SPEAKER EVENING - 20 February
Well known yachting photographer and journalist, David Rainsbury, will talk to us about his Biscay Crossings
David Rainsbury is a photographer and writer with a passion for sailing and the sea. An Ocean Yachtmaster with over 25 years sailing experience, David is also an RYA Shorebased Instructor.
Aboard his previous yacht Piper, a Contessa 26, he sailed the entire coastlines of Britain, Ireland and Western Europe from Bergen to the Loire. Now with Kate, a Vancouver 274 designed for short handed ocean sailing, he has already sailed as far south as Portugal, making two single-handed Biscay crossings, a total distance in the last ten years of over 30,000 miles, mostly single-handed.
Berkswell and Balsall Common Sports & Social Club (The Lant)
Meeting House Lane
Balsall Common CV7 7GE