beverley yates – Page 28 – Sailing By: Tales from our oceans, seas, coasts and inland waterways

Smugglers tales from a Dartmoor Inn

Adam Smith, 18th century economist advocating free trade describes a smuggler as “a person who, though no doubt blameable for[…]

As gales rage along the Cornish coast, the OGA fleet takes shelter in Plymouth, Fowey and Falmouth. We bring reports[…]

The fact that theirs was a tough life can be appreciated by this photo of Pill pilots and ‘Westernmen’ taken[…]

We bring the final part from the skipper’s account of ‘Equinox’, a Cornish Crabber 24, taking part in the OGA50[…]

In the 18th and early 19th centuries the fast sailing Cornish luggers were very profitably employed, during peace time in[…]

It’s not often that one talks of epic boating adventures without so much as leaving one’s berth, on a ‘walk[…]

‘Bonify’ is being blown off the pontoon, preventing the skipper from getting back on board whilst the boat behind is[…]

Charles Bush, Mayflower Marina: “Due to continued unsettled weather the organisers of the Old Gaffers fleet have decided to postpone[…]

We bring the second of three parts from the skipper’s account of ‘Equinox’, a Cornish Crabber 24, taking part in[…]

‘Equinox’, a Cornish Crabber 24, took part in the OGA50 ‘Round Britain Challenge’ in 2013 as one of the Relay[…]