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

SEPTEMBER 2024

The Wooden Boatbuilders’ Trade Association stand at the Southampton International Boat Show. Photograph: WBTA

25-29 September 

Interboot

Friedrichshafen, Germany

https://www.interboot.com

29 September 

Kent Boat Jumble

Tonbridge, Kent

www.boatjumbleassociation.co.uk/event/kent-boat-jumble-2/  

OCTOBER 2024

Reeuwijk Raid 2023 – see W164. Photograph: Rik and Edith Homan

2-4 October 

UK Maritime Heritage Forum 2024

National Maritime Museum, Falmouth

https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/event/nhs/uk-maritime-heritage-forum-2024

4-6 October 

Reeuwijk Raid

https://www.eastcoastgaffers.org.uk/going-dutch/

4-6 October 

SBA Lay-up Rally and Supper 2024

Royal Windermere Yacht Club, Cumbria

https://www.steamboatassociation.org.uk/page-1039467

4-6 October

DCA North West Rally

Derwent Water, Cumbria

https://www.dinghycruising.life/north-west.html

5 October

Falmouth Marine School Open Day

Falmouth, Cornwall

https://falmouthmarineschool.ac.uk/events/

5 October 

IBTC Lowestoft Open Day

Lowestoft, Suffolk 

https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/event/shipshape/open-days-ibtc-lowestoft-boatbuilding-college

11-13 October

DCA North East Rally

Kielder Water, Northumberland

https://www.dinghycruising.life/north-east.html

12-13 October

DCA South Coast Rally

Dell Quay, Chichester, West Sussex

https://www.dinghycruising.life/south-coast.html

19-20 October

DCA North West Rally

Windermere, Cumbria

https://www.dinghycruising.life/north-west.html

NOVEMBER 2024

IBTC Lowestoft – see W150. Photograph: Marc Fovargue-Davies

1-3 November

DCA North West ‘Softies’ Rally

Coniston Water, Cumbria

https://www.dinghycruising.life/north-west.html

2 November 

East Coast OGA AGM

Royal Harwich Yacht Club, Suffolk

https://www.oga.org.uk/events/events.html

16 November

South West Gaffers OGA AGM 

Fowey Gallants Sailing Club, Cornwall

https://www.oga.org.uk/events/events.html

19-21 November

METSTRADE 2024 Marine Equipment Trade Show

RAI Amsterdam, Netherlands

https://www.metstrade.com

30 November 

IBTC Lowestoft Open Day

Lowestoft, Suffolk 

https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/event/shipshape/open-days-ibtc-lowestoft-boatbuilding-college