NYA Cruising Club Reports

NYA CRUISING CLUB – LOWESTOFT / SOUTHWOLD CRUISE EASTER 2024

04 April 2024

  The weather and other factors have stopped us getting out to sea for the last few Easters so we were keen to get a run in the salty stuff…

NYA CRUISING CLUB – Southwold September 2023 cruise report

27 September 2023

NYA CRUISING CLUB – SOUTHWOLD September 2023 Our plans for a Woodbridge cruise were foiled by a poor forecast for the return leg so we hastily made arrangements for a…

NYA CRUISING CLUB EAST COAST CRUISE June 2023

04 July 2023

The fleet made their way to the RNSYC at Lowestoft via Mutford Lock and met in the club house on Saturday 24th June for drinks, dinner and briefing. We had…

NYA CRUISING CLUB – SOUTHWOLD APRIL 2023

25 April 2023

Having had our plans for a trip to Southwold earlier in the month spoiled by strong winds we watched the forecast avidly in the week before. The fleet made their…

NYA Cruising Club St Katharine’s – June 2022

22 June 2022

Our fleet gathered at the Royal Norfolk & Suffolk Yacht Club on Wednesday 15th June having made their way through Mutford Lock @ Oulton Broad. We met in the yacht…

EASTER CRUISE TO IPSWICH APRIL 2022

20 April 2022

We had planned to meet at Lowestoft on Sunday 10th April and leave on Monday morning. The weather had different ideas with great conditions for Sunday but not Monday. Happily…

CRUISE IN COMPANY WOODBRIDGE / IPSWICH SEPTEMBER 2021

03 October 2021

With lock downs & Haven Bridge refurbishment seriously curtailing our Cruising Club outings in 2020 & 2021 we were very pleased to get out to sea once again with a…

NYA Cruising Club 2022 Dates

28 September 2021

With our 2021 cruise diary now completed , we will be looking forward to 2022, cruise dates and details will be published early in the new year.

St Katharine’s Dock, London 26th June – 2nd July 2021

21 July 2021

St Katharine’s Dock, London 26th June – 2nd July 2021   With Haven Bridge still undergoing its major improvement works & remaining resolutely shut the most challenging logistic was ensuring…

Woodbridge Cruise July 2020

03 August 2020

At last Boris released us to go boating. Having not been able to run our East Coast or Amsterdam cruises or our two planned Southwold trips, we had a lot…

Holland – August 2019

27 August 2019

An unsettled weather pattern with an unseasonable low pressure and a fault with Reedham Bridge kept us on tenterhooks in the week before our planned departure.  In the event the…

Woodbridge Cruise – July 2019

06 August 2019

High water at Tidemill Marina, Woodbridge was at 1930hrs on the day of our passage so we had anticipated a leisurely start.  The temperature for the previous few days had…

A week in the Capital

15 July 2019

The weather in the days leading up to our St Katharine Dock cruise was very settled in terms of wind and the forecast for the days ahead was also very…

Southwold – May 2019

15 May 2019

Our fleet gathered at the Berney Arms on Friday 10th May with a forecast of variable easterlies, mainly force 3 with showers.  As James and the support crew gave the…

East Coast Cruise – A tale of Two Halves – Easter 2019

26 April 2019

The forecast in the lead up to our Easter Cruise was pretty depressing.  Strong easterly winds as far forward as we could see. We took the decision to delay the…

Woodbridge Cruise – September 2018

12 September 2018

Having had to cancel our plans for a September cruise to Wells-Next-the Sea, we altered the destination to Woodbridge on the Deben instead.  This disappointed several people who were looking…

July 2018 – WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA / ORWELL CRUISE

02 August 2018

Given that the Harbour Master at Wells-next-the-sea had stated that he no longer accepted bookings for moorings we knew there was a chance that we might not get into Wells….

Southern Rivers Cruise – 13-15th July

17 July 2018

The skies were a little over cast with sunny spells as the flotilla gathered on the River Bure last Friday but that certainly didn’t dampen spirits. Crews attending the NYA…

Southwold Cruise – July

10 July 2018

With Haven Bridge undergoing repairs, our Southwold fleet departed the Broads on Friday 6th July through Mutford Lock and moored at the RN&SYC for a few hours until all the…

Belgium Cruise – June 2018

26 June 2018

The start to our Belgium cruise was not the easiest to organise.  With the Haven Bridge out of action & limited moorings available in Lowestoft, it took several phone calls…