Classic Boat Events Guide 2013

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CLASSIC EVENTS GUIDE 2013

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THE sEason sTarTs HErEGrab a highlighter and start planning your sailing summer with our classic events guide

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CLASSIC EVENTS UK AND IRELAND

Solent & South coaSt

19-21 APRILSt george’S day cupYarmouth, Isle of Wight Tel: +44 (0)7831 710946 www.topsail-adventures.co.ukFourth annual gathering of Pilot Cutters, gaffers, luggers and the like at the Royal Solent YC.

28 APRILBeaulieu Boat jumBleBeaulieu, Hampshire Tel: +44 (0)1590 [email protected] a list of all UK boat jumbles, visit boatjumbleassociation.co.uk

4-5 MAYoga 50 welcome Hamble, See pp36-37

5-6 MAYSouthampton maritime feStivalOcean Cruise Terminalwww.southamptonmaritimefestival.comNewly-restored Steam Tug Challenge, trips on SS Shieldhall and more in 1940s-themed festival – highlights include historic dive re-enactors, Lancaster bomber fly-past, Dunkirk Little Ships and OGA Parade of Sail

24 MAY royal eScape race Brighton-Fécamp Tel: +44 (0)1273 464868 www.royalescaperace.co.ukCommemorates Charles II’s 17th-century escape. Modern, but now with a classics class

31 MAY – 2 JUNEyarmouth old gafferS feStivalIoW, Tel: +44 (0)1983 760655 www.yarmoutholdgaffersfestival.co.ukFlagship event of the Solent OGA, with an average attendance of about 120 boats

1 JUNEround the iSland race Cowes, Isle of Wight Tel: +44 (0)1983 296621 [email protected] www.roundtheisland.org.ukAnything with a sail – 1,600+ boats

6-7 JULY BoSham claSSic Boat revivalBosham SC, Chichester HarbourTel: +44 (0)1243 572341 www.boshamsailingclub.comClassic and SoT dinghies and dayboats up to 20ft (6m); 50 boats at the first event in 2011, more last year and probably more this year. One of the events driving the growth in classic and vintage dinghies

6-7 JULYthree creekS rally and raceOGA Solent Areawww.solentgaffers.orgCasual racing from Ashlett Creek to Newtown Creek to Wootton Creek

6-13 JULYpanerai BritiSh claSSic weekCowes, Isle of WightTel: +44 (01983 245100 [email protected] series including round-the-Island race, social programme, glamorous yachts. 70+ boats

6-13 JULYclaSSic channel regattaDartmouth-Channel Islandswww.classic-channel-regatta.euRacing and social events in the English Channel. Record attendance expected this year - 100 yachts?

15-19 JULYcoweS claSSicS weekCowes, Isle of Wight www.cowesclassicsweek.org [email protected] boats, classic keelboats and yachts at this event formerly known as the ‘Metre and Keelboat’ regatta. This year’s features include the 6-Ms, 12-Ms and, for the first time, 8-Ms. The Sunbeams are expecting to attend with a record turn-out in their 90th year and some 1898-designed Howth 17s will be coming from Ireland. With the other regular keelboat classes and a new class for cruiser-racers, this has developed into a relaxed and enjoyable classic-boat alternative to the congested Cowes Week.

19-21 JULYtaittinger royal Solent yacht cluB regattaYarmouth, Isle of WightTel: +44 (0)1983 760256www.royalsolent.orgIRC, Swans, cruisers, gaffers, 6-Ms, Dragons, FBs, XODs, YODs

3-10 AUGUST coweS week Cowes, Isle of Wight Tel: +44 (0)1983 [email protected], to give it its sponsored title, Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. Classic classes include XOD, Daring, Seaview Mermaid, Victory, Sunbeam, SCOD and more.

15-18 AUGUST oga juBilee feStivalCowes, IoWThe big one. See pp36-37

26-30 AUGUSThammond inneS centenary raceASTO, location TBC Tel: +44 (0)2392 503222, www.asto.org.ukOne-off event to celebrate the birth of Hammond Innes, benefactor of sail-training. Details to follow.

