EC OGA Annual Race: two archive videos, 1987 & 2018
The East Coast OGA has run an Annual Race every year since 1963, apart from 2020, when it was cancelled… Read More »EC OGA Annual Race: two archive videos, 1987 & 2018
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Classic Boat Magazine Awards: 2025
On 9 April Classic Boat Magazine announced their annual awards at a champagne reception hosted by the Royal Thames Yacht… Read More »Classic Boat Magazine Awards: 2025
East Coast featured boat: ‘Transcur’ part 1
Our featured boat for April is the Essex smack ‘Transcur’, CK365, built in 1889 by Aldous & Sons. Pete Thomas… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Transcur’ part 1
Whitstable Harbour & Boatshow: 9 August, 2025
Whitstable has a maritime heritage that includes the former boatyards of Island Wall. Today the craft skills required in creating… Read More »Whitstable Harbour & Boatshow: 9 August, 2025
‘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
Part 2: a new gaff for ‘Excelsior’
We bring our second part of the story of making a new gaff for ‘Excelsior’ from our ‘sawdust maker’ at… Read More »Part 2: a new gaff for ‘Excelsior’
Part 1: a new gaff for ‘Excelsior’
We bring part I of a series of articles about the Lowestoft trawler ‘Excelsior’, contributed by one of the volunteers… Read More »Part 1: a new gaff for ‘Excelsior’
Grand Day Out in London: a tale of two Victorian cargo ships
Having set sail from ports all over the east coast, 32 Gaffers mustered at Trinity Buoy Wharf on Sunday, 23 February, 2025. … Read More »Grand Day Out in London: a tale of two Victorian cargo ships
Winter talk and social: January 2025
East Coast Gaffers and friends gathered this afternoon at the Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House for their first social event of… Read More »Winter talk and social: January 2025
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