Swallows and Amazons: June 2025
We bring reflections in words and pictures from the recent East Coast Gaffers 2025 edition of Swallows and Amazons. Smacks… Read More »Swallows and Amazons: June 2025
small boats
Many East Coast members have ‘small boats’ which they trail or tow to events.
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 featured boat: ‘Songbird’
Our featured boat for May is ‘Songbird’, an 18ft Heir Island Sloop, no 23 and the last to be built. The… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘Songbird’
East Coast featured boat: Gaffling 4.1
The East Coast featured boat for March is the Gaffling 4.1, a new class of dinghy developed by the OGA… Read More »East Coast featured boat: Gaffling 4.1
East Coast featured boats: Deben Luggers
Our featured boats for February are, once again smaller gaffers. Not one but a fleet or class of locally built… Read More »East Coast featured boats: Deben Luggers
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’
East Coast featured boat: WB18 ‘Sea Jade’
In December, 2024, we’re featuring the Winkle Brig. Gerard Brown tells the story of how he and his family bought… Read More »East Coast featured boat: WB18 ‘Sea Jade’
East Coast featured boats: Winkle Brigs #3
Our third post about the Winkle Brigs provides a comparison between ‘Tab Nab’ and ‘Philomena’, belonging to two East Coast… Read More »East Coast featured boats: Winkle Brigs #3
East Coast featured boats: Winkle Brigs #2
Our featured boats for December are Winkle Brigs. This is the second post provided by two East Coast Gaffers who… Read More »East Coast featured boats: Winkle Brigs #2