my thinking was that there are probably a lot of folks on the south coast that know each other anyway and just arrange their own trips but it would be good to get a few cruises and meets going, with details posted on here, if some can be children friendly as many of us have kids and young kids that want to join in.
I have had some great times with the the sw ribbers and they are always arranging meets and bbqs on the beach etc so perhaps it would be good to do that in the solent area as well.
off to pwilly this weekend, shame you have had to pull out of that, but will be good to meet up at some other time in the near future.