‘Dream Catcher’ sails to Snape: small is beautiful
To celebrate the winter solstice we publish EC Gaffer, Peter Smith’s log from his passage to Snape earlier this year… Read More »‘Dream Catcher’ sails to Snape: small is beautiful
Featured boats
Since January 2023 your Editor selected a boat to ‘feature’ each month. The May 2026 ‘featured boat’ is the last in the series. The boats featured represent the wide range of vessels sailed by OGA members on the East Coast.
East Coast featured boat: ‘Dream Catcher’
Our December featured boat is the Norfolk Gypsy ‘Dream Catcher’, owned since 1999 by East Coast OGA member Peter Smith… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Dream Catcher’
East Coast featured boat: ‘Harbinger’
Our featured boat for November is owned by our most southerly members, Edward & Charlotte, based in Dover. Edward pens… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Harbinger’
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’
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