RIP Peter Clay
OGA Member Peter Clay has raised jib and (gaff) mizzen, slipped the mooring, and departed on the ebbing tide of… Read More »RIP Peter Clay
OGA Photography Competition Awards, 2022
Several East Coast OGA members and boats featured in the OGA Photography Competition Awards, 2022 announced at the AGM in… Read More »OGA Photography Competition Awards, 2022
Association Award winners from the East Coast, 2022
Several Members of the East Coast Gaffers were nominated for National Awards, presented at the AGM in Portsmouth, 14 January… Read More »Association Award winners from the East Coast, 2022
‘Discover Portsmouth’, 13 – 15 January 2023
East Coast Gaffer, Marion, provides this report of the Association AGM weekend in Portsmouth, organised by the Solent Gaffers. The… Read More »‘Discover Portsmouth’, 13 – 15 January 2023
An Irish circumnavigation
East Coast Gaffer, Joe Farrow, recounts the tale of ‘Saoirse’, setting out just under 100 years ago from Ireland. Straying… Read More »An Irish circumnavigation
EC Gaffers featured boat: ‘Clytie’
‘Clytie’ celebrated her 100th birthday in 2022, having been built in 1922 for Daisy and Sir Clifford Patterson at the… Read More »EC Gaffers featured boat: ‘Clytie’
Summer sailing with ‘Sonamara’ and ‘Ettie’
Tarquin reflects on the summer of 2022 as he recovers from a hip replacement. 2023 won’t go quite as planned… Read More »Summer sailing with ‘Sonamara’ and ‘Ettie’
Gaffers beer tasting: Briarbank Brewery
There was serious business to be done at the Briarbank Brewery – honestly! But that did not get in the… Read More »Gaffers beer tasting: Briarbank Brewery
A heavenly battle: five Deben Cherubs
Deben Cherubs first raced in Woodbridge almost a hundred years ago, back in 1924 when Mr. Rhys Curjel’s and Captain… Read More »A heavenly battle: five Deben Cherubs