Our regular branch meetings for the current winter season are shown below.
Contact: Peter Gifford, 11 Gordon Avenue, Bishopton, Renfrewshire, PA7 5EX.
Tel : 01505 863386. peterclaymore@hotmail.co.uk
Generally, we like to hold our monthly meetings on a THURSDAY evening
— that being the LAST Thursday in the month —
but from time to time this regular pattern needs to change.
Our meetings are held at Royal Gourock Yacht Club, Ashton road, GOUROCK, PA19 1DA, commencing at 19.30 hours.
PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS —- WINTER 2026/2027
Our new winter programme :
2026
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24 SEPTEMBER MAID OF THE LOCH Loch Lomond Steamship Company.
29 OCTOBER FISHING VESSELS WORLDWIDE Maurice Napier.
26 NOVEMBER CADET TO CAPTAIN Murray Paterson
2027
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28 JANUARY INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING Alan Dowie
25 FEBRUARY QE2 : 50 YEARS A QUEEN Paul Strathdee
25 MARCH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
, plus : CAL MAC UPDATES Peter Gifford
29 APRIL A FEW SHIP CANAL TRIPS Tom Carreyette
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Our meetings are held at the Royal Gourock Yacht Club, commencing at 7.30 pm.
BRANCH REPORT
Our branch was founded in 1965 by James Pottinger, and the pictures below show our 50th anniversary lunch, held in 2015 at the Royal Gourock Yacht Club.
Above pictures were taken at our 50th Anniversary Lunch. [09.2015 plus 03.2016]
To mark our branch’s 60th anniversary, we held a celebratory
lunch at the yacht club in September 2025 with this large
group enjoying our meal while looking back at our branch
history and discussing shipping topics of the present day.
