It is with great pleasure that we announce the guest speaker for our Cruising winter lecture on Wednesday, March 13th. We are honoured to welcome Mark Ashley Miller who will be delivering his talk titled 'Harbour Master Sailing Challenge'.
Mark Ashley-Miller started yachting while in the army (QDG). After a varied career in farming and retail, he and his wife Fiona sold their Dorset based ecommerce company in 2017. The next day Mark bought a boat! Having always wanted to sail around GB very slowly, he came up with an idea of visiting every Harbour Master on route. Little did he, or Fiona, know how long this would take!
In March 2019 Mark left Dartmouth aboard his Nauticat 331 and turned to starboard. Five years later, on 28 September 2023, he sailed up the River Boyne in County Louth, Ireland and completed the challenge having sailed 9,000 NM, visited 310 harbours, met a total of 256 Harbour Masters and having been helped by 90 different crew including Andrew Gossage of RLymYC. Mark has raised nearly £30,000 for The Seafarers' Charity, is writing a book about the adventure and you can see his interview with the Lymington HM on www.
harbourmastersailingchallenge.co.uk.
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.
Members should book for supper no later than Friday 8th March, along with any dietary requirements.
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.