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
JANUARY 2023
20-29 January
Toronto International Boat Show
Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place
Toronto, Canada
21-29 January
boot Düsseldorf
Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
28 January
DCA South Coast winter daysail
East Head, West Sussex
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/south-coast.html
28 January
Falmouth Marine School Open Day
Falmouth, Cornwall
www.falmouthmarineschool.ac.uk/events/open-event-and-taster-session-at-falmouth-marine-school/
FEBRUARY 2023
4 February
IBTC Lowestoft Open Day
Lowestoft, Suffolk
www.ibtc.co.uk/short-course/open-days/2023-02-04/
5 February
Notts and Lincs Boat Jumble
Lincolnshire Showground
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
www.rotaevents.co.uk/event/notts-and-lincs-boat-jumble/
10-13 February
Australian Wooden Boat Festival
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
www.australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au
10 February
Dinghy Cruising Association AGM 2022 followed by presentation from Howard Rice, small boat adventurer and builder
Online event
11 February
DCA South Coast winter daysail
Bosham and Dell Quay
Chichester Harbour, West Sussex
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/south-coast.html
16-19 February
BoatLife Live
NEC Birmingham
17-26 February
Worldwide Classic Boat Show presented by Off Center Harbor
Virtual event
25 February
DCA South Coast winter daysail
Calshot Spit then Ashlett Creek
Southampton Water, Hampshire
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/south-coast.html
25-26 February
RYA Dinghy and Watersports Show 2023
Farnborough International
www.rya.org.uk/events/dinghy-show
MARCH 2023
5 March
Suffolk Boat Jumble
Suffolk Showground
Ipswich, Suffolk
www.rotaevents.co.uk/event/suffolk-boat-jumble-2023/
8-12 March
Boot Holland Boat Show
WTC Expo
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
9-12 March and 16-19 March
Stockholm International Boat Show – Allt för sjön 2023
Stockholmsmässan
11 March
DCA South Coast winter daysail
Fareham Creek
Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/south-coast.html
23-26 March
Auckland Boat Show
Jellicoe Harbour
Auckland, New Zealand
25 March
9th Lymington Sea Scouts Boat Jumble
Lymington, Hampshire
www.9thlymington.com/boat-jumble
25 March
IBTC Lowestoft Open Day
Lowestoft, Suffolk
www.ibtc.co.uk/short-course/open-days/2023-02-04/
26 March
Kent Boat Jumble
Hop Farm Showground
Tonbridge, Kent
www.rotaevents.co.uk/event/kent-boat-jumble/
26 March
Isle of Wight Spring Boat Jumble
Northwood Park
Cowes, Isle of Wight
www.northwoodhouse.org/event/2023-isle-of-wight-boat-jumble/