Supper bookings for the Brian Hammett Memorial Talk this Friday (18th March) are now closed, but a limited number of £12 seat-only tickets remain available. Presented by the Nancy Blackett Trust and TARS East, the talk will be given by Julia Jones, present owner of Arthur Ransome’s Peter Duck, and well-known East Coast sailor and […]

The title for the Brian Hammett Memorial Talk comes from a call-out for volunteer to the newly-formed Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve at the beginning of World War II. Many amateur yachtsmen – notably from the East Coast – responded, and Julia’s new book Uncommon Courage chronicles their exploits and contributions to the war effort. […]