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‘Kelpie II’: first passage, July 1902

We bring the second instalment from the Cruising Log of ‘Kelpie II’, launched in July 1902 at Greenwich and based[…]

We bring the first instalment from the Cruising Log of ‘Kelpie II’, launched in 1902. A Canoe Yacht, 26’ overall[…]

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

During the Coronavirus lockdown, unable to go sailing, Bristol Channel OGA member, Viv Head illustrated the John Masefield poem, Sea[…]

‘Cruises of the Joan’ is from a delightful series, the Lodestar Library, featuring ‘interesting, the unusual, and the downright eccentric[…]

In 2020, the organisers of this historic race decided to postpone until September, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The annual[…]

In this archive newsreel, we see holiday crowds as spectators and participants in a yachting event. There’s a campsite for[…]

On Friday 25 October, 2019 the Deben Cherub ‘Ariel’ was launched at The Woodbridge Boatyard after undergoing renovation of her[…]

Crossfields of Arnside are one of most significant boatbuilders in the north west of England. Arnside, Cumbria is at the[…]

As the world is locked down we bring a maritime tale of a much smaller quarantine from 1814. 36 convicts[…]