East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Onward of Ito’
Our featured boat for July, ‘Onward of Ito’ is another centenarian, also taking part in the OGA60 Round Britain Cruise.… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Onward of Ito’
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 Gaffers featured boat: ‘Cygnet of London’
Our featured boat for June is ‘Cygnet of London’, a beautiful gaff rigged yawl, built in 1906 by the Burgoyne… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Cygnet of London’
EC Gaffers featured boat: ‘Lahloo’ ready for Ramsgate
In May, we’re featuring one of the ‘teenagers’ from the OGA fleet. ‘Lahloo’ was built in Rock, Cornwall in 2012… Read More »EC Gaffers featured boat: ‘Lahloo’ ready for Ramsgate
East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Lahloo’
Our featured boat for May is much newer than earlier ones, being only 11 years old! Your Editor is keen… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Lahloo’
East Coast featured boat: ‘Bonita’, looks back 85 years
Our featured boat for April is ‘Bonita’. She will set sail from Ramsgate, Kent at the end of April, 2023… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Bonita’, looks back 85 years
East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Bonita’
Our featured boats for the next few months will be East Coast participants in the OGA60 Round Britain Cruise. Six… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Bonita’
Where was ‘Cachalot’ in 1955?
Your Eastcoaster Editor has just returned from a European road trip where she spent a couple of hours wandering the… Read More »Where was ‘Cachalot’ in 1955?
East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Alberta’
Our featured boat for March, 2023 is ‘Alberta’. Quite the talked about smack on the East Coast due to her… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Alberta’
Aground on the River Ore, 1923
This is an extract from the log of ‘Clytie’, launched in 1922 and kept on the River Deben. ‘Clytie’, LOD… Read More »Aground on the River Ore, 1923