Netherlands & Belgium – Sailing By: Tales from our coasts and inland waterways

Dutch sailing barges, 1963

View a fascinating, compelling newsreel, without any commentary, showing large sailing barges with full sails racing in Friesland, Holland. We[…]

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[…]

The Coxswain and crew of the RNLI lifeboat ‘Lady Leigh’, ably assisted by the ‘rocket apparatus’ of the Coastguards, spent[…]

East Coast OGA member, Jayne Tracey, recounts her memories of life aboard a Dutch botter on the Norfolk Broads. Sold[…]

We bring an evocative video, made in 1932 by a young Dutchman, on passage aboard the Dutch schooner yacht ‘Vigilanter’[…]

One of the more unfortunate events in British naval history happened 12 – 14 June 1667, when a Dutch fleet[…]

Three weeks after the end of the Dutch anniversary ‘Cross Country Tour’ 2014, most of the fleet of over 60[…]

The generous hospitality of the Dutch OGA to the Gaffers during the summer celebrations, 2014, reminds us of how much[…]