NW OGA Ullswater Rally, 2025: #1
We bring the first of several reports about this Bank Holiday weekend event on Ullswater. Organised by the North West… Read More »NW OGA Ullswater Rally, 2025: #1
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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’
A new boat joins the Summer Cruise, 2025
When do you put a new (to you) Cornish Shrimper in the water on Wednesday and take off cruising on… Read More »A new boat joins the Summer Cruise, 2025
East Coast Summer Cruise, 2025: results & photo galleries
The East Coast Summer Cruise broke many records this year, including the start in a new sailing area for many… Read More »East Coast Summer Cruise, 2025: results & photo galleries
East Coast Summer Cruise 2025: a summary
More than 30 boats and over 55 people joined the Cruise, starting in the River Ore on Sunday 27 July,… Read More »East Coast Summer Cruise 2025: a summary
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’
An international affair at St Malo: 6 – 8 June, 2025
At the beginning of June, 2025 OGA members converged on St Malo for the grand festival, organised by the French… Read More »An international affair at St Malo: 6 – 8 June, 2025
East Coast Gaffers gather in St Malo!
EC Gaffer, Marion (latterly of ‘East Breeze’) is crewing on the SW Gaffer boat ‘Ester’ and brings us an update… Read More »East Coast Gaffers gather in St Malo!
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