Annual Dinner report: 9 March 2024
Lorna Hill brings us a report with interesting historical snippets and news of long-service awards from the Annual Dinner, held… Read More »Annual Dinner report: 9 March 2024
EC Events
Notices and reports for events of interest to Gaffers on the East Coast
Tugs and Pilot boats: 3rd winter talk 2024
40 East Coast Gaffers and guests gathered at the Long Shed in Woodbridge on Saturday 24 February for our third winter… Read More »Tugs and Pilot boats: 3rd winter talk 2024
‘Gaffers that lunch’: Sunday 11 February 2024
The sun was shining on the ‘gaffers that lunch’ on Sunday 11 February, 2024 at the Walton and Frinton Yacht… Read More »‘Gaffers that lunch’: Sunday 11 February 2024
Dutch OGA Anniversary Tour: 3 – 17 August, 2024
This post formed the invitation to UK Gaffers planning their passage across the North Sea, with outline plans of the Dutch OGA Netherlands Anniversary Tour.
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Aquatic First Aid Course report
On Saturday, 20 January, 2024 the Long Shed in Woodbridge, Suffolk was the setting for a day-long course in aquatic… Read More »Aquatic First Aid Course report
East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Hussar’
In this first post to introduce our January 2024 featured boat, Vertue 21 ‘Hussar’, current owners, Ken and Carey share… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Hussar’
A voyage into history: Thomas Cavendish
Claudia Myatt reports on the first of our Winter Talks season at Robertsons Boatyard on the River Deben, December, 2023.… Read More »A voyage into history: Thomas Cavendish
A view from the floor & Officer Reports: Area AGM, 2023
East Coast Gaffer, Ian Clarke brings us his ‘view from the floor’ at the recent Area AGM, along with the… Read More »A view from the floor & Officer Reports: Area AGM, 2023
A changing of the guard: report on the East Coast Area AGM, 2023
East Coast Gaffer, Sue Lewis, brings us a report of the recent Area AGM, held at the Royal Harwich Yacht… Read More »A changing of the guard: report on the East Coast Area AGM, 2023