Here’s what’s on in the world of boats and boatbuilding for the next couple of months.
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DCA = Dinghy Cruising Association
OGA = Old Gaffers Association
SBA = Steamboat Association
JULY 2022
23 July
Port Townsend Pocket Yacht Palooza
Port Townsend, WA, US
23 July
OGA East Coast Race
River Blackwater, Essex
https://www.oga.org.uk/areas/east_coast/events/east_coast_race.html
23-24 July
DCA East Coast Rally
River Crouch, Burnham, Essex
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/east-coast.html
23-24 July
DCA South Coast Rally
Newtown Creek, Isle of Wight
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/south-coast.html
24-31 July
OGA East Coast Summer Cruise
River Blackwater, Essex
https://www.oga.org.uk/areas/east_coast/events/summer_cruise_2022.html
24-26 July
Pocket Yacht Crooza
Port Townsend and Puget Sound, WA
26-29 July
Fowey Classics
Fowey, Cornwall
28 July – 1 August
Sydney International Boat Show
Sydney, Australia
29-31 July
Abers 2022
L’Aber-Wrach’h, France
30-31 July
DCA South West Rally
Penarvon Cove, Helford River, Cornwall
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/south-west.html
AUGUST 2022
4-8 August
OGA Solent Lymington Rally
Lymington, Hampshire
5-8 August
DCA Scotland Rally
Loch Long, Scotland
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/rallies-in-scotland.html
6-7 August
DCA South Coast Rally
Ashlett Creek, Hampshire
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/south-coast.html
6-7 August
DCA East Coast Rally
River Blackwater, Essex
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/east-coast.html
7 August
OGA South West Gaffers Rally
Dittisham, Devon
9-13 August
The English Raid
Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex
12-14 August
Fêtes des Vieux Gréements
Paimpol, France
www.vieux-greements-paimpol.fr
19-21 August
Port of Toledo Wooden Boat Show
Toledo, OR, US
www.portoftoledo.org/copy-of-wooden-boat-show
19-21 August
DCA North West Rally
Dee Estuary, Wirral
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/north-west.html
19-21 August
OGA Solent Annual Race and Rally
Cowes, Isle of Wight
19-21 August
DCA Scandinavia Rally
Limfjord, Denmark
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/rallies-in-scandinavia.html
19-21 August
DCA Wales Rally
Conwy, Gwynedd, Wales
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/rallies-in-wales.html
20 August
OGA South Windermere Regatta
Windermere, Cumbria
20-21 August
DCA East Coast Rally
River Orwell, Suffolk
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/east-coast.html
20 August – 3 September
DCA South Coast Cobnor Camping Fortnight
Cobnor, West Sussex
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/south-coast.html
SEPTEMBER 2022
2-4 September
DCA Scotland Rally
Kyles of Bute, Scotland
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/rallies-in-scotland.html
2-4 September
DCA Netherlands Raid Extreme
Lauwersmeer, Netherlands
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/rallies-in-the-netherlands.html
3 September
Colne Smack and Barge Race
Brightlingsea, Essex
3-4 September
DCA Scotland Rally
Cromarty Firth, Scotland
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/rallies-in-scotland.html
4 September
West Mersea Dredging Match
Mersea Island, Essex
4 September
Portsmouth Boat Jumble
Portsmouth, Hampshire
6-11 September
Cannes Yachting Festival
Cannes, France
www.cannesyachtingfestival.com
7-11 September
Dorestad Raid
Dorestad, Netherlands
www.natuurlijkvaren.nl/dorestad-raid-2022/
8-9 September
OGA Bristol Channel Annual Race 2022-07-22
Cardiff Bay, Wales
9-11 September
Wooden Boat Festival
Port Townsend, WA, US
10-11 September
DCA Wales Rally
Dwyryd Estuary, Gwynedd, Wales
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/rallies-in-wales.html
10-11 September
Steam Boat Association 51st Anniversary Rally
Lechlade Marina, Gloucestershire
www.steamboatassociation.org.uk
10-11 September
DCA South West Rally
Polkerris, Cornwall
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/south-west.html
15-18 September
Newport International Boat Show
Newport, RI, US
16-25 September
Southampton International Boat Show
Southampton, Hampshire
17-18 September
DCA South Coast Rally
Eling Creek, Hampshire
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/south-coast.html
17-18 September
OGA Solent End of Season Rally
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
17-18 September
DCA Wales Rally
Bala Lake, Gwynedd, Wales
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/rallies-in-wales.html
17-25 September
Interboot
Friedrichshafen, Germany
22-25 September
Galaxidi Islands Regatta
Galaxidi, Greece
www.facebook.com/galaxidi.islands.regatta
22-27 September
Genoa International Boat Show
Genoa, Italy
24 September
Brixham Heritage Regatta
Brixham, Devon
24-25 September
DCA US Rally
Bayou Lacassine, Louisiana, US
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/rallies-in-north-america.html
24-27 September
OGA Small Boat Lechlade Rally
Lechlade, Gloucestershire
27 September – 2 October
Grand Pavois International Boat Show
La Rochelle, France