Everson’s yard on the River Deben, Suffolk produced one of the first series production yachts on the English East Coast,[…]
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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
Tales in this category have some connection with the East Coast of England, roughly from the north Kent coast, River Thames and estuary north as far as the Wash. It is a popular sailing area for leisure cruising today and has a rich maritime heritage with many classic craft still plying the coasts.
Everson’s yard on the River Deben, Suffolk produced one of the first series production yachts on the English East Coast,[…]
Read moreThe English East Coast town of Deal was well known to mariners in the 18th and 19th centuries. In this[…]
Read moreGoing to Yarmouth by road or rail can often be relaxing and fast (usually from Norwich it takes no more[…]
Read moreThis silent documentary archive captures the story of the oyster, from the smacksmen’s baskets in the ‘Pearl of Kent’ to[…]
Read moreSadly, the Covid-19 pandemic forced the East Coast OGA to cancel their 2020 Annual Race at Stone on the River[…]
Read moreAfter a brief introduction to the ‘Dunkirk Little Ships’ Keith Mosley shares his experiences of the 2015 Return to Dunkirk[…]
Read more30′ Leigh-on-Sea cockle boat, ‘Letitia’ fishing no. LO220, later MN19, was built 1938 and retired from fishing in 1996. Like[…]
Read moreAs a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships (ADLS) decided to postpone the Return to[…]
Read more‘Clytie’, a 30′ gaff cutter, was built at Woodbridge on the River Deben, Suffolk in 1922 and has been owned[…]
Read moreWe bring the second instalment from the Cruising Log of ‘Kelpie II’, launched in July 1902 at Greenwich and based[…]
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