Two excellent books for the East Coast are Suffolk Sea Borders and Shoalwater and Fairway by H. Alker Trip who was based at Maldon in the years between the Wars. Some historical tidbits and challenging sailing, often at night, with no engine. He wrote a couple of others. Some of these have been reprinted but secondhand copies are available. He illustrated the books with sketches and was an accomplished artist.
He was an important figure in the Metropolitan Police and wrote a book on Traffic Control – Road Traffic and its control by H Alker Tripp,.
NPG x185749; Sir (Herbert) Alker Tripp – Portrait – National Portrait Gallery
Suffolk Sea Borders by H Alker Tripp
1926 By “Leigh Ho” aka H.Alker Tripp an account of a voyage around Suffolk’s Coast and Rivers by the author and a young chap, his particular friend, called Robertson. A good sailing tale with lots of history thrown in. He sets out from London in the yacht Irene in the 1920s with his inexperienced mate. He sails in our local waters as well as up to the Broads. Along the way, he manages to go aground in Loder’s cut . He goes into quite a lot of history and is good on the origin of Woodbridge (where’s the bridge?}. He gives a description of the Horse at Waldringfield and meets Jack Stebbings a one-time barge mate.
A very pleasant read about gentler times.
Refers to pot buoys as dans and bowls?