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
MAY 2023
25-28 May
Pilot Cutter Review 2023
Fowey and St Mawes, Cornwall
https://classic-sailing.com/article/provisional-time-table-pilot-cutter-review-2023/
25-29 May
Yarmouth Gaffers Festival
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
https://www.oga.org.uk/areas/solent/events/yarmouth_gaffers_festival.html
26-28 May
Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival
Baltimore, Ireland
https://www.baltimorewoodenboatfestival.com
26-29 May
SBA President’s Rally 2023
Loch Ard
Scotland
www.steamboatassociation.org.uk/event-5120610
27 May
Devon Boat Jumble
Newton Abbot Racecourse
Newton Abbot, Devon
www.boatjumbleassociation.co.uk/event/devon-boat-jumble-2/
27 May
Medway Barge Sailing Match 2023
River Medway
Gillingham, Kent
https://sailingbargeassociation.co.uk/sailing-barge-championship/
27-28 May
Brixham Heritage Regatta
Brixham, Devon
27-28 May
DCA East Coast Rally
Walton Backwaters
Walton, Essex
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/east-coast.html
27-28 May
OGA60 Round Britain Challenge Party
Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club and Marina
Dublin Bay, Ireland
www.oga.org.uk/oga60/rbc60.html
27-29 May
DCA South Coast Rally
Bembridge and the Kench
Itchenor, West Sussex
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/south-coast.html
27-29 May
Crick Boat Show
Crick Marina
Crick, Northants
27 May – 3 June
Sail Caledonia
Scotland
30 May – 4 June
Raid Pomerania 2023
Barhöft, Germany
www.dinghycruising.org.uk/rallies-in-the-baltic.html
31 May – 4 June
Salone Nautico Venezia – The Venice Boat Show
Arsenale
Venice, Italy
www.salonenautico.venezia.it/en/
JUNE 2023
1-4 June
Oostende voor Anker 2023
Ostend, Belgium
https://www.oostendevooranker.be/nl
3-4 June
OGA Swallows and Amazons
Walton, Essex
https://www.oga.org.uk/areas/east_coast/east_coast_events.html
4-5 June
Arnside Classic Boat Regatta
Arnside, Cumbria
2-11 June
Cork Harbour Festival and Ocean to City Race (3 June)
Cork, Ireland
https://corkharbourfestival.com
7 June
Boat Building Academy Launch Day
Lyme Regis, Dorset
10 June
Blackwater Smack and Barge Match
Maldon, Essex
https://sailingbargeassociation.co.uk/sailing-barge-championship/
10-11 June
DCA South Coast Rally
The Folly Inn, River Medina, Isle of Wight
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
16 June
OGA Bristol Channel Day Cruise
Cardiff, Wales
https://www.oga.org.uk/areas/bristol_channel/events/2023_channel_day_cruises.html
16-18 June
DCA Scandinavia Rally
South Fyn Archipelago, Denmark
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
16-18 June
OGA60 Round Britain Challenge
Oban, Scotland
https://www.oga.org.uk/areas/scotland/scotland_events.html
16-18 June
Falmouth Classics
Falmouth, Cornwall
https://www.falmouthclassics.org.uk
16-18 June
Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival
Falmouth, Cornwall
https://www.falmouthseashanty.co.uk
16-19 June
SBA River Fal Rally
Mylor Yacht Harbour, Cornwall
https://www.steamboatassociation.org.uk/page-1039467
17-21 June
DCA Scotland Rally
Loch Linnhe, Scotland
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
18 June
Maryport Marina Boat Jumble
Maryport, Cumbria
https://www.maryportmarina.co.uk/event-details/marina-open-day-and-boat-jumble
19-20 June
OGA South West Gaffers Rally,
Helford, Cornwall
https://www.oga.org.uk/areas/south_west/south_west_events.html
19-23 June
DCA France Rally
Rade de Brest, France
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
23-25 June
DCA North West Rally
Ullswater, Cumbria
