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

Looe Lugger Guide Me. Photograph: Cat Holman

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

www.brixhamheritageregatta.uk

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

www.crickboatshow.com

27 May – 3 June

Sail Caledonia

Scotland

www.sailcaledonia.org

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

Falmouth Classics 2021. Photograph: Kathy Mansfield

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

https://www.arnsidevillage.co.uk/events/arnside-classic-boat-regatta-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arnside-classic-boat-regatta-2023

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

www.boatbuildingacademy.com

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

Thames Traditional Boat Festival 2021. Photograph: Kathy Mansfield

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

http://stbfportsoy.org

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

https://www.foweyclassics.com

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

https://www.dinghycruising.org.uk/calendar.html