[3] Albert Strange was born on 29 June 1855,[1] growing up in Gravesend where he learned to sail with a fisherman who helped him convert a peter boat for cruising around the Thames Estuary.

[4] Circa 1882, Strange took a job as the headmaster of the new Scarborough School of Art — a position which he held for 35 years until his death on 11 July 1917.

[5] For some years, Strange was captain of the Humber Yawl Club, (formed in 1883), shortly after his arrival in Scarborough about 50 miles to the north.

[3] They were light craft which would cope well with being beached on the mud flats of the Humber Estuary or being shipped abroad as deck cargo, but they had cabins which enabled them to be used for long voyages of a month or so.

The Association's website contains much further information on his life and the breadth and diversity of his abilities; his success as an artist, yacht designer, raconteur and teacher of pupils across a wide range of ages.