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

Squally weather in St Austell Bay

“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[…]

After a detailed description of the sail plan for the Swansea Bay pilot boats, Eden Northmore Jones tells the tale[…]

View a fascinating, compelling newsreel, without any commentary, showing large sailing barges with full sails racing in Friesland, Holland. We[…]

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[…]

Built by D&W Henderson of Partick, Glasgow for Prince Edward, crowned King Edward VII in 1902, ‘HMY Britannia’ was designed[…]