Talks
held during the Winter Programme 2002 - 2003
October 9th:
Oyster
Dredging in the Fal - Martin Heard
November 13th:
Safety
& Management in Fishing Boats - Ron Jenkin
January 22nd:
Dinner at
The Smugglers, Newlyn
February 12th:
Pineapples
& Sailing Ships - Dr Ray Fordham
March 12th:
Annual
General Meeting at 8.00 pm followed by a talk by
Rob Tregoning - "Gulval Old
& New"
April 9th: Local Lights
- illustrated talk about coastal lighthouses -
Alan Renton (Trinity House Lighthouse Museum)
May 14th: In The Wake
of The Armada - Aboard MV Victoria
pre-decommissioning - Brian Watkins
Summer Programme 2003
Newlyn Fish Festival: On
Bank Holiday Monday 25th August 2003 we again had our stall selling tasty freshly
cooked hot pilchard rolls and Happy
Return was moored up in Newlyn harbour opposite
on the North Pier. The Pendance Band played on
board and many people came along to chat with us
and enjoy the fabulous day.
Newlyn Raft Race Day: On
Sunday at Bank Holiday week-end the 24th August
Happy Return was standing off to support
this famous Newlyn Harbour Christmas Lights
event.
Pictures of Penzance Quay
Fair Day on the 29th June 2003 with Happy
Return:
The Happy Return in Penzance
wet dock with the stall on Quay Fair Day during
the Golowan Festival. The Golowan Band came on
board and played to the crowd. The Happy Return
is awaiting her masts and rigging to be
installed soon.
Talks
held during the Winter Programme 2003-04
October
8th
The history of underground
photography in Cornwall by John
Watton FRPS
November
12th
Safety at Sea with special
reference to the Fishing Industry by Ron
Jenkin
January
14th
Annual Dinner. The Yacht Inn, Penzance.
7.30 p.m.
February
11th "The
Great Eastern" by Brian Watkins
March
10th
Annual General Meeting
April
14th
The Other Happy Return by
Mike Lord
