OGA60: Welcome to Ramsgate!
This post includes a great video, created by Tarquin Wildridge, welcoming the OGA fleet into Ramsgate as they gather to depart on the OGA60 Round… Read More »OGA60: Welcome to Ramsgate!
Netherlands
Tales of Sail relating to the Inland Waterways, Rivers and Coasts of the Netherlands. Also includes posts from OGA events in the Netherlands and England.
OGA60: Ramsgate, April 2023
Skippers and crews have been working hard to prepare their vessels for the ‘Grand depart’ and have been making final preparations this week: bending on… Read More »OGA60: Ramsgate, April 2023
OGA50: first three boats in Ramsgate, April 2013
As OGA boats prepare to depart Ramsgate for the OGA60 Round Britain Cruise, 1 May, 2023, we look back ten years to OGA50. The first… Read More »OGA50: first three boats in Ramsgate, April 2013
Dordrecht in its heyday
Dordrecht comes from Thuredriht (c 1120), Thuredrecht (c 1200) meaning ‘thoroughfare’, a ship-canal or river through which ships were pulled by rope from one river… Read More »Dordrecht in its heyday
Demise of a Dutch botter
We bring the second part of Fritz van der Mark’s research into the demise of a Dutch botter. The article is primarily a reconstruction of… Read More »Demise of a Dutch botter
Botters in English hands
Fritz van der Mark shares the first part of his research into the demise of a Dutch botter, which ended her days on the River… Read More »Botters in English hands
‘Young gaffers’ racing and cruising, 2017
Watch this excellent video footage by Kevin Jay from the East Coast OGA August Cruise, 2017. ‘Rely’, based at Titchmarsh is seen from the air… Read More »‘Young gaffers’ racing and cruising, 2017
From the Solent to Blankenberge single-handed, 2014
East Coast Gaffer, Marion Shirley shares her account of crossing the North Sea in ‘East Breeze’, to join the Netherlands OGA ‘Anniversary Cross Country Tour’,… Read More »From the Solent to Blankenberge single-handed, 2014
Gaffers sail through the Netherlands, 2014
Dutch OGA member, Fritz van der Mark has summarised the ‘Cross Country Tour’ which took place in the Netherlands, 2014, to celebrate the tenth anniversary… Read More »Gaffers sail through the Netherlands, 2014
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