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,
March 2018: a trip to Harwich to be shown the Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) at the Harwich Haven Authority and the Lightship LV18;
May 2019: a small flotilla of 3 boats owned by our members undertook a two day trip from Felixstowe, giving other members the chance to get afloat;
May 2019: a group of 15 visited Kings Lynn, enjoying a guided tour round places of particular nautical interest; there was also the chance to sail on the Baden Powell, the only double ended cockle boat of her type still in existence;
September 2019: a group of 11 enjoyed a day sail in the Solent on the Rona Sailing Project boat Rona II (a 68' ketch - used normally as a sail training vessel);
May 2022: two trips to the NT Nature Reserve at Orford Ness; altogether 36 members and partners took part;
April 2023: a group of 16 visited Lowestoft where, after lunch at the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club, they enjoyed excellent guided tours round the International Boatbuilding Training College.
September 2023: a group of 12 visited Flag Fen in Peterborough.
May 2024: a group of 11 visited Bawdsey Museum and Woodbridge (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!
