The Dog Watch
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The South West Gaffers, newsletter / magazine, was published four times a year but as News and Events are now regularly updated on teh SW Area of teh OGA website, this is reduced to twice ayear, before and after the sailing season. Each issue is emailed to all SW Area members. It can be read on a computer, tablet or telephone, or printed, if desired, to read at leisure. Like our section in Gaffer's Log It still features some news, race and cruising reports, sailing anecdotes and the occasional technical article. "Dogwatch" will be sent to any other OGA member, who has expressed interest on receiving emails, from the SW Area, of the OGA on the Members Area of the National OGA web site.
Please contact, SW Dogwatch Editor, and / or SW Secretary to submit an article or enquire about advertising.
Copy is requested by the end of February and September for publication in the Spring and Autumn.
South West Gaffers WhatsApp Group
The South West Gaffers WhatsApp group exists as a safe place for Members to coordinate sailing activities in the Area and communicate with each other. All SW OGA Member, and other OGA Members, perhaps planning to visit the South West. are encouraged to join.
To join, you will need to let the SW Secretary have your name and your OGA membership number, as well as a mobile phone number. It is helpful if any messages show who you are and the name of your vessel, if any. We also suggest that you set your device to show images at full resoloution. Please note that any images used on or from the WhatsApp, could be used by the OGA and should be atributed to the image's author, if not yourself.
The Main OGA has a Facebook Page
"OGA - The Association of Gaff Rig Sailing"
There are other groups of more general interest and some members have their own Facebook pages.
Instagram feed
The Main OGA Instagram Feed is to be found at: oldgaffersassociation1963. This may be of interest to any Members and is moderated by the National OGA.
There is also a, currently dormant, Instagram feed, for the SW Area, to share photographs and narratives of SWG member's sailing activities to a global audience. Instagram users can follow this at southwestgaffers.
The Dog Watch Archive
These are past issues of the "Dogwatch", with the most recent first.
From 2026, it is proposed to publish just two isues a year. These will continue to include detailed reports, articles and photographs. The spring issue will outline future events but details and updates are more accurate on the SWG EVENTS FUTURE tab of this website.
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Dogwatch No 60 March 26 | [pdf 9MB] |
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Dogwatch No 59 Sept 25 | [pdf 2MB] |
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Dogwatch No 58 March 25 | [pdf 1MB] |
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Dogwatch No 57 Oct 24 | [pdf 1MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 56 Oct 2024 | [pdf 1MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 56 July 2024 | [pdf 749KB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 55 March 2024 | [pdf 1MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 54 December 2023 | [pdf 4MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 53 September 2023 | [pdf 1MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 52 June 2023 | [pdf 4MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 51 March 2023 | [pdf 2MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 50 December 2022 | [pdf 4MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 49 September 2022 | [pdf 5MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 48 June 2022 | [pdf 1MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 47 March 2022 | [pdf 1MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 46 December 2021 | [pdf 5MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 45 September 2021 | [pdf 5MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 44 June 2021 | [pdf 3MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 43 March 2021 | [pdf 3MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 42 December 2020 | [pdf 3MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 41 September 2020 | [pdf 4MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 40 June 2020 | [pdf 3MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 39 March 2020 | [pdf 5MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 38 December 2019 | [pdf 3MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 37 September 2019 | [pdf 6MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 36 June 2020 | [pdf 2MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 35 March 2019 | [pdf 2MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 34 December 2018 | [pdf 1MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 33 September 2018 | [pdf 4MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 32 June 2018 | [pdf 1MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 31 March 2018 | [pdf 3MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 30 December 2017 | [pdf 3MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 29 September 2017 | [pdf 2MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 28 June 2017 | [pdf 2MB] |
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The Dog Watch Edition 27 March 2017 | [pdf 3MB] |
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