Solent & South Coast – Sailing By: Tales from our coasts and inland waterways

Return to Dunkirk: 1965

2020 will see the 80th anniversary of ‘Operation Dynamo’ when over 300,000 troops were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk.[…]

Martin Goodrich, East Coast OGA member, reflects on his early cruising experiences, in 1966, whilst studying at Art College. He[…]

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

The annual Round the Island Race has been running since 1931, with just 25 entries in the first race. Island[…]

Built by D&W Henderson of Partick, Glasgow for Prince Edward, crowned King Edward VII in 1902, ‘HMY Britannia’ was designed[…]

This Pathé archive has evocative footage of yachts, with English commentary, racing at an international regatta in Sweden 1930. Participants[…]

In this extract from Herbert Alker Tripp, published with permission from Lodestar Books, we find the author attempting to reach[…]

In this extract from ‘Poor Jack’ by Frederick Marryatt, a Royal Navy midshipman turned full-time writer, we read how young[…]

We hear from Ben Collins that the fleet is making good progress south west and heading for Brixham for Tuesday[…]

The sailing weather has at times been cruel to the intrepid Sou’b’Sou’West crews beating into drenching rains all along the[…]