Our East Coast Adventure - Gosport to Ipswich

Talk - Our East Coast Adventure, Gosport to Ipswich

Our very own Joyce Herve is going to tell us about her sailing trip from Gosport to Ipswich in her boat Alcine. Her late partner Peter was skipper and they were taking part in a Westerly Owner's club Summer Cruise, to celebrate the club's 60th anniversary.

Her talk will include many pictures of marinas, wildlife and interesting structures taken along the way, with plenty of historical facts thrown in. During this trip they berthed in St Katharine's Dock, London Bridge was lifted specially for them and they sailed up the river Orwell to Ipswich.

This talk is dedicated to Peter.

Brief Biography Joyce

 Joyce worked as a podiatrist for the NHS for many years and also ran her own private practice. She also has a degree in Landscape Archaeology and was a Director of Butser Ancient Farm. She worked with Time Team on two occasions. 

Joyce's two daughters work as health professionals and her son was a specialist engineer.

Most of her life she had a love/hate relationship with water, until she was introduced to sailing by friends. She then qualified as Day Skipper, joined a sailing club and met her late partner Peter. They purchased Alcine in 2019 and mainly sailed in the Solent and to the West Country. Their plans to sail around Britain were curtailed in 2023, due to Peter's ill health, so they joined the Westerly Owner's Association rally to Ipswich.

Brief Biography Peter

Peter was a very experienced sailor, having sailed across the Atlantic several times and taken part in the Fastnet on three occasions. He was a very calm and immensely capable man with a great sense of humour.

Organiser: Jane Osborn, Vice Commodore