but those new to us are welcome to attend one meeting without charge or any commitment to join.

History of the club:

The formation of the club was first suggested in November 2010, knowing that a number of people with an interest in sailing in or near Cambridge might welcome such talks and the opportunity to meet others with similar interests, but without the need to travel to one of the venues on the East Coast.

It first met in the U3AC building in Bridge Street. Wanting a more relaxed atmosphere, we moved to meet at the Red Bull in Newnham in October 2011.

We then moved to the present location, the Cambridge and County Bowling Club, Brooklands Avenue, in October 2012.

Contact us at: enquiries@camsail.org.uk

Committee (2018-9):

Chairman: Peter Jones

Secretary: John Aylmer

Treasurer: Malcolm Dee

Member: Jim Hibbert

Member: Jayne Tracey

Camsail has a constitution, which was adopted on 12 December 2018.