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

The East Coast of the UK

Changing times for the sailing colliers, 1727

What would travellers from the days of sail make of Harwich Harbour in the 21st century? Daniel Defoe takes to[…]

Norfolk wherry, ‘Albion’ is one of just two survivors of the 300 ‘black-sailed traders’ which once carried cargo on the[…]

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

The small Essex village of Tollesbury has a fascinating maritime heritage. The village sign and Parish Church window illustrate ‘Endeavour’,[…]

This silent movie from the Pathé archive opens with two girls standing on the deck of a small yacht before the[…]

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[…]

Heybridge and Maldon on the River Blackwater, Essex, have a long maritime history from defending English shores against invasion from[…]