Young Gaffers racing at S&A: 8 June 2024
Saturday, 8 June dawned suitably cloudy for an East Coast event, when over 20 boats turned out to compete for… Read More »Young Gaffers racing at S&A: 8 June 2024
S&A memories and sailing a Gaffling
As the Swallows and Amazons weekend celebrated 25 years 7 – 9 June, 2024 we hear from Maddy Masters, a… Read More »S&A memories and sailing a Gaffling
Swallows & Amazons, 7 – 9 June, 2024
Have you seen the YouTube video of the 2015 East Coast OGA Swallows and Amazons weekend? It’s most inviting! Two… Read More »Swallows & Amazons, 7 – 9 June, 2024
25th Anniversary S&A results: June 2024
The annual ‘Swallows and Amazons’ event organised by the East Coast OGA began in 1989 when East Coast stalwarts the… Read More »25th Anniversary S&A results: June 2024
A picnic in the Dardanelles
Sarah Adie brings us an account of where 15 boats went on Sunday 9 June during the OGA Swallows &… Read More »A picnic in the Dardanelles
SB ‘Blue Mermaid’ visits the Tide Mill
Over 800 people visited the Thames Sailing Barge ‘Blue Mermaid’ at Woodbridge Tide Mill over the weekend 7 – 10… Read More »SB ‘Blue Mermaid’ visits the Tide Mill
60 years of the East Coast Race
The first East Coast Race, held on 20 July, 1963, attracted 27 starters on a calm day off Osea Pier.… Read More »60 years of the East Coast Race
Swallows and Amazons: the origins
The late Jon Wainwright had always encouraged open boats, Class III as they were known, to attend East Coast OGA… Read More »Swallows and Amazons: the origins
East Coast featured boat: ‘la Mouette’
Our featured boat for June, ‘la Mouette’, was launched two years ago in 2022 to coincide with the East Coast… Read More »East Coast featured boat: ‘la Mouette’