Hazards and Challenges – Page 3 – Sailing By: Tales from our coasts and inland waterways

Grace Darling: wreck of the ‘Forfarshire’ (1838)

A dramatic, well-documented rescue takes place on the Farne Islands, off the Northumberland coast, 7 September, 1838. The rescue of[…]

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

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

Originally published in ‘Yachting Monthly’, May 1933, this extract is from a series of articles by Robert E. Groves, regular[…]

In this extract, an East Coast member of the OGA recalls a story about his father, who purchased a 42[…]

Daniel Defoe describes this stretch of coast, from the Thames to Yarmouth Roads, as one of the ‘most dangerous and[…]

Sea shanty about a storm off the east coast of England, where many hundreds were lost from the fishing fleets,[…]

Hector Morrison (Eachainn), last survivor of the ‘Mayflower’ crew stranded on Sula Sgeir when the vessel was lost, reflects on[…]

This extract is from an article by Audrey Faith Parker, ‘An eventful trip in a Tubby Little Ship’, originally published[…]

This account, contributed by a member of Erith Yacht Club from their archives has no date, but would appear[…]