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The original traditional boat festival, Les Fêtes Maritimes de Douarnenez, turns 40 next year when it returns from 23-26 July. As part of the celebrations, the festival team is compiling a commemorative book of memories from participants over the years … Continued
Douarnenez is back this year from 23-26 July, together with a couple of other ‘even year’ traditional boat festivals closer to home. In West Cornwall, Mousehole’s Sea Salts and Sail runs from 3-5 July, while the late spring bank holiday … Continued
Following the success of its inaugural event in 2024, Lugger Fest will be back next year. Ullapool’s biennial traditional maritime festival returns from 22-24 May 2026 to Scotland’s northwest coast. Held on Shore Quay, Ullapool, Lugger Fest 26 will once … Continued
Nominations are now open for the 6th annual Gustave Trouvé Awards for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating, presented by sponsors EPTechnologies and Nautical Ventures. Anyone, including boatyards and manufacturers, can nominate a boat in any of the 9 categories, however … Continued
The inaugural Wooden Boat Stage was the star of the show at this year’s Southampton Boat Show, bringing together the wooden boatbuilding community and drawing in visitors with a packed programme of talks and demonstrations from boatbuilders, riggers, timber merchants, … Continued
A huge amount of ‘finds’ have been discovered at Buckler’s Hard as an archaeological dig revealed a preserved 18th-century slipway which exceeded expectations. The Buckler’s Hard Shipyard Trust has just finished a new survey of the one of the historical slipways where 55 wooden … Continued
At 1100 on Friday 19th September record breaking sailor and engineer Jazz Turner will open the new Wooden Boat Stage (Stand A012) at the Southampton International Boat Show. Jazz will be joined by Will Reed (Boat Building Academy), Colin Henwood … Continued
The Traditional Boat Show in Den Helder, Netherlands, returns this year on 7-9 November. The three-day show will feature a small boat hall, boatbuilders, sailmakers and boat designers. This part of the boat show will be held under the aegis of … Continued
The Royal Society of Marine Artists’ (RSMA) Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries in London is widely recognised as the UK’s most significant showcase of marine art – a genre of special significance to an island nation whose frontiers lie where … Continued
The Southampton International Boat Show 2025 will welcome an exciting new addition to its ten-day programme with the launch of the Wooden Boat Stage, a platform dedicated to celebrating the craft and culture of British wooden boatbuilding, hosted by the … Continued