Galway hooker: Dutch & Irish connections
In 2023, the OGA60 Diamond Jubilee celebrations took place in Dublin Bay. 14 boats competed for the prestigious Asgard Trophy on 27 May. The winning… Read More »Galway hooker: Dutch & Irish connections
In 2023, the OGA60 Diamond Jubilee celebrations took place in Dublin Bay. 14 boats competed for the prestigious Asgard Trophy on 27 May. The winning… Read More »Galway hooker: Dutch & Irish connections
In this extract from the cruising log of W. F. Thompson, we join him sailing with his wife on their six-ton yawl without auxiliary power,… Read More »Cruise of ‘Joybird’, Portree to Howth: 1911
The next party for OGA60 Round Britain Cruise boats is this weekend, hosted by the Dublin Bay OGA. In this post we hear from some… Read More »OGA60 fleet gathers in Dublin Bay
In this post we bring an extract from Winkie Nixon’s reports on the 1937 gaff ketch ‘Maybird’ competing in 2018, along with a video link… Read More »‘Maybird’ completes Round Ireland Race, 2018
In this post, skipper Darryl Hughes reports on the achievements of ‘Maybird’ in the 2018 Volvo Round Ireland Race: she is the oldest boat to… Read More »Race report: ‘Maybird’, Round Ireland Race, 2018
After an excellent welcome from the Bristol Channel Area OGA in Neyland, Milford Haven, seven boats from the OGA60 Round Britain Cruise fleet left on… Read More »OGA60 fleet departs Neyland
The tidal range of the Bristol Channel has always been a challenge to shipping approaching from the Atlantic, and conditions were hard for the pilots… Read More »Pilots in the Bristol Channel: 1930s
This extract is from an article by Audrey Faith Parker, ‘An eventful trip in a Tubby Little Ship’, originally published in Yachting Monthly, November 1947.… Read More »Round Land’s End in a ‘tubby little ship’: 1946
Most of the OGA60 Round Britain fleet have arrived in South Wales. ‘Cygnet of London’, ‘Lahloo’ and ‘Susan J’ are exploring the area around Dale… Read More »OGA60: crossing to South Wales