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Laying Up Supper 2011
Saturday 5 November 2011 at 19:30
at
The Lightship
Haven Ports Yacht Club
Levington, Suffolk

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Undoubtedly the best thing about the end of the sailing season is our Laying Up Supper. Thanks to the John Bailey and Sarah Watson double act, we enjoyed another magical S&S event.

The UK Laying Up Supper this year was held at the Haven Ports Yacht Club in Levington, Suffolk. And this was a yacht club with a difference. It is housed in a lightship!

But before we even got to dinner, things were happening. So we met at the Spirit Yachts yard at about 11.30 for a tour. What a treat! The yard specialises in the design and production of modern classics and has a reputation in this area that is difficult (if not impossible, the Spirit Yachts team would suggest J ) to match. And to make the treat extra special, this company works in wood and can lay claim to an unrivalled in-depth knowledge of contemporary wooden yacht building and design.

So, Christmas list complete it was on to a cosy lunch. I have to say, some of us forgot that dinner was a mere few hours away, and by way of preparing for a famine, worked their way through the largest bowl of pasta one could expect to find outside of a southern Italian mama’s kitchen! Luckily there was time for a little lay down before heading of to the Light Ship for that dinner.