East Coast featured boat: ‘Dirty Girty’
Our featured boat for March is another boat designed and built by East Coast Gaffer Bob Berk, ‘Dirty Girty’. Bob… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Dirty Girty’
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 featured boat: ‘Crow’
‘Crow’ is our featured boat for February, 2024 and we introduce this well known East Coast boat with an article… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Crow’
Vertue 21 ‘Hussar’: some early history
Our featured boat to welcome in the New Year, January 2024 is a classic Bermudan, the Vertue ‘Hussar’. Despite the… Read More »Vertue 21 ‘Hussar’: some early history
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’
East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘My Quest’
Our featured boat for December is ‘My Quest’. Built at Horning, Norfolk, England in 1930 by Ernest L Woods, ‘My… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘My Quest’
East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Charm’
Our featured boat for November is ‘Charm’, the beautiful Albert Strange yacht built 1921 in Dublin.
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East Coast Gaffers featured boat: yacht ‘Cachalot’
Our featured boat for October is ‘Cachalot’, built as a yacht in Folkestone, Kent 1898 and celebrating her 125th anniversary… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat: yacht ‘Cachalot’
East Coast Gaffers featured boat: smack boat ‘Joy’
Our featured boat for September is ‘Joy’, winner of the Jubilee East Coast Race for open boats which took place… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat: smack boat ‘Joy’
OGA60 Open Boats: smacks boat ‘Joy’ joins the Party
2023 was destined to be a year of sailing uncertainty for me. Early February brought about a surprise procedure in… Read More »OGA60 Open Boats: smacks boat ‘Joy’ joins the Party