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. Sailing as… Read More »Youngest Gaffer joins the EC Cruise, 2024
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East Coast featured boat: ‘Rely’
Our featured boat for October is a well-known member of the East Coast OGA fleet, the fine Zulu pilot vessel… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Rely’
OGA and Heritage Harbours
Ramsgate and Gloucester officially become Heritage Harbours this weekend, Saturday 7 September, 2024. They join 12 other locations across the… Read More »OGA and Heritage Harbours
NL20 end of the tour: Hoorn – Enkhuisen
Having arrived in the 17th century town of Hoorn after the ‘Battle of the Zuiderzee’, the OGA NL20 enjoyed the… Read More »NL20 end of the tour: Hoorn – Enkhuisen
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
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’
60th East Coast OGA Annual Race, 27 July 2024
OGA Boat Register Editor Alison Cable draws together highlights from the early days of the OGA East Coast Race, first… Read More »60th East Coast OGA Annual Race, 27 July 2024
60 years of the East Coast Race
The first East Coast Race, held on 20 July, 1963, attracted 27 starters on a calm day off Osea Pier.… Read More »60 years of the East Coast Race
Swallows and Amazons: the origins
The late Jon Wainwright had always encouraged open boats, Class III as they were known, to attend East Coast OGA… Read More »Swallows and Amazons: the origins