East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Capriccio’
Our featured boat for October is ‘Capriccio’, originally called ‘Wendy’, kept on the River Deben. She was designed by Morgan… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Capriccio’
Featured boats
The Editor selects a boat to ‘feature’ each month. These are intended to be representative of the wide range of boats sailed by OGA members on the East Coast.
East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Jan Blank’
Our featured boat for September is a regular participant in East Coast events based in the Netherlands. Dutch OGA member… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Jan Blank’
East Coast Gaffers featured boat ‘Caryta’
Our featured boat for August is ‘Caryta’ (Careeter), a Tradewind 25′ gaff cutter finished in 2002 by an ex RAF… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat ‘Caryta’
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’
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
East Coast featured boat: ‘Concord of Mersea’ #1
Our featured boat for June is ‘Concord of Mersea’, with her story told by James Boyd in two parts. In… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Concord of Mersea’ #1
East Coast featured boat: ‘Transcur’ part 2
Our featured boat for April is the Essex smack ‘Transcur’, CK365, built in 1889 by Aldous & Sons. In this… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Transcur’ part 2
East Coast featured boat: ‘Songbird’
Our featured boat for May is ‘Songbird’, an 18ft Heir Island Sloop, no 23 and the last to be built. The… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Songbird’