Booking for the Third Crossfield Conference is now open following on from the success of the conferences in 2019 and 2021. The Conference will be followed by a conference supper in Ye Olde Fighting Cocks and a folk concert in the Sailing Club
Crossfields were leading builders of Morecambe Boat Prawners, yachts and dinghies, including Arthur Ransome’s Swallow from the 1840 – 1940s. Arnside Sailing Club own Severn, which was built by Crossfields in 1912 for the Royal Mersey Yacht Club.
Speakers include Mike Beckett, the skipper of Bonita about the Round Britain Voyage in 2023 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the OGA, the association for gaff rig sailing. Bonita was built by Crossfields in Arnside in 1888.
The conference includes a buffet lunch.
Any surplus from the event will go towards Severn
Tickets £28 (OGA, Arnside Sailing Club and Arnside Archive Members) £32 Non-members
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Conference Supper Sat, 6.30 pm
There will be a conference supper in Ye Olde Fighting Cocks on Saturday evening. Menu choices are steak pie, fish and chips or vegetable lasagne.
Price £16
Evening Concert: Dave Walters supported by Lune Tide, Sat 8.30 pm
Dave Walters, singer, songwriter, guitarist and sailor began his lifelong passion for songs and sailing in Fleetwood, Lancashire, where he co-owned a Crossfields-built Morecambe Bay Prawner, Pastime. This became the subject of ‘Ballerina’, a song he recorded for his third solo album Kites. (SHY7017) in 1982. His debut 1977 album, Bound To Go Sailing was one of the Lake District based Fellside label’s early recordings. (FE004). You can hear a video of Dave singing “Ellen”, a song about a ship wrecked off Newfoundland https://youtu.be/amIkB52PELg
His current project is a unique collection of songs and poems: Soul Sailing. In a performance that reflects a love for our maritime heritage and his own Celtic roots, he is accompanied by a driving rhythmic picking style on a selection of English made guitars.
Lune Tide are a folk duo from Sunderland Point, south of Lancaster, a village approached by a tidal causeway. They sang “The Severn Song” at the end of the BBC Villages by the Sea Programme about Arnside. See a video of them singing on You Tube https://youtu.be/uSKBjZbTpAc
Tickets £15
Sunday – Visit to Lancaster Maritime Museum
On Sunday there will be a chance to visit Lancaster Maritime Museum (admission charge, currently £3).