30 AUGUST – 1 SEPTEMBERcoweS claSSic powerBoat rallyBembridge, Cowes Tel: +44 (0)7973 349769 or +44 (0)7921 944251www.powerboatrally.comIn its third year. 33 boats last year

13-22 SEPTEMBER Southampton Boat Showwww.southamptonboatshow.comOutdoors, (partly) on the water and now Britain’s leading boat show, with strong classic dinghy presence

14-15 SEPTEMBER Battle of Britain regattaRoyal Air Force YC, Hamble, HantsTel: +44 (0)23 8045 2208;www.rafyc.co.ukOpen to civilians as well as RAF personnel, features many XODs and

Salterns-built Memory gaffers.

21 SEPTEMBER centenary chaSeYarmouth, Isle of WightOGA Solent Areawww.solentgaffers.orgPursuit race, withRoyal Solent Yacht Club

5 OCTOBER aSto Small ShipS raceCowes, IoWTel: +44 (0)2392 503222 www.asto.org.ukRace for youth-training sailing vessels up to 120ft (36m) in length. The race is 10 this year so expecting a record turn-out.

So... no Olympics this year! But there is a far more important event to classic sailing – the OGA’s 50th anniversary bonanza (see pp44-45). 2013 is also a Fife year – which means the most beautiful yachts in the world will gather on

Scotland’s Firth of Clyde as they do every five years, this year including Britain’s first design symposium. At the other end of the scale from the grand Fifes, dinghies are

just looking stronger and stronger, with the third Bosham Revival and a special one-off to commemorate a century of the International 12s. Cowes Classics Week is also one to watch – with 150 boats expected this year, it will be the largest classic regatta after the OGA’s big bash. And if racing around the cans is not your thing, why not take your classic offshore in the biennial Classic Channel Regatta?

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The Old Gaffers Association hits its half-century this year. Originally set up to defend and promote traditional gaff rig (mainsails with four sides, essentially) it has proved so successful (1,200 members in the

UK, plus overseas groups) it now also tolerates traditional boats with pointy (ie, bermudan) sails. It can reasonably claim to be the leading traditional and classic boating organisation in the UK, and probably the world.

The highlights of its 50th anniversary celebrations are the Round Britain Challenge, a 2,000-mile clockwise voyage around the UK, starting and ending on the East Coast, where the OGA was founded; this will be followed in August by a huge jubilee party at Cowes.

Around 40 boats, including a dozen from the Netherlands and France, have already expressed interest in joining the Round Britain Challenge; a further 36 are planning to join the ‘relay’, doing just a leg or two. Many boats have room for additional crew members. Have a look on the internet at oga50.org for more details of the boats registered so far.

The various OGA Area Groups around the country will be laying on entertainments for the Round Britain fleet and their own members – dates and locations are on the map, and below. Participating boats should sign up for the ports/events they plan to attend. Other ports have been selected for stopovers as required.

The Cowes Jubilee Festival, 15-18 August, is billed as “the greatest gathering of gaffers” with four days of festive fun on the water and ashore. Boat places may well be booked up by now, but there’ll be a waiting list, and foot visitors will be welcome.

Two other dates have been designated jubilee events: the National Small Boat Rally in Cardiff, 28 June – 1 July, see p 53, and Peel Traditional Boat Weekend, Isle of Man, 8-12 August, see p 51.

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20-21 aprilEast Coast arEa: ChallEngE startthe first uK participants in the round britain challenge set off from Maldon where the association was formally founded 50 years ago. Farewell supper on Saturday; ceremonial send-off of the fledgling rbc fleet on Sunday. www.eastcoastgaffers.org.uk

4-5 maysolEnt arEa: wElComE wEEkEnd RAF Yacht Club, Hamble With rally and parade of sail as a backdrop to Southampton maritime Festival (5-6 may). register interest on www.oga50.org

8-9 maydEvon arEa wElComEs thE flEEt Plymouth, Mayflower Marina details and register interest, www.oga50.org

11-12 may islEs of sCillySt Mary’s welcomes the round britain challenge fleet with live music in one of Scilly’s best pubs. register interest at www.oga50.org

18-19 maymilford havEnStopover on the way up the Welsh coast; more details to come - see www.oga50.org

