Posts relating to the Welsh Coast
David Grainger introduces us to the challenges of sailing ‘down Severn’ as he reflects on his experiences in 1958. The severity of the current forces… Read More »Riding the Severn Bore in a small boat, 1958
Sitting at the fire in December and thinking of next year’s sailing season, we only remember the summer sunshine, so planning a cruise only has… Read More »Bad weather forces a change of plan, 2016
Eden Northmore Jones recounts his final cruise of 1884 in the five-tonner ‘Guess’, a 23 ft. round bilge boat, 8ft. 4″ beam, drawing 4ft. After… Read More »An autumn cruise, Llanelli to Bude, 1884
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’
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’
It feels pretty lonely catching up with the OGA50 Round Britain fleet after a week ‘back at work’ in the ‘big smoke’ of London. Solent… Read More »OGA50: Holyhead to Belfast, 2013
There had been ferries across the turbulent Severn Estuary for centuries, but many preferred to travel via Gloucester rather than brave the ten troubled tides.… Read More »Crossing the River Severn
As he cruises up the Welsh coast in late May, 2013, our reporter from the OGA50 Round Britain Challenge fleet, Ben Collins recounts another stormy… Read More »OGA50: Reefing down!
This update for May 2013 from the OGA50 Round Britain Challenge logs finds the fleet scattered from the south coast of England up to Ireland… Read More »OGA50: rounding Lands End, 2013