Registration

Register here for our Wednesday 30 September Club Night, at Albert Park Yacht Club, 5 Aquatic Drive, Albert Park Lake, featuring author and raconteur extraordinaire A.J. 'Sandy' Mackinnon talking about his new book, "Realms of Gold". 

Our 30 September club night at Albert Park Yacht Club,  5 Aquatic Drive, Albert Park Lake, will feature author and raconteur extraordinaire A.J. 'Sandy' Mackinnon talking about his new book, "Realms of Gold".  This is a free event, but seating is limited, so bookings will first open to current members, and then, if there are seats left, we will open bookings to non-members. 

When A.J. 'Sandy' Mackinnon sailed a Mirror dinghy through twelve countries from North Wales to the Black Sea, he survived pirates, the English Channel, international incidents and all the disasters, big and small, that can befall a little boat on a long voyage. Those adventures became his beloved bestseller "The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow".

Decades later, that trip was a happy memory and Sandy was firmly back on land – until a message from a stranger presented an opportunity too good to refuse. In "Realms of Gold" Sandy picks up where his first voyage left off, sailing and rowing single-handedly around the coast from Romania to Venice. From Istanbul to Ithaca, Mount Olympus to the ruins of Troy, he finds himself immersed in the legends of antiquity, plays chicken with mercurial border police, and is saved more than once by the kindness of strangers. He recounts it all with his unbreakable enthusiasm and self-deprecating humour, taking the reader on an hilarious and unforgettable adventure.

“Realms of Gold” will be released in August, and we will have a local bookseller in attendance on the night, so you will be able to buy the book and get it signed by Sandy. Members who were fortunate enough to hear Sandy talk about the events of the first book still talk about it. If you haven’t read "The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow", then, as Molly Meldrum used to say, "do yourself a favour", and go out and buy it as well!

Doors open at 7pm, and Sandy's talk commences at 7:30pm.

Join us for a light supper after the presentation.