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For those not going through the Caledonian Canal, but following the north coast of Scotland, OGA Scottish Area has arranged stopovers in the Hebrides (Stornoway) and Shetlands (Lerwick), rejoining the Caledonian Canal fleet at Peterhead or Anstruther

31 MAy - 4 June ScottiSh area campbeltownGathering of the fleet. Find details and register interest at www.oga50.org

14-17 JuneStornoway, iSle of lewiS A traditional Hebridean boat festival weekend with racing and social events. Find further details and register interest at www.oga50.org

21-24 June 2013lerwick, Shetland events to be arranged. Find details and register interest on www.oga50.org


25–26 MAynorth waleS area: holyheadFree berthing in the Marina and activities in the harbour organised by Holyhead Sailing Club with entertainment in the club during the evenings. Find details and register interest, www.oga50.org

31 MAy - 2 Junedublin bay area traditional boat rally Over the Irish June Bank Holiday weekend to coincide with the arrival of the Round Britain Challenge fleet in Ireland. Berthing at Poolbeg YBC Marina. A programme of racing with a prestigious new trophy. www.oga50.org

8-9 Junenorthern ireland area: weekend rallyBelfast Berthing in new marina next to historic Harland and Wolff dockyard and brand new Titanic Belfast attraction. Craic aplenty. www.oga50.org

15-16 JuneScotland area: loch melfortGathering point – and party – for the Caledonian Canal fleet. Moorings and anchorages nearby. www.oga50.org

28-30 JuneanStrutherReunion of the two fleets, details tba. See www.oga50.org

1 JuLyeyemouth Find details and register interest at www.oga50.org

5-7 JuLy newcaStle feStival of SailNorth-east Area, with Newcastle Quayside Marina A large-scale gathering of gaff-rigged and other

traditional and characterful craft, involving as many maritime and heritage organisations as possible in a weekend of activities including: parade/concours d’élegance; craft, volunteer and trade stands; music; food and drink. www.oga50.org

11-14 JuLynorth eaSt area: GrimSbyGrimsby and Cleethorpes Yacht Club will lay on a programme of social and sailing events over three days. www.oga50.org

20-28 JuLy eaSt coaSt area: oGa Jubilee cruiSe Ipswich-Brightlingsea Tying the knot on the Round-Britain with a week of events, starting in Ipswich and including the annual east Coast Race at Brightlingsea (more details on p49) The week concludes with departure of Challenge fleet for the Cowes Jubilee Festival. www.eastcoastclassics.co.uk

3-5 AuGuST eaSt coaSt area: ramSGate rally Free berthing in the harbour and three days of fun and games for local boats and the Challenge fleet – with participation from the town. www.eastcoastclassics.co.uk

15-18 AuGuSToGa Jubilee feStival, coweSnational birthday party! Members and non-members welcome. Music, games, bar, food, trophies, rowing races, tug’o’war - there’ll be racing in the Solent on the Saturday for prestigious once-in-a-lifetime Anniversary trophies and the Solent Annual Race, with crew parties every night. See www.oga50.org for information about registration.

More OGA events in the regional pages of this guide – and more about the OGA’s 50th anniversary in future issues of Classic Boat

‘round the top’ route

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38 CLASSIC BOAT OCTOBER 2012

SPETSES CLASSIC YACHT RACE

Greece, home of the Classics had no classic yacht regatta – until now. Steffan Meyric Hughes was there to find out more

The cLASSIcS cOme TO greece

Greece is in a period of radical upheaval. I am referring, obviously, to the emergence of a nascent classic yachting scene. That it’s taken this long for Greece to have a bona fide, big-time, sponsored classic yacht regatta

will come as a surprise to many: the famous, ship-building nation’s archipelagos have played host to yachtsmen of all stamps over the millennia, from Odysseus to family flotilla sailors, not to mention a great fleet of charter classics throughout the latter half of the 20th century.

a derelict hotel and a sunken boatThe Saronic isle of Spetses is not a typical Greek island. It’s only a short ride from Athens by Soviet-built hydrofoil, but few in Britain have heard of it, and its beaches, frequently rocky, are unknown and very secluded. It’s a weekend hang out for wealthy Athenians, some of whom have houses and yachts here, and as a result has preserved most of its originality; it makes for a far more authentic experience than you’ll find on most Greek islands.

