Posts relating to stormy weather
Originally published in ‘Yachting Monthly’, May 1933, this extract is from a series of articles by Robert E. Groves, regular contributor to the Magazine, yachtsman,… Read More »A hazardous sail from Peel in ‘Sheila’ c.1910
This extract is from the Illustrated London News, 8 January 1853 and reports on a horrific shipwreck and explosion with the loss of 35 lives… Read More »Explosion on the Calf of Man, 1852
Having left Poolbeg, Dublin, the majority of the Round Britain Cruise fleet took berths at Howth and then departed north on passage to Scotland on… Read More »OGA60 fleet on passage to Scotland
Having been battered and bruised as they sailed towards Plymouth, some of the fleet turned back to take shelter in Dartmouth, Exmouth or Salcombe. Finally,… Read More »OGA60 safe haven in Plymouth
Today we bring extracts from several skippers’ logs as they attempted to reach Plymouth on Tuesday 9 – Wednesday 10 May. Severe storms battered the… Read More »OGA60 Plymouth bound
In this extract by Daniel Defoe, he reflects on the town of Plymouth, noting its importance as a safe anchorage and tells the tale of Winstanley’s… Read More »Perilous storms in Plymouth Sound, 1703
The renowned ‘Great storm’ of November 1703 hit the east and west coasts of England, resulting in ships being driven ashore and, in many cases,… Read More »Swept to the Isle of Wight from Helford Haven, 1703
In this extract from Herbert Alker Tripp, ‘Solent and Southern Waters’ published with permission from Lodestar Books, we find the author attempting to reach Cowes… Read More »To Cowes with ‘Growler’, 1928
Erith Yacht Club was formed in 1900 and this account comes from a race report from the archives, undated, but likely to be sometime in the early 1900s.… Read More »Erith Yacht Club archives: lightning strikes