Adam Smith, 18th century economist advocating free trade describes a smuggler as “a person who, though no doubt blameable for[…]
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Sailing By: Tales from our oceans, seas, coasts and inland waterways
Collecting 'tales of sail' from around the world to link with modern-day sailors
Adam Smith, 18th century economist advocating free trade describes a smuggler as “a person who, though no doubt blameable for[…]
Read moreAs gales rage along the Cornish coast, the OGA fleet takes shelter in Plymouth, Fowey and Falmouth. We bring reports[…]
Read moreThe fact that theirs was a tough life can be appreciated by this photo of Pill pilots and ‘Westernmen’ taken[…]
Read moreWe bring the final part from the skipper’s account of ‘Equinox’, a Cornish Crabber 24, taking part in the OGA50[…]
Read moreIn the 18th and early 19th centuries the fast sailing Cornish luggers were very profitably employed, during peace time in[…]
Read moreIt’s not often that one talks of epic boating adventures without so much as leaving one’s berth, on a ‘walk[…]
Read more‘Bonify’ is being blown off the pontoon, preventing the skipper from getting back on board whilst the boat behind is[…]
Read moreCharles Bush, Mayflower Marina: “Due to continued unsettled weather the organisers of the Old Gaffers fleet have decided to postpone[…]
Read moreWe bring the second of three parts from the skipper’s account of ‘Equinox’, a Cornish Crabber 24, taking part in[…]
Read more‘Equinox’, a Cornish Crabber 24, took part in the OGA50 ‘Round Britain Challenge’ in 2013 as one of the Relay[…]
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