Dates: Saturday 25 to Sunday 26 April 2026
Who can attend: Society members and their guests
Cost:  £100
Organiser:  Debbie Malins (drmalins@outlook.com)

Sailing weekend on a Classic Yacht

Are you a sailor already?  Have you ever thought about having a go at sailing?  Would you be interested in a weekend sail on a classic yacht, Overlord, with the Offshore Cruising Club, OCC, (see https://www.sailoverlord.org.uk)?

In outline the trip on offer is:
– 30 hours on board over a Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon 25th/26th April 2026
– to meet in Haslar marina, Gosport, for 10.00hrs on Saturday, finishing around 16.00hrs Sunday
– sailing in the Solent to Yarmouth or Cowes and back, subject to wind and weather, with a skipper, mate and one other experienced crew member from the OCC
– Saturday night on board in a bunk in shared cabins, moored overnight in a marina (for showers and other amenities)
– 5 or 6 Apothecaries and their guests with some or no sailing experience, but who must be physically able to move around on deck
– £100 a head, excluding evening meal and a share of berthing, food, fuel and drink costs (~£30)
– safety equipment, notably life-jackets, provided by OCC

If you would like more details, please contact Lt Col Debbie Malins, drmalins@outlook.com

Overlord is a 58 foot Bermudan sloop built in 1936 for the Luftwaffe.  She was part of a fleet of yachts used for Officer training and, in particular, for training Luftwaffe navigators.  In 1945, Pelikan, as Overlord was then named, plus many more yachts in the fleet, were taken as prizes of war at Kiel and later included in the reparations agreement.  Many of the yachts were distributed amongst the British Services and Pelikan was used by The Sappers at Chatham who re-named her Overlord.  In 1961 she was bought by a retired Army Officer.  In time, he formed the Overlord Sailing Club, now the Offshore Cruising Club.

The Livery Committee is the Society’s members’ social committee and is separate from the main Society Programme.  It operates outside of the governance of the Society, and uses a money-pooling system for all of its events.  Net receipts collected by the Society on their behalf are passed to the Livery Committee.