East Coast OGA Annual Race, 1987 and 2018
Watch two videos of races 31 years apart in this post. Are any of the boats racing in both events? The weather is certainly very… Read More »East Coast OGA Annual Race, 1987 and 2018
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Riding the Severn bore in a small sailing boat: May 1958
David Grainger continues his account of sailing a small boat ‘down Severn’ in 1958. He includes some historic detail of Severn trows and the Severn… Read More »Riding the Severn bore in a small sailing boat: May 1958
Riding the Severn Bore in a small boat, 1958
David Grainger introduces us to the challenges of sailing ‘down Severn’ as he reflects on his experiences in 1958. The severity of the current forces… Read More »Riding the Severn Bore in a small boat, 1958
Approaching Ushant in fog, May 2018
Once described as ‘a tubby little ship’ by her first owner, ‘Robinetta’ has certainly sailed more nautical miles around the coasts of the UK than… Read More »Approaching Ushant in fog, May 2018
Seaweed and the rocky coast of Finistere
Île Vierge marks the south-western limit of the English Channel and is a small islet off the approach to l’Aber Wrac’h, North Finistere. Today, the… Read More »Seaweed and the rocky coast of Finistere
Douarnenez: historic fishing port
Until the 16th century, Douarnenez was a busy commercial centre exporting local cloth, but its greatest period of prosperity was in the 19th century as… Read More »Douarnenez: historic fishing port
85 lives saved from ‘Rohilla’: November 1914
In 1914 the Whitby lifeboatmen, along with four other boats from the treacherous north east coast of England, saved 85 lives, including wounded soldiers and… Read More »85 lives saved from ‘Rohilla’: November 1914
Trawling in the 1940s
This post has a link to an ‘Instructional film’ from the Pathé Archive providing a clearly-presented overview of trawling in the 1940s, as steam began… Read More »Trawling in the 1940s
Dangers for shipping in the Yarmouth Roads, 1727
Daniel Defoe describes this stretch of coast, from the Thames to Yarmouth Roads, as one of the ‘most dangerous and fatal to English sailors’ in… Read More »Dangers for shipping in the Yarmouth Roads, 1727