A young gaffer reports on the Summer Cruise, 2024
We hear from Lilly, aged nine, who was sailing with her Granny and Popsie on ‘Charm’ for the 2024 Summer… Read More »A young gaffer reports on the Summer Cruise, 2024
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: ‘Rely’
Our featured boat for October, 2024 is a well-known member of the East Coast OGA fleet, the fine Zulu pilot… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Rely’
Delivery passage: ‘Diamond’, CK250
Tony Judd shares his memories of purchase and delivery of the smack yacht ‘Diamond’ in autumn 2013, based on extracts… Read More »Delivery passage: ‘Diamond’, CK250
East Coast featured boat: ‘Minnie’
Our featured boat for September is not even 20 years old, ‘Minnie’ is one of the sizeable OGA fleet of… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Minnie’
East Coast featured boat: ‘Catsnip’
Our featured boat for August is ‘Catsnip’, a 17ft production catboat built by Com-Pac Yachts in the USA, shipped out… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Catsnip’
Looking back 50 years: Heineken Rally, 1974
The Dutch and East Coast OGA areas have always had close ties and in this post Tim Beckett recollects the… Read More »Looking back 50 years: Heineken Rally, 1974
Three Rivers Race with ‘Catsnip’: 2023 & 2024
East Coast OGA Member, Dan Stoker reports on taking part in this 24-hour race on the Norfolk Broads. I first… Read More »Three Rivers Race with ‘Catsnip’: 2023 & 2024
East Coast featured boat: ‘Red Red Rose’
Our featured boat for July is another amazing restoration undertaken by East Coast Gaffer, Pete Thomas. ‘Red Red Rose’ was… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Red Red Rose’
East Coast featured boat: ‘la Mouette’
Our featured boat for June, ‘la Mouette’, was launched two years ago in 2022 to coincide with the East Coast… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘la Mouette’