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Category: Netherlands Tour 2014

Haarlem and Amsterdam: 1 August 2014

August 1, 2014 beverley yates Uncategorized

Around 50 gaffers from the UK and Netherlands OGA continue on passage through the busy locks and under the lifting[…]

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Gouda welcomes the OGA fleet: 30 July 2014

July 31, 2014 beverley yates Uncategorized

Gouda, famous for cheese-making, makes a welcome haven for the OGA fleet on passage through the Netherlands. The Museum Haven[…]

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Wemeldinge and Oosterschelde: 28 July, 2014

July 28, 2014 beverley yates Uncategorized

65 OGA boats have been converging on Wemeldinge, making passage across the North Sea from the English east coast, sailing[…]

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‘Molly Cobbler’ joins the Netherlands Tour, 2014

July 25, 2014 beverley yates Uncategorized

OGA Member, Mary Gibbs shares her reasons for joining the Dutch Cross Country Tour in 2014, having just become the[…]

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OGA Dutch Cross Country Tour: 2014

July 24, 2014 beverley yates Uncategorized

Rik Janssen and the Netherlands Committee have been working hard to prepare an exciting and full programme of cruising, sailing,[…]

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English boats cross to Holland: 19 July, 2014

July 19, 2014 beverley yates Uncategorized

Thanks go to Marion, Solent Area Secretary, for keeping the Editor posted with reports and sightings. She notes tha OGA[…]

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Bembridge to Belgium single-handed: July 2014

July 15, 2014 beverley yates Uncategorized

Single-handed skipper of ‘East Breeze’, Marion Shirley shares a report of her crossing from Bembridge, Isle of Wight to Blankenberge[…]

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Battle of Sole Bay: 7 June 1672

June 7, 2014 beverley yates Uncategorized

With the development of the Dutch East India Company, the Dutch Republic built up a lucrative trade with Asia. They[…]

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