View this evocative silent British Pathé newsreel of a sailing contest on the Frisian Lakes in 1961. The film opens[…]
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Sailing By: Tales from our oceans, seas, coasts and inland waterways
Collecting 'tales of sail' from around the world to link with modern-day sailors
View this evocative silent British Pathé newsreel of a sailing contest on the Frisian Lakes in 1961. The film opens[…]
Read moreIn this archive newsreel, we see holiday crowds as spectators and participants in a yachting event. There’s a campsite for[…]
Read moreIn this extract, we return to the 18th century to find Daniel Defoe’s description of the port of Harwich and[…]
Read moreView a fascinating, compelling newsreel, without any commentary, showing large sailing barges with full sails racing in Friesland, Holland. We[…]
Read moreWhat would travellers from the days of sail make of Harwich Harbour in the 21st century? Daniel Defoe takes to[…]
Read moreDaniel Defoe describes the fishing fair and other trading activity in Yarmouth, during his travels in Norfolk. He is most[…]
Read moreView this British Pathé newsreel of a sailing contest on the Frisian Lakes, with commentary in Dutch. Created at the[…]
Read moreFritz van der Mark shares his research into the demise of a Dutch botter, which ended her days on the[…]
Read moreWe bring the second part of Fritz van der Mark’s research into the demise of a Dutch botter. The article[…]
Read moreThe Coxswain and crew of the RNLI lifeboat ‘Lady Leigh’, ably assisted by the ‘rocket apparatus’ of the Coastguards, spent[…]
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