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
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.
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’
East Coast featured boat: ‘Transcur’ part 1
Our featured boat for April is the Essex smack ‘Transcur’, CK365, built in 1889 by Aldous & Sons. Pete Thomas… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Transcur’ part 1
‘Nyala’, a valiant nonagenarian
We bring an article originally written by Pascal Lutz for the French OGA Newsletter in November 2024 where he reports… Read More »‘Nyala’, a valiant nonagenarian
Part 2: a new gaff for ‘Excelsior’
We bring our second part of the story of making a new gaff for ‘Excelsior’ from our ‘sawdust maker’ at… Read More »Part 2: a new gaff for ‘Excelsior’
Part 1: a new gaff for ‘Excelsior’
We bring part I of a series of articles about the Lowestoft trawler ‘Excelsior’, contributed by one of the volunteers… Read More »Part 1: a new gaff for ‘Excelsior’