East Coast – Sailing By: Tales from our coasts and inland waterways

The East Coast of the UK

Eustace the Monk

Here’s an interesting tale about Eustace the Monk, a colourful character who worked for both King John of England and[…]

This Pathé archive film tells the story of Thames Sailing barge Pretoria which became a restaurant on the Thames in[…]

‘Albion’ was built as a Norfolk wherry and carried cargo on the inland waterways of eastern England. Jack Powley was[…]

This ‘Instructional film’ from the Pathé Archive provides a clearly-presented overview of trawling in the 1940s, as steam began to[…]

2020 will see the 80th anniversary of ‘Operation Dynamo’ when over 300,000 troops were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk.[…]

Daniel Defoe describes the fishing fair and other trading activity in Yarmouth, during his travels in Norfolk. He is most[…]

Fritz van der Mark shares his research into the demise of a Dutch botter, which ended her days on the[…]

We bring the second part of Fritz van der Mark’s research into the demise of a Dutch botter. The article[…]

Daniel Defoe describes a terrible disaster when 200 sailing colliers were lost off the east coast of England in 1692.[…]

The first East Coast Race, held on 20 July, 1963, attracted 27 starters on a calm day off Osea pier[…]