OGA50: Ramsgate, August 2013
On 4, August many of the circumnavigation fleet spent a party weekend in Ramsgate with local East Coast boats on passage to the ‘big party’… Read More »OGA50: Ramsgate, August 2013
On 4, August many of the circumnavigation fleet spent a party weekend in Ramsgate with local East Coast boats on passage to the ‘big party’… Read More »OGA50: Ramsgate, August 2013
One of the shanties performed for the OGA50 anniversary celebrations in 2013 was written by cartoonist Mike Peyton, then aged 92. Mike was an East… Read More »The East Coast Old Gaffer
Whilst taking part in the OGA50 Round Britain Challenge, 2013, Solent Gaffer, Ben Collins sent the ‘Sailing By’ Editor sketches of the coastline and the… Read More »Essex sketches
East Coast boats participating in the OGA50 Round Britain Challenge are nearing completion in mid-July and gathering at Ipswich for the East Coast Jubilee Race… Read More »OGA50: East Coast Jubilee Race and Cruise, 2013
The seaside resorts of the East Coast of England had their heyday in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Small leisure boats as well… Read More »Clacton and the Gunfleet Sands
In this piece of video, compiled by Pete Warrington, there’s an interesting interview with some of the skippers who have just arrived for the OGA50… Read More »OGA50: Grimsby
By mid-July most of the OGA50 Round Britain Challenge fleet are making good progress down the north east coast of England, exploring Lindisfarne and the… Read More »OGA50: from Scotland to Whitby, 2013
Solent Gaffer Ben Collins brings us some thoughts on dolphin as he continues his reporting from the OGA50 Round Britain Challenge fleet. Is 2013 the… Read More »OGA50: Sightings of dolphin
Solent Gaffer, Ben Colins brings us another update on the fleet’s progress as they continue with the OGA50 Round Britain Challenge. By mid-June, 2013 most… Read More »OGA50: Tranquil Loch Melfort, June 2013