With the development of the Dutch East India Company, the Dutch Republic built up a lucrative trade with Asia. They[…]
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Category: Historic Events
In this category we bring tales of sail associated with serious weather, maritime history, seafaring adventures, battles or achievements and national events.
Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588
In 2013 most of the OGA vessels taking part in the Round Britainn Challenge chose to circumnavigate clockwise. This painting[…]
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King Henry’s rocky cove
In this extract, Claudia Myatt takes a look at why Henry Tudor landed at Mill Bay, Pembrokeshire, close to his[…]
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Smugglers tales from a Dartmoor Inn
Adam Smith, 18th century economist advocating free trade describes a smuggler as “a person who, though no doubt blameable for[…]
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Threats of invasion in the age of sail
How many failed historic incursions to East Kent and the Isle of Thanet have there been since pre-Roman times? This[…]
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Gun-running in the Irish Sea, July 1914
Peter Farrer, member of the OGA North West Area, tells the story of ‘Asgard’ and her skipper, Erskine Childers when[…]
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