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

Sailing on the Norfolk Broads: 1948

Norfolk wherry, ‘Albion’ is one of just two survivors of the 300 ‘black-sailed traders’ which once carried cargo on the[…]

Martin Goodrich, East Coast OGA member, reflects on his early cruising experiences, in 1966, whilst studying at Art College. He[…]

Eden Northmore Jones recounts his final cruise of 1884 in the five-tonner ‘Guess’, a 23 ft. round bilge boat, 8ft.[…]

The annual Round the Island Race has been running since 1931, with just 25 entries in the first race. Island[…]

The small Essex village of Tollesbury has a fascinating maritime heritage. The village sign and Parish Church window illustrate ‘Endeavour’,[…]

In this extract, W M Nixon recalls a special global circumnavigation by Tim Magennis, Dublin Bay OGA. Setting out from[…]

This silent movie from the Pathé archive opens with two girls standing on the deck of a small yacht before the[…]

This Pathé archive has evocative footage of yachts, with English commentary, racing at an international regatta in Sweden 1930. Participants[…]

As dinghy sailing became more popular in the 1930s, the Yacht Racing Association (forerunner to the RYA) published rules for[…]

This Pathé Archive brings lively footage of National 12 dinghy racing at Plymouth in 1955. The film opens with a[…]