Author: david

  • 25 October, 2021
    From the brush of... “Big ships need big tugs” said Sir William Hoy, Chairman of the South African Railways and…
  • 26 September, 2021
    From the brush of... When I was about 11 I started reading “Sea Breezes”. At that time the most interesting…
  • 10 July, 2021
    From the brush of... Almost forgotten nowadays is the fleet of small passenger-cargo vessels running regular services around the UK…
  • 28 April, 2021
    From the brush of... As a kid in Great Yarmouth, the coasters of F T Everard were a familiar sight.…
  • 12 March, 2021
    From the brush of... Delivered in 1973 for Norwegian American Line, and originally named “Vistafjord”, the “Saga Ruby” was the…
  • 24 January, 2021
    From the brush of... The “Larpool” was a tramp steamer built in 1924 by Pickersgill’s in Sunderland for Headlam &…
  • 19 December, 2020
    From the brush of... The Apcar company was founded in 1819 by the Armenian Apcar brothers. Originally based in Bombay,…
  • 5 December, 2020
    First published in the NWT Journal, Spring 1989 by “Leveret” (David Bray) The wherry lay on the White Swan quay in…
  • 23 November, 2020
    I would like to take space in these pages to highlight the work of our skippers...
  • 22 November, 2020
    On 28th June 2019 “Albion” and “Maud” sailed in company across Breydon”.  I would guess that this was the first…