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Swallows and Amazons at the Wycombe Swan
Arthur Ransome's story of Swallows and Amazons is coming to the stage of the Wycombe Swan Theatre this February and we are proud to announce that one of our 'Optimist' sailing dinghies will be part of the foyer display. The show runs from 21 to 25 February and we've managed to secure discounted tickets for our clients! Bisham Abbey Sailing & Navigation School customers can get best available tickets (normally £18 or £16) for just £10 for opening night on Tuesday 21 February at 7.30pm! Simply call 01494 512 000 and quote 'BISHAM OFFER'
Here's a bit of background to the show, more info can be found at www.swallowsamazons.co.uk.
All aboard The Swallow! Follow Captain John and his able crew as they set sail to Wildcat Island on an exotic adventure to encounter savages, capture dastardly pirates and defeat mortal enemies.
An action-packed musical adventure for the whole family, Swallows and Amazons is a story of an idyllic era, of endless summer evenings and the beauty of youthful imagination.
This delightful and gloriously imaginative production is directed by Tom Morris who also directed the international smash hit War Horse, is written by Helen Edmundson, writer of the National Theatre’s astonishing Coram Boy, with music by Neil Hannon from the The Divine Comedy. Swallows and Amazons is presented by the Children’s Touring Partnership whose recent production of Goodnight Mister Tom starring Oliver Ford Davies received public and critical acclaim.
Sailing School Receives Royal Visit At London Boat Show
Friday 13th January 2012
Roy and Tom were thrilled to receive a visit on our stand at the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show on Wednesday 11th January from HRH The Princess Royal.
Her Royal Highness was interested in all the activities running at the School, particularly dinghy sailing for youngsters and to hear that the School has been training some of the employees working on the Olympic site in Stratford in water safety. Being the year of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, Her Royal Highness was also intrigued to hear that the Duke of Edinburgh had visited the School at the National Sports Centre during the Queen’s Silver Jubilee celebrations in 2002.
London Boat Show
Wednesday 07 December 2012
Bisham Abbey Sailing & Navigation School are pleased to confirm that we will be exhibiting at the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show held at the ExCeL centre in London in January 2012. Our stand number is A404 and is in a similar place to last year, opposite the RYA.
The Show runs from Friday 6 January to Sunday 15 January 2012 and is always worth a visit! There are several exciting new features for 2012, for more information have a look at http://www.londonboatshow.com/2012/home.aspx
We hope you'll be able to make it to the Show at some point and do come and say hello on stand A404.
Continental Cruising
Sunday 13 November 2011
Roy and Jan have recently returned from 15 days exploring and experiencing the mighty Rhine River and the Moselle between Amsterdam and Basel.
They encountered very few small vessels but were extremely impressed with the boat handling skills of the professional Skippers they encountered. A wary eye was kept open for signage to add to our extensive CEVNI presentation but very few additional ones were noted.
New course dates released
Monday 31 October 2011
We have now released our course dates for all of our RYA shore based theory courses until summer 2012! The course dates for the 2012 dinghy sailing season will be released as usual at the London International Boat Show in January.
To see our new course dates for all our RYA theory courses click here.
If you would rather just download the dates as a pdf they are available below.
Shore-based_theory_course_dates.pdf
Pauline Quirke learns the ropes at Bisham
Friday 14 October 2011
Congratulations to Pauline Quirke who joined us today for some boat handling tuition on the Thames. Pauline spent the day with our Principal Tom Sowerby learning some tricks and techniques to make even the smallest mooring seem spacious! So after a couple of locks, some tight turns and a few man over-board drills, amongst other exercises, it was back to Bisham for a well earned certificate. Well done Pauline!
Congratulations Tom & Camilla!
Monday 10 October 2011
Our School's Principal Tom has recently returned from his honeymoon. He married his fiancé Camilla recently at St. John the Baptist Church in North Baddesley, Hampshire and many of our staff, past and present attended the service and later enjoyed the reception in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral.
A lovely weekend, not in any way marred by the severe rain, thunder, lightening and power cut during the reception! Tom and Camilla (a very competent sailor), met whilst taking part in the 2005 Fastnet race.
Dutch Barge ‘Le Coq’ returns to Bisham having undergone major surgery!
Friday 30 September 2011
She has been re-plated and now has a nice new smooth bottom and smart canopy over the stern deck providing shelter from the elements for our clients. The work was carried out at Eel Pie Slipways and they did a magnificent job in engineering and design.
David Walliams visits us!
Friday 9 September 2011
David Walliams continues his epic swim to raise money for Sport Relief. We were thrilled that he, Prof. Greg Whyte his trainer and swimming buddie, together with his entourage of 45, physio's, camera men, sound recordists and production team stopped and took a well earned rest, together with tea and biscuits and cake at the School.
New boat at Bisham
We are delighted to announce a new addition to the fleet!
'Sancerre' is a 60ft by 11ft widebeam canal cruiser. She is available for the RYA Inland Waters Helmsman course and inland ICCs...
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