OGA60 fleet on passage to Scotland
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
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Posts relating to racing under sail
‘Maybird’ completes Round Ireland Race, 2018
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
Race report: ‘Maybird’, 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
Red Trawlers of Brixham, 1933
This Pathé archive footage of the Brixham Regatta, 1933 opens with a title screen ‘The Red Trawlers of Brixham – famed in song and story… Read More »Red Trawlers of Brixham, 1933
Sailing with Kings
Built by D&W Henderson of Partick, Glasgow for Prince Edward, crowned King Edward VII in 1902, ‘HMY Britannia’ was designed by the Scottish naval architect… Read More »Sailing with Kings
The America’s Cup
Watch this excellent archive footage from the America’s Cup heyday, 1934, entitled “THE AMERICA’S CUP – Rainbow (defender) and Endeavour (challenger) in final trails.” This… Read More »The America’s Cup
The Lambay Race: Howth Sailing Club, 1921
Howth Sailing Club was founded in 1895, and its premier one-design class, the Howth Seventeens designed by club Commodore Herbert Boyd, was established in 1898.… Read More »The Lambay Race: Howth Sailing Club, 1921
Waldringfield Dragonfly one-design celebrates 70 years
September 2019 saw the 70th anniversary of the Waldringfield Dragonfly one design dinghy celebrated with a weekend of light-hearted racing and serious partying. Waldringfield is… Read More »Waldringfield Dragonfly one-design celebrates 70 years
‘Ziska’: from Whitby to Alaska
Alasdair Simpson brings us the second part of this detailed history of the remarkable story of ‘Ziska’, a Morecambe Bay Prawner who celebrates her 120th… Read More »‘Ziska’: from Whitby to Alaska
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