Classic Boat Magazine Awards, 2026
On Tuesday 14 April, Classic Boat Magazine announced the Award winners for 2026 at a champagne reception hosted by the… Read More »Classic Boat Magazine Awards, 2026
Deben
The River Deben
East Coast featured boat: ‘Gilda’
Our featured boat for March is ‘Gilda’, a gaff topsail cutter, produced by Cornish Crabbers at Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall in… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Gilda’
East Coast featured boat: ‘Raedwald’, design & build
Our featured boat for January 2026 is one to look out for as the year unfolds. She’s ‘Raedwald’, a brand… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Raedwald’, design & build
East Coast featured boat: ‘Raedwald’, sea trials, 2025
This second post about our featured boat for January 2026 takes a look at her sea trials. ‘Raedwald’ is one… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Raedwald’, sea trials, 2025
East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Capriccio’
Our featured boat for October is ‘Capriccio’, originally called ‘Wendy’, kept on the River Deben. She was designed by Morgan… Read More »East Coast Gaffers featured boat: ‘Capriccio’
‘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
East Coast featured boat: ‘Cachalette’
For the first few months in 2025, our ‘featured boats’ will be smaller gaffers and our January 2025 boat is… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Cachalette’
Maritime sketchers . . .
A great day was had by a small but select group of East Coast Gaffers at the wonderful Sprat Shed,… Read More »Maritime sketchers . . .
Youngest Gaffer joins the EC Cruise, 2024
Josh Masters shares his thoughts of taking baby Max, aged 18 months, on the 2024 East Coast Cruise.