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Botters in English hands: part 1

November 26, 2018 beverley yates

Fritz van der Mark shares his research into the demise of a Dutch botter, which[…]

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Botters in English hands: part 2

November 26, 2018 beverley yates

We bring the second part of Fritz van der Mark’s research into the demise of[…]

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Ferocious storms and fearless lifeboat crews: 1880

October 28, 2018 beverley yates

The Coxswain and crew of the RNLI lifeboat ‘Lady Leigh’, ably assisted by the ‘rocket[…]

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Enkhuizen: herring town

August 22, 2018 beverley yates

Enkhuizen has been a major harbour since the middle ages, and its links with herring[…]

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Changing times for the sailing colliers, 1727

July 6, 2017 beverley yates

Daniel Defoe takes to his boat from Manningtree to Ipswich by ‘Maningtre-Water’ and ‘Ipswich-Water’ and[…]

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Dutch botter: floating cottage on the Norfolk Broads

May 15, 2016 beverley yates

East Coast OGA member, Jayne Tracey, recounts her memories of life aboard a Dutch botter[…]

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Dutch sailing contest, 1959

May 12, 2016 beverley yates

View this British Pathé newsreel of a sailing contest on the Frisian Lakes, with commentary[…]

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‘Vigilanter’: summer tour 1932

August 30, 2015 beverley yates

We bring an evocative video, made in 1932 by a young Dutchman, on passage aboard[…]

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