France 2015 & 2016 – Sailing By: Tales from our coasts and inland waterways

The rocky coast of Finistère: lighthouses, lifeboats and seaweed

Île Vierge marks the south-western limit of the English Channel and is a small islet off the approach to l’Aber[…]

This archive footage from a Pathe Gazette, 1932 shows the Bishop blessing the fleet as they depart St Malo to[…]

The Brest and Douarnenez Festivals coincide in 2016, as they do every four years, running from 13 – 24 July[…]

Until the 16th century, Douarnenez was a busy commercial centre exporting local cloth, but its greatest period of prosperity was[…]

In this extract from ‘Poor Jack’ by Frederick Marryatt, a Royal Navy midshipman turned full-time writer, we read how young[…]

In this extract East Coat OGA member, Martin Goodrich, reflects on some of his early sailing experiences, in 1967, whilst[…]

Twelve of the OGA fleet left Brest on Tuesday 19 July to take part in the spectacular Grande Parade de[…]

The OGA fleet is having a real treat with perfect weather and a prime location next to Village Anglais in[…]

The rocky coastlines of Brittany have witnessed numerous encounters between battleships of the French, Dutch, Spanish and English. This extract[…]

The OGA fleet were stormbound in l’Aber-W’rach after the Abers2016 festival as the weather set against them for the final[…]