There’s to be a talk by Jim Thom for Sea-Change at Maldon Town Hall on Saturday 29th January 2022 at 1930. There will be a bar which will open a bit earlier and Den Phillips will exhibit pictures in the foyer. All are welcome to join; tickets are £10 and organisers would be grateful if you could pass this on to anyone you think may be interested. 
The title of the talk is “The Essex Connection” as Jim was master of the restored William Fife 19 metre Mariquita from 2004 until 2012, seen in blue abaft her helm, above. When commissioned in 1911 she was skippered by Edward Sycamore of Brightlingsea. Then, and since she had a core of crew from Essex. Prior to Mariquita, Jim took another Fife, the Kentra, to South America, and afterwards the replica three mast schooner Atlantic to the Pacific. The original Atlantic won the Kaiser’s Cup in 1905 setting a trans-Atlantic record she held until 1980. Jim is a trustee of the Sea-Change Sailing Trust.
More on Mariquita: HERE