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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Category: Sailing for Pleasure
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’.
Berthon collapsible: ideal tender for a small yacht, 1902
This remarkable design was the brainchild of the Rev. Edward Berthon in response to the shipwreck of ‘SS Orion’ off[…]
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OGA East Coast Race: 1987
Sadly, the Covid-19 pandemic forced the East Coast OGA to cancel their 2020 Annual Race at Stone on the River[…]
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‘Robinetta’ approaches Ushant in fog
We bring another tale from the log of ‘Robinetta’, during her summer cruise, 31 May, 2018. She’s approaching Ushant in fog and,[…]
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Lakeland yachting (1934)
‘White sails enhance the beauties of Windermere’ is in the title sequence of this archive film of the annual regatta[…]
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Brest and Douarnenez, 1996
The Brest and Douarnenez Festivals take place every four years. In 2020, the Festival is postponed due to the worldwide[…]
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‘Maybird’ sets records: Fastnet, 2011 and Round Ireland, 2018
The 2020 Round Ireland Race has been postponed until August, due to the Coronovirus pandemic. Looking back a couple of[…]
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‘Clytie’ runs aground in the River Ore, 1923
‘Clytie’, a 30′ gaff cutter, was built at Woodbridge on the River Deben, Suffolk in 1922 and has been owned[…]
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Sailing races in Friesland, 1961
View this evocative silent British Pathé newsreel of a sailing contest on the Frisian Lakes in 1961. The film opens[…]
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‘Marihona’ crosses the Atlantic, 1962: a dream come true
Built in Risor, Norway, 1957 and fitted out in Bermuda, ‘Marihona’ has crossed the Atlantic several times and returned to[…]
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