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’
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: ‘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’
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