Welcome to the home of the OGA - The Association for Gaff-Rigged Sailing
Established in 1963, the OGA aims to preserve our distinctive traditional rig, and in the early days this entailed rescuing or preserving lovely old gaffers. Now gaff rigged boats are being built again; some using traditional methods and others using modern materials - and with the current love of all things “retro” gaffers are more popular than ever. We work to encourage interest in gaff, lug and spritsail rig.
Today the OGA is a community that welcomes anyone with an interest in traditional sailing boats. Our members’ boats are as likely to be brand new as they are to be 100 years old. They are usually gaff, lug or spritsail rigged but some are bermudan rigged boats of historic merit but you do not need to own a boat to join and there are definately some skippers who are looking for crew.
We have local organisations in all the main sailing areas in the UK and Ireland and members in many continents worldwide.We organise activities both on and off the water, including cruising in company, communal boat building, winter lectures and visits, quiz evenings and even the occasional race. Many of our sailing events are organised with facilities for small open trailerable boats.
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