Sailing for Pleasure – Sailing By: Tales from our coasts and inland waterways

Harwich Harbour, past and present: 1726 & 2011

In this extract, we return to the 18th century to find Daniel Defoe’s description of the port of Harwich and[…]

We’ve been following the progress of young boatbuilder, Ash Faire-Ring, based in Norfolk, England as he restores the Thames barge,[…]

Watch British Pathé newsreel, shot in a stormy North Sea off Heligoland, showing large yachts racing in 1932. SAILING –[…]

The Brest and Douarnenez Festivals coincide in 2020, as they do every four years. OGA member, Royston Raymond reflects on[…]

View this short, evocative British Pathé archive newsreel, showing large yachts racing in the Baltic, 1933. There’s close-ups and long[…]

This Pathé Gazette has evocative footage of yachts racing on the Clyde in 1923, including the King’s yacht, ‘Britannia’. The[…]

“We all have our own stories and topics,” says the author, “and here are a few of mine.” They carry with[…]

The stern Scot, Charlie Barr, was arguably the best racing skipper Britain ever produced. His most famous achievement must be[…]

This extract is from an article by Audrey Faith Parker, ‘An eventful trip in a Tubby Little Ship’, originally published[…]

James Wharram recounts how he became the first person to design and build a catamaran, sailing it across the Atlantic[…]