France 2015 & 2016 – Page 2 – Sailing By: Tales from our oceans, seas, coasts and inland waterways

Battle of Camaret, 1694

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[…]