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Shipwreck, explosion and loss of life: Calf of Man, 1852

January 6, 2021 beverley yates Uncategorized

This extract is from the Illustrated London News, 8 January 1853 and reports on a horrific shipwreck and explosion with[…]

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‘Maybird’ sets records: Fastnet, 2011 and Round Ireland, 2018

May 7, 2020 beverley yates Uncategorized

The 2020 Round Ireland Race has been postponed until August, due to the Coronovirus pandemic. Looking back a couple of[…]

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‘Marihona’ crosses the Atlantic, 1962: a dream come true

May 1, 2020 beverley yates Uncategorized

Built in Risor, Norway, 1957 and fitted out in Bermuda, ‘Marihona’ has crossed the Atlantic several times and returned to[…]

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1859 storms hit Wales and the West

October 15, 2018 beverley yates Uncategorized

In October 1859 there occurred a storm that wreaked such havoc around the coasts of Britain that is probably unique[…]

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‘RMS Leinster’, 10 October 1918

October 10, 2018 beverley yates Uncategorized

In 2013 the Dublin Bay OGA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Association by presenting a new trophy in memory[…]

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The Galway hooker: Dutch and Irish connections

August 6, 2018 beverley yates Uncategorized

‘Cine Mara’ is a replica Galway hooker, built in steel by Rik, a Dutch member of the OGA. She is[…]

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Cruise of ‘Joybird’, Portree to Howth: 1911

May 20, 2017 beverley yates Uncategorized

In this second part of an extract from the cruising log of W. F. Thompson, we join him sailing with[…]

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Cruise of the ‘Joan’: Blindfold to Belfast, 1923

April 19, 2017 beverley yates Uncategorized

‘Cruises of the Joan’ is from a delightful series, the Lodestar Library, featuring ‘interesting, the unusual, and the downright eccentric[…]

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19 footers only head for Scotland

August 15, 2016 beverley yates Uncategorized

With the bad weather forecasts, most skippers have decided to head for Strangford Lough. Strong winds are forecast so ‘Step[…]

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Changing plans: bad weather forecast

August 10, 2016 beverley yates Uncategorized

Sitting at the fire in December and thinking of next year’s sailing season we only remember the summer sunshine, so[…]

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