The East Coast Classics
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Welcome to our Web site, eastcoastclassics.co.uk! This is for all the East Coast Area of England of the Old Gaffers Association (OGA) events and news. We cover the area from the north bank of the Thames, technically up to the Wash, although our principal areas of activity are on the Essex and Suffolk Coasts. We also have strong links with the Netherlands, particularly with the VKSJ, the Dutch Classic Yacht Association. The Dutch also have just formed their own area, Netherlands OGA. We have several members over there, and many of our vessels go over the North Sea for annual cruises and to take part in their regattas.
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Our sailing events are open to all gaff, lug, square and gunter rigged vessels (no age limit) and classic bermudan yachts traditionally designed before 1960. We also welcome traditionally built vintage powered vessels, such as MFV's. Vessels which have taken part in our events ( which have been running since before 1963) include local Smacks, Winkle Brigs and Bawleys, ex working craft from other areas, and a whole range of traditional yachts, from lugsail dinghies to Six Metre racing yachts.
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We run social and sailing events throughout the season, at various locations on the East Coast, the “original” East Coast Old Gaffers Race at Brightlingsea. Swallows and Amazons weekend for open boats at Walton on the Naze in July,really good, then in the school holidays at the end of August the August Classic Cruise,now incorporating the old East Coast Classic events, a mixture of racing and cruising, but above all having fun messing about in boats which we all like. These, and other events, mean that we lay on over 30 days of rallies and races! These are open to non members as well, but we hope you will join the other members on the East Coast, because you have enjoyed yourself so much.
You don't have to have an old boat to join the OGA, as long as you are interested. Membership of the OGA is only £20 p.a. (2007) For this you get membership of a strong international association with all sorts of benefits. A quarterly superbly presented journal packed with photographs, event round-ups, cruising accounts, technical information, members adverts etc. To supplement this there are area newsletters, like our Eastcoaster. The OGA also acts as a lobby group to look after our interests in terms of European and National legislation.
We hope you enjoy this website, which also has our Eastcoaster on line. Feel free to email items for the noticeboard e.g. adverts for boats and equipment, as well as other contributions such as articles and photographs.
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Last Updated 8-9-2008
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Site design by Pete Thomas
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Snippets
 Download the September 2008 Eastcoaster in Adobe acrobat format here, pressing the right mouse button will download it to your computer, it is fairly large at 0.4meg in size so broadband is recommended.
Please send us your sailing photos to put on the site.
Going foreign this year? If so what about meeting up with other OGA members. We could list those members going Foreign so that they may arrange a meet.
Do you know of any old gaff rigged boat at risk of being lost or broken up ? Let us know we may be able to help and find a new custodian.
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