Category: France 2015 & 2016

The Brest and Douarnenez Festivals take place every four years. In 2020, the Festival is postponed due to the worldwide[…]

In 2016, a fleet of OGA members sailed in company from the East Coast, Netherlands and Solent to the Festival[…]

Since the age of the train, we’ve crossed the Channel from Dover to Calais by steamship, ferry, hovercraft and, since[…]

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[…]

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[…]