Antonis Vordonis, owner of the island’s striking Poseidonion Grand Hotel, co-sponsor of the regatta, is not a typical hotelier either. That much is apparent as he arrives helmet-less and wild-haired on his ridiculous, tiny Honda monkey bike, customised with a 150cc engine that makes it a giant in the land of 49cc two-strokers. Antonis, and childhood friend Stratis, a prominent

yachtsman in Greece, are the two men who inaugurated the regatta with a ‘soft-pedal’ launch for 10 boats in 2011.

Both have been busy in recent years, Stratis with the restoration of his grandfather’s 50ft (15.2m) 1947 Fred Shepherd ketch Glaramara, and Antonis with the five-year restoration of the Poseidonion Grand. As if that weren’t enough, Antonis also rescued a sunken yacht in Spetses Harbour that he wanted to restore at the same time: Tincano. She’s a 1936, 39ft (11.9m) Philip Rhodes sloop and he brought her to the surface with airbags, free-diving repeatedly to 5m (16ft).

Antonis, unlike Stratis, is not competitive about racing. But it’s with Stratis that I’d be sailing the next day aboard Glaramara.

the race“Here – now you can sell ice creams too,” said one of the Greek crew of Glaramara, tossing me a smart, white boiler suit – crew uniform on the newly-restored 1947 ketch. Stratis greeted me with a broad smile and a warning to expect some culture shock from the heated exchange of his crew (“they are very passionate”).

We motored out from the harbour, passing mothballed coastal freighters, lines of little wooden fishing vessels on swinging moorings and a 1960s-vintage motor yacht. The start line is in front of the hotel, whose broad verandah provides a great viewing platform for the races.

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SPETSES

Right: The largest

boat in the

regatta, Fleurtje,

a 187ft (57m)

three-masted

staysail schooner

built in 1960,

dwarfs one of the

smallest in the

open-boat class

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right: Glaramara;

the 20ft (6m)

fishing boat Ag

Giorgis and her

winning crew;

Stratis Andreadis

at Glaramara’s

wheel; a bowman

on Glaramara;

sponsor’s flags

Below: The

traditional fishing

class was very

hotly contested

Our prayers for wind were answered quickly as the air temperature rose to 36°C throughout the morning, heating the 11 square miles (28km2) of Spetses and the Greek mainland on the other side. Soon, we were in a perfect Force 3/4 sea breeze blowing steady, heavy with the scent of wild thyme.

The fleet of 50 yachts jilled near the start line and in the mêlée, the bowman, living up to Stratis’s warning, became excited, uttering a warning cry like that of a guttural bird – “ay, ay, ay, ay, ay!”. We sailed past an old wooden fishing boat, its crew dressed in white with red caps. They made their own sails a week before the race, learned to sail and won their class. They have been fishing under sail ever since; wind is cheaper than diesel.

I can’t be the only British sailor who’s long harboured a secret suspicion that sailing in the Med is tantamount to lake sailing. In fact, racing here has unique challenges, as I discovered during our long, triangular course in the strait between Spetses and the mainland.

There might be no tide, but unlike the steady oceanic winds of northern Europe, the katabatic breezes are hard to gauge, changing direction as they are deformed by land masses on each side. In the middle of the strait is a “hole” dividing the sea breezes from land on each side, and there is some tactical decision-making to do: ghost through, or run around the outside of it, trusting the wind on its edges will hold.

Glaramara has great momentum from her heavy displacement, an overlapping genoa pulling hard and colourful encouragement from the foredeck.

By this point, “ay ay ay ay ay” is phasing in and out of syncopation with another livid libretto from amidships that sounds like “fjord’s alibi, fjord’s alibi”, while the bass fills in with an answering refrain, that sounds like deep Jamaican English – “a special place – A SPE-SHUL PLACE!”. The lustiest cries I’d ever heard aboard a boat before this (Portuguese fishermen) paled in comparison, and at first I am seriously concerned that a fight will break out. Then I see how much everyone, including Stratis, cool as a naval officer in the cockpit, is enjoying it.

