Social Sailors and Members' Lunch Club

Next Event:

An afternoon of marine design, innovation and intriguing anecdotes, with Clive Dent - Friday 16th October 2026

Professional Marine Designer & Engineer Clive will be sharing fascinating stories from his career in marine design, engineering and production, spanning 1969–2019.

A few of Clive's projects:

Camper and Nicholson - various Nicholson yacht designs, RNLI lifeboat 48
Carter Offshore America's Cup ( Hong Kong) .Luna 50, CepheusV
Cape Dory - motor sailors, lobster fishing boats
Pearson, Rhode Island J boat production J 105- J35
North shore - range of Southerlies inc 47
Pascoe - International - Hamble - structural design of lifting systems and composite engineering

Since retirement, Clive has designed and built a 5m plywood skiff at his home on Hayling Island - it will soon be ready for launch!

Menu

Homemade cottage pie served with seasonal vegetables £13.95

Roast Fillet Sea Bass with potato gratin seasonal vegetable with lemon and white wine sauce £16.95

Cheese Ploughman's £10.95

Leek & Potato Soup served with a crusty roll £6.50

Dessert

Apple Crumble served with custard £5.95

Please contact Rosy Raines (rosyraines@icloud.com) or Delia Clarke (delia.clarke@ntlworld.com) to secure your seat at this event!