Classic boats - Schedule of regattas 2017
ENGLAND
SOUTH COAST
1–4 JUNE
Yarmouth Old Gaffers Festival
yarmoutholdgaffersfestival.co.uk
Flagship OGA bash, 100+ boats
1 JULY
Round the Island Race
roundtheisland.org.uk
The world’s most popular yacht race
8–15 JULY
Panerai British Classic Week
britishclassicyachtclub.org
One of the top British classic regattas
14–16 JULY
Taittinger Royal
Solent Yacht Club Regatta
Yarmouth, IoW, royalsolent.org
IRC, Swans, cruisers, gaffers, 6-Ms,
Dragons, FBs, XODs, YODs
17–21 JULY
Cowes Classics Week
cowesclassicsweek.org
100+ boats in many classes
29 JULY – 5 AUGUST
Cowes Week
aamcowesweek.co.uk
6 AUGUST
ROLEX FASTNET
rolexfastnetrace.com
Usually some excitement in the classics class...
16-17 SEPTEMBER
Hamble Classics Regatta
royal-southern.co.uk
2-3 SEPTEMBER
Bosham Classic Boat Revival
Bosham SC, Chichester Harbour
boshamsailingclub.com
Popular classic dinghy regatta
EAST COAST
17-18 JUNE
Suffolk Yacht Harbour
Classic Regatta
Levington, R Orwell, syharbour.co.uk
Bermudan and gaff-rigged racing
8 JULY
Heybridge Basin Regatta
Nr Maldon, Essex
jenny@pa-angels.co.uk
Small, friendly East Coast regatta
JUNE-SEPTEMBER
Barge matches
sailingbargeassociation.co.uk
3 JUNE: Medway (Chatham)
17 JUNE: Blackwater (Maldon)
24-25 JUNE: Passage race from Queenborough to Ipswich
1 JULY: Pin Mill
15 JULY: Thames (Gravesend)
29-30 JULY: Swale (Faversham)
5 AUGUST: Whitstable
27 AUGUST: Southend
2 SEPTEMBER: Colne
20–25 AUGUST
Mersea Week
Mersea Island, Essex
merseaweek.org
Family-friendly dinghy and yacht racing. Up to 800 competitors
26 AUGUST
West Mersea Town Regatta
Mersea Island, Essex
mersearegatta.org.uk
Family friendly, fun shoreside and on-the-water regatta est 1838
23 SEPTEMBER
Maldon Town Regatta
Essex, maldonregatta.co.uk
Yachts and workboats at this favourite end-of-season event
SCOTLAND
19-21 MAY
Campbeltown Classics (OGA)
Campbeltown, Kintyre Peninsula
oga.org.uk
Jewel in the crown of the OGA’s
Scottish regattas
27 MAY – 3 JUNE
Sail Caledonia
Atlantic coast to North Sea coast, via Great Glen
sailcaledonia.org
Crossing Scotland on a 66-mile route in a dinghy makes this raid one for the bucket list
4 JUNE
Anstruther Muster
Anstruther, Fife
anstrutherharbourfestival.co.uk
This year’s Anstruther Muster is a 20th anniversary event and takes place as part of Anstruther Harbour
Festival with historic fishing vessels and yachts
24-25 JUNE
Scottish Traditional Boat Festival
Portsoy, Aberdeenshire
stbfportsoy.com/stbf
Rowing, sailing, shoreside. 100+ boats. Backed by Aberd
THAMES
2–4 JUNE 2017
Beale Park Boat and Outdoor Show
bealeparkboatandoutdoorshow.co.uk
Beale Park, nr Reading, upper Thames
Yet another change of name for this ‘grass, tents and dinghies’ classic day out
4–16 JULY
Thames Traditional
Boat Festival
tradboatrally.com
The show saw a change of management and name in 2015 and has been revitalised by all accounts. It’s the biggest gathering of rivercraft in Europe.
9 SEPTEMBER
Great River Race
Docklands to Ham, Thames, London
greatriverrace.co.uk
300-boat, 21-mile rowing race. TheLondon Marathon of the Thames,established in 1988 for anything
that can be rowed or paddled.
NORFOLK BROADS
3-4 JUNE (DATE TBC)
Three Rivers Race
The Ant, Bure and Thurne
threeriversrace.org.uk
Wild Broads day/night race, once described as It’s a Knockout on water.
LATE SEPTEMBER (DATE TBC)
Yare Navigation Race
Norfolk Broads
coldhamhallsailingclub.co.uk
32-M passage race
Thrills and spills in the biggest yacht race on the Broads
WALES
MAY (DATE TBC)
Swansea Bay and Bristol
Channel Yacht Club Regatta
Swansea Bay, bcyc.co.uk
Pilot cutters and other gaffers
23 JULY – 4 AUGUST
Menai Strait Regattas
Nr Beaumaris, Anglesey, N Wales
menaistraitregattas.org.uk
Many classes, sponsored by Hempel
19-26 AUGUST
Conwy River Festival
conwyriverfestival.org
Includes Nobby and Gaffers Race
NORTH ENGLAND
AUGUST (DATES TBC)
Yorkshire YC Regatta
ryyc.org.uk
Including Yorkshire ODs. All sizes of wooden boat; 20+boats
23-25 JUNE
Northern Boat Show
Liverpool, northernboatshow.co.uk
IRELAND
26-28 MAY
Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival
baltimorewoodenboatfestival.com
Major Irish event in County Cork
JUNE (DATES TBC)
Crosshaven Traditional Sail
crosshaventradsail.com
5-9 JULY
Dun Laoghaire Regatta
dlregatta.org
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