This 1859 Atlantic crossing sets the unusual scene for the first cricket tour to America. Following the cricketers’ experiences crossing the[…]
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Sailing By: Tales from our oceans, seas, coasts and inland waterways
Collecting 'tales of sail' from around the world to link with modern-day sailors
Leisure sailing is very popular in the 21st century, and there’s certainly more leisure sailing than working sail nowadays – but people have sailed for pleasure in earlier times as well, take a look at some of the fascinating archive footage and stories . . . linked with some more modern ‘tales of sail’.
This 1859 Atlantic crossing sets the unusual scene for the first cricket tour to America. Following the cricketers’ experiences crossing the[…]
Read moreThis remarkable design was the brainchild of the Rev. Edward Berthon in response to the shipwreck of ‘SS Orion’ off[…]
Read moreSadly, the Covid-19 pandemic forced the East Coast OGA to cancel their 2020 Annual Race at Stone on the River[…]
Read moreWe bring another tale from the log of ‘Robinetta’, during her summer cruise, 31 May, 2018. She’s approaching Ushant in fog and,[…]
Read more‘White sails enhance the beauties of Windermere’ is in the title sequence of this archive film of the annual regatta[…]
Read moreThe Brest and Douarnenez Festivals take place every four years. In 2020, the Festival is postponed due to the worldwide[…]
Read moreThe 2020 Round Ireland Race has been postponed until August, due to the Coronovirus pandemic. Looking back a couple of[…]
Read more‘Clytie’, a 30′ gaff cutter, was built at Woodbridge on the River Deben, Suffolk in 1922 and has been owned[…]
Read moreView this evocative silent British Pathé newsreel of a sailing contest on the Frisian Lakes in 1961. The film opens[…]
Read moreBuilt in Risor, Norway, 1957 and fitted out in Bermuda, ‘Marihona’ has crossed the Atlantic several times and returned to[…]
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