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
23-25 June
Dartmouth Classics
Dartmouth, Devon
https://dartmouthclassics.org.uk
23-25 June
Escale à Calais
Calais, France
https://www.facebook.com/escaleacalais
24 June
Pin Mill Barge Match
Pin Mill, Suffolk
https://www.pmsc.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=22&Itemid=138
24-25 June
DCA South Coast Rally
Ashlett Creek, Hampshire
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
25-30 June
SBA Windermere Steamboat Rally 2023
Windermere, Cumbria
https://www.steamboatassociation.org.uk/page-1039467
26-28 June
OGA South West Gaffers Rally
Plymouth, Devon
https://www.oga.org.uk/areas/south_west/south_west_events.html
27 June
OGA Bristol Channel Day Cruise
Cardiff, Wales
https://www.oga.org.uk/areas/bristol_channel/events/2023_channel_day_cruises.html
29 June – 6 August
Tall Ships Races
Netherlands, UK & Norway
https://sailtraininginternational.org/event/the-tall-ships-races-2023/
30 June – 2 July
DCA Scotland Rally
Solway Firth, Scotland
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
JULY 2023
1 July
DCA North West Rally
West Hoyle Bank, Dee Estuary
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
1-2 July
ACE Winches Scottish Traditional Boat Festival
Portsoy, Scotland
2-3 July
Titchfield Boat Jumble
Titchfield, Hampshire
http://boat-jumbles.co.uk/event/titchfield-summer-boat-jumble/
6 July
SBA Get Your Feet Wet!
Stoke Lock, River Wey, Surrey
https://www.steamboatassociation.org.uk/page-1039467
7-9 July
SBA Puffing-a-Wey
Guildford, Surrey
https://www.steamboatassociation.org.uk/page-1039467
8-9 July
DCA East Coast Rally
Rivers Ore and Alde, Suffolk
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
8-9 July
DCA South Coast Rally
Ryde Marina, Isle of Wight
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
8-14 July
Cowes Classics Week
Cowes, Isle of Wight
https://www.cowesclassicsweek.org
9 July
OGA Solent Rally
Southsea, Hampshire
https://www.oga.org.uk/events/events.html
10 July
OGA Bristol Channel Day Cruise
Cardiff, Wales
https://www.oga.org.uk/areas/bristol_channel/events/2023_channel_day_cruises.html
14-16 July
Thames Traditional Boat Festival
Fawley Meadows, Henley on Thames
https://www.tradboatfestival.com
14-16 July
Bristol Harbour Festival
Bristol
https://www.bristolharbourfestival.co.uk
14-16 July
OGA60 Small Boat Event
Cardiff Bay, Wales
https://www.oga.org.uk/oga60/small_boats.html
15 July
DCA South Coast Rally
Southampton Water, Hampshire
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
15-16 July
DCA North West Thurstaston Raid
Dee Estuary, Merseyside
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
15-16 July
OGA60 Round Britain Challenge
River Tay, Scotland
https://www.oga.org.uk/areas/scotland/scotland_events.html
17-21 July
DCA France Rally
Golfe du Morbihan, France
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
20-27 July
Salish 100
Puget Sound, WA, US
https://nwmaritime.org/salish100/
21-23 July
OGA60 Round Britain Challenge
Blyth, Northumberland
https://www.oga.org.uk/oga60/oga60.html
21-23 July
Peel Traditional Boat Weekend
Peel Harbour, Isle of Man
https://www.facebook.com/PeelTraditionalBoatWeekend/?locale=en_GB
22-23 July
DCA North West Rally
Glasson, Lune Estuary
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
22-23 July
DCA Wales Rally
Pembrokeshire, Wales
https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html
25-28 July
Fowey Classics
Fowey, Cornwall
29 July
Swale Smack and Sailing Barge Match
River Swale, Kent
http://www.kentishsail.org/about.html
29-30 July
DCA South Coast Rally
Oxey Lake, Hampshire