East Coast Race, 5 July 2025
Here’s the results table and a few shots of participating smacks from Sandy Miller at the East Coast Race on… Read More »East Coast Race, 5 July 2025
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Sailing to St Malo: the Younger Gaffers report
Younger Members of the OGA were well represented in St Malo for the Rally organised by the OGA, Vieux Gréements… Read More »Sailing to St Malo: the Younger Gaffers report
Ipswich Heritage Harbour Project launched!
Ipswich Maritime Trust (IMT) has received a National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) grant to launch the Ipswich Heritage Harbour Project,… Read More »Ipswich Heritage Harbour Project launched!
Swallows and Amazons: June 2025
We bring reflections in words and pictures from the recent East Coast Gaffers 2025 edition of Swallows and Amazons. Smacks… Read More »Swallows and Amazons: June 2025
East Coast featured boat: ‘Laerling’
Our featured boat for July is ‘Lærling’, commissioned as a training project to develop the skills of young people in… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Laerling’
An international affair at St Malo: 6 – 8 June, 2025
At the beginning of June, 2025 OGA members converged on St Malo for the grand festival, organised by the French… Read More »An international affair at St Malo: 6 – 8 June, 2025
East Coast Gaffers gather in St Malo!
EC Gaffer, Marion (latterly of ‘East Breeze’) is crewing on the SW Gaffer boat ‘Ester’ and brings us an update… Read More »East Coast Gaffers gather in St Malo!
East Coast featured boat: ‘Concord of Mersea’ #2
James Boyd continues his story of the transformation of ‘Penelee’ back to ‘Concord of Mersea’, eventually becoming a concert. Part… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Concord of Mersea’ #2
EC Gaffer ‘Cachalot’ takes part in the Return to Dunkirk, May 2025
2025 marks 85 years since Operation Dynamo, when a fleet of ‘little ships’ evacuated over 300,000 Allied soldiers from the… Read More »EC Gaffer ‘Cachalot’ takes part in the Return to Dunkirk, May 2025