Junior Sailing Program Fundraiser
CAPTIVA ISLAND YACHT CLUB
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
** PRIVATE ~ MEMBERS ONLY DUE TO COVID-19 **
Where: Captiva Island Yacht Club [15903 Captiva Drive // Captiva, FL 33924]
When: 6pm to 9:30pm [6pm Dinner / Presentation & Book Signing follows]
Tickets: $55 Members only / Registration Required
Talk Topic: “Sailor Talk”
– an intriguing look at the language of the sea, and how much of it has come ashore
into everyday conversations, with a Q&A & book sale sessions to follow
3 March 2021 / Wednesday @ 6:30pm
Presentation: “Getting Into Character”
Lighthearted, personal tales of researching and writing novels around the world …
~ Private Meeting ~
http://www.tampawriters.org/wp/
SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK
POPULAR HISTORIAN & AUTHOR ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Topic: “THE U.S. NAVY’S UNDECLARED WAR AGAINST NAZI U-BOATS”
Find out about this little known story of U.S. sailors fighting and dying in
North Atlantic anti-submarine action before America joined World War II …
** PRIVATE **
The Mariners’ Museum & Park Virtually Welcomes
Robert N. Macomber
>> REGISTRATION REQUIRED <<
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_68vq4zT4Sb24M3ydPe6w1w
Thursday, 11 March 2021 [@7pm]
TOPIC: “War in the Tropics”
Hosted by Historian, John V. Quarstein
[100 Museum Drive _ Newport News, VA _ 23606]
Tel # 757-596-2222 for more info
https://marinersmuseum.org/event/war-in-the-tropics//
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK
POPULAR HISTORIAN & AUTHOR ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Topic: “THE WEATHER WAR: WORLD WAR II IN THE HIGH NORTH ATLANTIC”
Join in for this spectacular and true account of how meteorology led Germans, Danes,
British, Canadians, and Americans all to the high North Atlantic
in a conflict centered around the convoy shipping routes.
** PRIVATE **
SHELL POINT COMMUNITY WELCOMES BACK
POPULAR HISTORIAN & MULTI-AWARD WINNING AUTHOR
ROBERT N. MACOMBER
Topic: “YACHTS THAT WENT TO WAR”
This PowerPoint will explore the story of elegant yachts, focusing on four poignant
tales about vessels which were turned into warships during the Spanish-American War.
Amazingly, some of these incredible ships served our country for decades!
** PRIVATE **
future Honor Series novels in the works and beyond …
future Honor Series novels in the works and beyond …
~ PRIVATE ~
Shell Point Retirement Community’s Academy on The Go
is having multi-award winning author, acclaimed lecturer
and avid historian Robert N. Macomber join their expedition
to The Military Heritage Museum in Punta Gorda, FL.