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In spite of good boatspeed that day, we finished low in our class after handicapping, a disappointment to Stratis, who won last year’s tester event, and whose father and grandfather have both been commodore of the Yacht Club of Greece, organiser of the Spetses Classic. Over the next few days, his fortunes improved, resulting in a bronze finish and the special prize from sponsor Chivas Regal.

spirit of chivalry awardThis prize was awarded carefully, using a point-scoring system, by a representative of the Comité International de la Mediterranée (CIM) and your humble correspondent. In the cool darkness of the hotel’s computer room, Antonis Asimakos and I looked through the entrants, scoring each for originality or authenticity of hull, rig and topsides.

With 21 yachts divided into vintage (pre-1949), classic (1949-75) and spirit of tradition, 17 Aegean schooners and 12 open boats, we had our work cut out. But by the end, we’d found favourites in Candida (the stunning, 120ft/36.6m Charles Nicholson yacht of 1929), Tincano, Glaramara, a 1950s Erik Salander sloop of 34ft (10.4m) called Salana (Getting Afloat, p67), the 8-M Flamingo, Navisa, a 25ft (7.6m) keelboat and the oldest yacht in the race (1907), and the more authentic fishing boats.

The next day, I join the parade of sail in a very different craft to Glaramara. Maridha is a ‘cabin trehandiri’ – a local fishing type now being reborn as beamy, shallow, canoe-sterned wooden sailing yachts. She’s 30ft 6in (9.3m)

Top left: the

smallest, oldest

and the winner in

class – Navisa

Above left:

Christophe

Lemarié of Chivas

Regal (in red)

presents the cup

for gallantry to

Stratis Andreadis

of Glaramara

Above right:

Candida, not seen

on the circuit for

some years, racing

at Spetses

long and built in closely-spaced, sawn-oak frames, wearing a suit of carvel iroko. Her form provides a rough ride in big seas, “but will never sink”, as elderly owner Mrs Pakis tells me with a smile.

The trehandiri is popularly termed a karydosouflo (walnut) for its unsinkable but queasy propensity to ride over, rather than through, the seas. For her purpose of visiting the island’s many inaccessible beaches, though, with her big, low cockpit, fair weather stability and shallow draught, Maridha is perfect. Later, when I hire a waspish moped to ride the 16M (26km) around the island, it was heartening to see a few of these new workboats nestling into secret bays, their owners enjoying the island in boats that are such a part of its heritage.

a dying trade?The next day, I jump on the back of Antonis’s tiny motorbike to go and meet Pandelis Korakis, Maridha’s builder. He has recently taken over the waterside boatyard from his father, a man who built 250 boats. Times have changed, we reflect over syrupy coffee sipped on broken chairs in the dusty shade of one of the sheds. “Best coffee on the island,” says Stratis, who has joined us.

Pandelis is finding some work building trehandiri yachts like Maridha and other local workboat types from half models in pine or iroko, using no more than an adze and plane for shaping the frames and planks.

He has been hampered in his efforts by Greek legislation that bans buildings on the shore – from the

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Spetses: an island of charm and boatbuilding tradition


SPETSES

highest winter wave extending 230ft (70m) inland. There is an exception for ‘heritable’ businesses, but it transpires that the jury is still out in the case of this yard, although it has built traditional Greek boats in wood for well over a century.

Of the six yards CB saw on our last visit to Spetses in 2001, only three are still open... just. A boatbuilders’ action group has been set up, called Agamemnon, after Bouboulina’s ship (see below), and receives help, fi nancial and administrative, from the Spetses Race.

And the future of that, at least, seems bright. It can count among its assets sponsors like Chivas Regal and the Poseidonion Grand, a perfect setting and great racing. This is Greece after all; the classics belong here.

Above: The old

harbour of Spetses

in its boatbuilding

heyday in 1907

BY MIKE SMYLIE

In the years following the Second World War, the Greeks bought up American liberty ships and founded today’s shipping lines. But their strong maritime commerce harks back much further.

When the Turks ruled Greece from the 15th century until 1821, they allowed Greeks the freedom to trade, in return for heavy taxation. The fl eet grew and shipbuilding became concentrated on various centres – Galixidi, on the Gulf of Corinth, and the islands of Spetses, Hydra, Samos and Psara.

