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An update on the OGA’s 50th anniversary round Britain trip

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Gavin Atkin

  Old Gaffers in action. I hope they won’t mind me saying that… The latest bulletin from the Old Gaffers Round Britain Challenge 10 UK and seven Dutch boats under way are now scattered along the south coast with the … Continue reading →

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An American in Essex and Suffolk – Thad Danielson hangs out with the Strangers and the OGA

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Gavin Atkin

US boat builder Thad Danielson of Redd’s Pond Boatworks fame came to the UK this summer to join a meet of the Albert Strange Association and to attend an Old Gaffer’s Association for a rally – and he took lots of … Continue reading →

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A beautiful model of a ring-netter

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Gavin Atkin

[ad#intheboatshed-post] Jay Cresswell’s model of Ribhinn Donn I, and (bottom right) Antonia & Ruaraidh This stunning model of a ring netter has been made by Jay Cresswell, an ex-trawler skipper, long-standing Old Gaffers Association member and authority on marine history … Continue reading →

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