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
MARCH 2025
29 March
Falmouth Marine School Open Day
Falmouth, Cornwall
APRIL 2025
3-5 April
Barcelona Electric Marine Show 2025
Port Olímpic, Barcelona, Spain
5-6 April
Rivers Orwell and Stour, Suffolk
6 April
Norfolk Showground, Norwich
6 April
River Dee, Cheshire
14-20 April
Loch Torridon, Scotland
19-20 April
Poole Harbour, Dorset
18-21 April
National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
23 April
Windermere, Cumbria
24-26 April
Coniston Water, Cumbria
26 April
Ashlett Creek, Hampshire
26-27 April
River Fal, Cornwall
30 April – 2 May
DCA Chesapeake Shallow Water Sailors Spring Cruise
Dennis Point Marina, St Mary’s River, MD, US
30 April – 3 May
Palma, Spain
30 April – 6 May
Kielder Water, Northumberland and Loch Lomond, Scotland
MAY 2025
2-4 May
Isles of Scilly
2-6 May
Loch Lomond, Scotland
3 May
Boat Building Academy Open Day
Lyme Regis, Dorset
3-4 May
DCA Chesapeake Shallow Water Sailors
Calvert Maritime Museum Festival / Messabout
Patuxent River, Solomons, MD, US
3-4 May
Rivers Ore and Alde, Suffolk
3-5 May
St Helier, Jersey
4-5 May
East Head, West Sussex
9-11 May
South Coast & Green Tech Boat Show
Ocean Village Marina, Southampton, Hampshire
9-12 May
Anderton Boat Lift, Northwich, Cheshire
10 May
Upper Hamble River, Hampshire
10 May
Treluggan Boatyard Boat Jumble
Treluggan Boatyard, Landrake, Cornwall
10-11 May
River Tavy, Devon
11 May
Royal Victoria Country Park, Southampton, Hampshire
15-21 May
Bere Island and Castletown, Ireland
17 May
CLC’s Big Little Boat Festival
Conquest Beach, Maryland, US
20 May
Falmouth Marine School Open Event
Falmouth, Cornwall
22-25 May
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
23-25 May
Brixham Heritage Sailing Regatta
Brixham, Devon
23-25 May
Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival
Baltimore, Ireland
23-25 May
ancora YACHTFESTIVAL Boat Show
ancora Marina, Neustadt, Germany
23-25 May
River Wisla, Warsaw, Poland
23-26 May
OGA Lytham Rally at Ribble Cruising Club
Lytham, Lancashire
24-25 May
Bembridge, Isle of Wight
24-26 May
Crick, Northants
24 May – 2 June
Cork Harbour Festival including Ocean to City Race
Cork, Ireland
26 May – 1 June
La Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan
Golfe du Morbihan, France
29 May – 2 June
Salone Nautico Venezia – Venice Boat Show
Venice Arsenale, Venice, Italy
30 May – 1 June
Fowey and St Mawes, Cornwall
30 May – 2 June
Cowes, Isle of Wight
30-31 May
Port Ludlow, Washington, US
31 May
River Tamar and Plymouth Sound, Devon
31 May – 1 June
Horning, Norfolk