Category: France 2015 & 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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