RNLI: two archive films, 1940 – 1950
Some of the OGA60 Round Britain fleet are visiting Portsoy this weekend for the Traditional Boat Festival. The cover photo for this post is taken… Read More »RNLI: two archive films, 1940 – 1950
North West Coast of England
Posts relating to the North West Coast of England
‘Sir William Priestley’ lifeboat & replicas
The Morecambe Fishermen’s Association provided their own lifeboats. The first was ‘Gyakhan’, a large rowing boat built in 1895, the year following the capsizing of the… Read More »‘Sir William Priestley’ lifeboat & replicas
‘Ziska’: from Whitby to Alaska
Alasdair Simpson brings us the second part of this detailed history of the remarkable story of ‘Ziska’, a Morecambe Bay Prawner who celebrates her 120th… Read More »‘Ziska’: from Whitby to Alaska
Team ‘Ziska’: Race to Alaska, June 2019
We bring a remarkable story about ‘Ziska’, a 116-year old yacht built by Crossfields of Arnside, England in 1903. In 2019 she completed the Race… Read More »Team ‘Ziska’: Race to Alaska, June 2019
‘Ziska’: from Arnside to Whitby
Alasdair Simpson brings us the first part of a detailed history of the remarkable story of ‘Ziska’, a Morecambe Bay Prawner built by Crossfields of… Read More »‘Ziska’: from Arnside to Whitby
Crossfields of Arnside boatbuilders: 1840 – 1950
Arnside is located in Cumbria at the top of Morecambe Bay on the Kent Estuary. Historically the estuary was the port for Kendal. Unusually for… Read More »Crossfields of Arnside boatbuilders: 1840 – 1950
OGA50 boat: ‘Snoopy’
Kees Kooman, skipper of 18 foot ‘Snoopy’, brings a lively account with fascinating statistics of his counter-clockwise circumnavigation of Britain in 2013, taking just under… Read More »OGA50 boat: ‘Snoopy’
OGA50: how did tracking the fleet work in 2013?
During the OGA50 Round Britain Challenge and Party in 2013, Julian Cable worked with MarineTraffic, skippers and interested ‘followers of the fleet’ to maintain a… Read More »OGA50: how did tracking the fleet work in 2013?
OGA50 boat: ‘High Barbaree’
In this extract, we hear from Tim and Liz Dodwell about their inspiration for undertaking the OGA50 Round Britain Challenge in 2013 and glimpse some… Read More »OGA50 boat: ‘High Barbaree’