beverley yates – Sailing By: Tales from our coasts and inland waterways

Last of the Bristol Channel sailing coasters

Edmund Eglinton was just 13 in 1915, when he began to sail on the trows and ketches of the Bristol[…]

Here’s an interesting tale about Eustace the Monk, a colourful character who worked for both King John of England and[…]

Captain George Buck recollects two night watches, five miles southwest of the Wolf Rock, waiting for an expected ship from[…]

“We all have our own stories and topics,” says the author, “and here are a few of mine.” They carry with[…]

The stern Scot, Charlie Barr, was arguably the best racing skipper Britain ever produced. His most famous achievement must be[…]

This Pathé archive film tells the story of Thames Sailing barge Pretoria which became a restaurant on the Thames in[…]

Sarah Adie shares some fascinating insights into her family’s involvement in the Shetland herring industry. Her great grandfather set up[…]

Freeman was sole survivor of a tragic disaster on 9 February 1861, when his 12 fellow crew members drowned. This[…]

‘Albion’ was built as a Norfolk wherry and carried cargo on the inland waterways of eastern England. Jack Powley was[…]

Based on research in local newspapers of the time, this article illustrates some tragic losses and heroic rescue attempts off[…]