Spetses was originally called Pitionsis or Pitiousa in ancient times, which means “an island full of pine trees”. When the Franks came they called it Isola di Spezzie – the “island of aroma” – due to its array of plants. The island had been inhabited since at least 3000BC, and it was likely that the pine trees attracted the fi rst boatbuilders.

In the 15th century, Albanian families with Greek education and culture settled, tending sheep and building small craft to fi sh with. Two centuries later came colonies of people from Lakonia and Argolida, areas of the Peloponnese just across the water, and specifi cally from what is now the town of Ermioni.

These incomers helped establish the strong maritime trade. They built bigger vessels and exported cotton, wool, wheat, olives and olive oil around the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Some boats even sailed as far as Britain, others working purely as trading vessels taking goods from Russia to France, for example.

Wealth came to the island during the Napoleonic era, and the sea captains built their archontika – literally mansions – around the harbour. They remain there today. New ships were built, creating an even stronger fl eet.

Then came the Greek revolution against the Turks in 1821, where Spetses was one of the fi rst islands to revolt. With its fl eet of 54 large ships and countless smaller ones,

the island’s captains became renowned for their dauntlessness in battle. Their ships su� ered accordingly, and now both Hydra and Spetses have national recognition for the role they played in expelling the Turks.

THE WIDOW OF SPETSESOne specifi c hero from the island was Lakarina Bouboulina, who was a rich, 50-year-old widow at the start of the revolution. She had six children from two marriages, both husbands having died.

She had four ships built for the war, captaining the Agamemnon herself, while two of her sons sailed others. She put most of her money into the ships, crewing them with her best men, and supplying all the ammunition they needed. Eventually she was made an admiral – the only woman to achieve this in Greece. She was killed by a misfi red bullet while in conversation in a street in Nafplio in 1825. Now there is a museum in Spetses dedicated to her.

These days, Spetses boatbuilders import most of their timber from the island of Samos, renowned for its pine, after a forest fi re destroyed many of Spetses’ trees.

Left: A new

trehandiri under

build by Pandelis

Korakis (above)

“Of the six yards CB saw on our last trip to Spetses, only three are still open”

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Pilot cutters at last

year’s World

Championships



3-6 MAYPilot GiG WorldsIsles of Scilly Tel: +44 (0)1720 422670 www.worldgigs.co.uk 100+ rowing gigs

8-9 MAYoGA 50 WelcomePlymouth, See pp36-37

11-12 MAYoGA 50 WelcomeScilly Isles, See pp36-37

24-25 MAYBrixhAm heritAGe reGAttADevon. Tel: +44 (0)1803 853332 brixhamheritagesailing.org.ukFrom trawlers to small gaffers

24 MAY – 2 JUNEFAl river FestivAlFalmouth. Tel: +44 (0)1326 313394 www.falriver.co.uk

25-27 MAY22 sQm chAmPionshiPs And clAssic keelBoAt reGAttAPlymouth Sound Tel: +44 (0)1752 869000, www.cremyll-keelboats.org.ukAfter a successful launch event last year, the exciting 22 Square Metres event expands with an invitation to all classic keelboats to join them for a weekend of

racing and social events

26 MAY Around lundy rAceIlfracombe, North DevonTel: +44 (0)1271 863969www.ilfracombeyc.org.uk45 miles with 50 or more boats

30 MAY – 3 JUNEPilot cutter World chAmPionshiPsFowey-St Mawes, CornwallTel: +44 (0)1872 580022 www.classic-sailing.co.ukPassage and day racing for new and old boats; seventh year

8-9 JUNE lundy GiG r0WClovelly-Lundy and back www.clovelly.co.uk

14-15 JUNE looe luGGer reGAttATel: +44 (0)1503 265380www.cornishluggers.co.uk Biennial celebration of the rig

14-16 JUNEFAlmouth seA shAnty FestivAlEvents Square, Falmouthwww.falmouthseashanty.co.uk10th year: 36 groups, 20 venues

28-30 JUNEGoloWAn mAritime FestivAlPenzance, CornwallTel: +44 (0)1736 360214

www.golowanmaritimefestival.co.ukTypically, luggers, gaffers, pilot gigs, ketches, crabbers and toshers

