France – Sailing By: Tales from our oceans, seas, coasts and inland waterways

‘Robinetta’ approaches Ushant in fog

We bring another tale from the log of ‘Robinetta’, during her summer cruise, 31 May, 2018. She’s approaching Ushant in fog and,[…]

After a brief introduction to the ‘Dunkirk Little Ships’ Keith Mosley shares his experiences of the 2015 Return to Dunkirk[…]

30′ Leigh-on-Sea cockle boat, ‘Letitia’ fishing no. LO220, later MN19, was built 1938 and retired from fishing in 1996. Like[…]

As a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships (ADLS) decided to postpone the Return to[…]

The Brest and Douarnenez Festivals take place every four years. In 2020, the Festival is postponed due to the worldwide[…]

In 2016, a fleet of OGA members sailed in company from the East Coast, Netherlands and Solent to the Festival[…]

This extract tells the tale of one of the Dunkirk ‘Little Ships’; Ramsgate lifeboat ‘The Prudential’, now renamed ‘Trimilia’. As[…]

Since the age of the train, we’ve crossed the Channel from Dover to Calais by steamship, ferry, hovercraft and, since[…]

Île Vierge marks the south-western limit of the English Channel and is a small islet off the approach to l’Aber[…]

This archive footage from a Pathe Gazette, 1932 shows the Bishop blessing the fleet as they depart St Malo to[…]