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Category: France 2015 & 2016

Battle of Camaret, 1694

July 12, 2016 beverley yates France, France 2015 & 2016, Historic Events

The rocky coastlines of Brittany have witnessed numerous encounters between battleships of the French, Dutch, Spanish and English. This extract[…]

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Fleet departs l’Aber-W’rach: 12 July 2016

July 12, 2016 beverley yates France 2015 & 2016

The OGA fleet were stormbound in l’Aber-W’rach after the Abers2016 festival as the weather set against them for the final[…]

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We are foreigners here: our arrival in Calais, 1878

July 11, 2016 beverley yates France, France 2015 & 2016, Sailing for Pleasure

William Forwell, clergyman of Dundee, had ‘Silver Cloud’ built for him by A. Burn, Montrose, in 1876 to his own[…]

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Oyster fishing in Cancale, Brittany: 1948

July 11, 2016 beverley yates France, France 2015 & 2016, Working Sail

This archive film from British Pathé shows French oyster fishermen preparing boats and making sail. We see the fishermen tipping[…]

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Vieux gréements sont arrivés a l’Aber-Wrac’h: 9 July 2016

July 10, 2016 beverley yates France, France 2015 & 2016

Still on passage from the UK are Barry and Trevor who have crossed from Guernsey to Lézardrieux in ‘Random’. ‘Harbinger’[…]

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On passage from the Dutch & East Coasts: 7 July 2016

July 8, 2016 beverley yates France, France 2015 & 2016, Sailing for Pleasure

OGA Members from the UK and Netherlands are making passage to France to join the Brest and Douarnenez Festivals. We[…]

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The start of something good: Alderney in the 1950s

July 7, 2016 beverley yates France 2015 & 2016, Sailing for Pleasure, South West England

Royston Raymond, South West Area member of the OGA, shares his early memories of sailing from his home of Alderney,[…]

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On passage from the Solent: 6 July 2016

July 7, 2016 beverley yates France 2015 & 2016

At the end of June, OGA members started to make ready for their departures to meet the French OGA at[…]

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18th century Portsmouth harbour

July 2, 2016 beverley yates France 2015 & 2016, Historic Events, Solent & English South Coast

This extract combines an evocative view of Portsmouth from the open sea, painted by Dominic Serres in the 18th century[…]

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Exploring Portsmouth Harbour, 1928

June 29, 2016 beverley yates France 2015 & 2016, Sailing for Pleasure, Solent & English South Coast

In this extract from Herbert Alker Tripp, published with permission from Lodestar Books, we follow the author’s exploration of Porchester[…]

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