OGA cruise to St Malo, 2015
Piers Rowlandson, OGA Solent member, decided to join the OGA Cruise in Company, Yarmouth IoW to St Malo, Brittany, France: 25 July – 9 August… Read More »OGA cruise to St Malo, 2015
Solent and South Coast of England
Posts relating to the Solent and South Coast of England
A stormy crossing to the Isle of Wight
In stormy weather, Solent Gaffer Ben Collins sailed his diminutive 100-year old yacht ‘Betty II’ from Keyhaven to Yarmouth, IoW to join OGA members preparing… Read More »A stormy crossing to the Isle of Wight
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
OGA50 boat: ‘Snoopy’
Kees Kooman, skipper of 18 foot ‘Snoopy’, brings a lively account with fascinating statistics of his counter-clockwise circumnavigation of Britain in 2013, taking just under… Read More »OGA50 boat: ‘Snoopy’
OGA50: how did tracking the fleet work in 2013?
During the OGA50 Round Britain Challenge and Party in 2013, Julian Cable worked with MarineTraffic, skippers and interested ‘followers of the fleet’ to maintain a… Read More »OGA50: how did tracking the fleet work in 2013?
OGA50 boat: ‘High Barbaree’
In this extract, we hear from Tim and Liz Dodwell about their inspiration for undertaking the OGA50 Round Britain Challenge in 2013 and glimpse some… Read More »OGA50 boat: ‘High Barbaree’
OGA50: A close encounter, August 2013
Single-handed skipper of the 19 ft. shrimper ‘Nutmeg’, Viv Head, shares a challenging experience coming out of Portsmouth. Against a spring tide and with insufficient… Read More »OGA50: A close encounter, August 2013
OGA50: the ‘big party’ in Cowes, August 2013
Counting down the days until Thursday, and we hear from Marion, Solent OGA Area Treasurer, that the hard-working Solent Committee members are due to leave… Read More »OGA50: the ‘big party’ in Cowes, August 2013
OGA50: Converging on Cowes, August 2013
The OGA is heading towards Cowes for the ‘Greatest Gathering of Gaffers’ starting on Thursday 15 August, 2013. In this update we bring news from… Read More »OGA50: Converging on Cowes, August 2013