Here’s what’s on in the world of boats and boatbuilding for the next couple of months.

If you have an event of interest to WaterCraft readers, let us know at cat@watercraft-magazine.com

DCA = Dinghy Cruising Association

OGA = Old Gaffers Association

SBA = Steamboat Association

EBA = Electric Boat Association

DECEMBER 2025

Boats built by Boat Building Academy students at the Southampton Boat Show. Photograph: Cat Holman

3-7 December 

Athens International Boat Show

Metropolitan Expo, Athens, Greece

6 December 

DCA South Coast Winter Daysail

Upper Hamble, Hampshire

8 December

Boat Building Academy Launch Day

Lyme Regis, Dorset

10 December

National Maritime Museum Cornwall Workshop Open Day

Falmouth, Cornwall

20 December 

DCA South Coast Winter Daysail

Pilsey Island, West Sussex

JANUARY 2026

boot Düsseldorf. Photograph: Messe Düsseldorf / ctillmann

1 January

DCA South Coast Winter Daysail

Dell Quay, West Sussex

17-25 January

boot Düsseldorf

Messe Düsseldorf, Germany

17-25 January

Toronto International Boat Show

Exhibition Place, Toronto, Canada

30 January – 1 February 

OGA AGM 2026

Harwich, Essex

31 January

Falmouth Marine School Open Day

Falmouth, Cornwall