28-30 JUNE FAlmouth WorkinG BoAt chAmPionshiPs Falmouth, CornwallSt Mawes Sailing Club Tel: +44 (0)1326 270686 www.stmawessailing.co.uk

5-7 JULY stArt BAy rAllywww.devongaffers.org.ukDevon OGA’s main event, part of

Dartmouth Classics (see below)

6-7 JULY dArtmouth clAssics Weekendwww.dartmouthclassics.org.uk Formerly the opener of the longer, offshore Classic Channel Regatta, this is now a weekend event in its own right, with friendly racing and social events. Includes OGA 50th Jubilee race.

, 14 JULY clovelly mAritime FestivAlwww.clovelly.co.ukHarbourside festival

26-28 JULYBristol hArBour FestivAlbristolharbourfestival.co.ukOne of Britain’s biggest shoreside festivals: boats, music and more

26-29 JULYsutton hArBour Plymouth clAssic BoAt rAllyJonti Brice, Tel: +44 (0)7728 670211www.plymouthclassics.org.ukmail@plymouthclassics.co.ukThree days of racing ending with a 20-mile passage race to Fowey

30 JULY – 2 AUGUST FoWey clAssicsMike PrettejohnTel: +44 (0)1566 782267www.foweyclassics.org Friendly event, 60-70 boats

9-11 AUGUST FAlmouth clAssicsTel: +44 (0)1326 211555falmouthweek.co.ukUp to 150 classic boats, part of Falmouth Week, the biggest regatta in the south-west

AUGUST (Date TBC)sAlcomBe toWn reGAttASalcombe, Devon Tel: +44 (0)1548 843927General regatta with shoreside and sailing activities

11 AUGUSTsAlcomBe yAcht cluB reGAttASalcombe, Devon Tel: +44 (0)1548 842593 salcombeyc.org.ukIncludes Salcombe yawls race

17 AUGUST dittishAm reGAttAwww.devongaffers.org.ukFor those who can’t make the OGA’s big bash in Cowes

17 AUGUSTclovelly GiG reGAttAClovelly Harbour, North Devon www.clovelly.co.uk

26 AUGUST neWlyn Fish FestivAlNewlyn, Cornwall Tel: +44 (0)7518 603955www.newlynfishfestival.org.uk20,000+ visitors, fish auctions and tasting. Lugger and gig races

29-31 AUGUSTdArtmouth royAl reGAttADevon. Tel: +44(0)1803 834912 www.dartmouthregatta.co.ukInc Dartmouth Sailing Week and passage race; the 30+ years old review of classics; and, back last year after a health and safety hiatus, illuminated river procession

6-7 SEPTEMBER BoAts in the BAySt Ives, CornwallJonny Nance, Tel: +44 (0)7866 777 219wwww.stivesjumbo.com Luggers, Jumbos and other workboats

West country

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EAST COAST And nOrfOlk brOAdS20-21 ApriLOGA 50 dEpArTurEMaldon, Essexwww.eastcoastgaffers.org.ukstart of the round Britain challenge see pp36-37

25-27 MAYOGA SwAllOwS And AmAzOnS wEEkEndWalton Backwaterswww.eastcoastgaffers.org.ukracing and shore events for dinghies. three days this year. sail through the pages of secret Water

JUNe (tBc)VinTAGE wOOdEn bOAT ASSOCiATiOn nATiOnAl rAllyWayford Bridge, Stalham John Bailey, tel: +44 (0)1692 650486, www.vwba.orgrally for local and visiting classics

1 JUNeblACkwATEr SmACk And bArGE mATChessex, tel: +44 (0)1206 263026www.colnesmack.co.uk

1-2 JUNeThrEE riVErS rACEThe Ant, Bure and Thurnetel: +44 (0)1692 630507horningsc.org.ukpopular Broads day/night race, where you can choose the order in which you take the rivers

8-9 JUNebriGhTlinGSEA TOwn rEGATTAessex, tel: +44 (0)1206 263026www.colnesmack.co.uk

15 JUNepin mill SmACk And wOrkinG bOAT rACERiver Orwell, Suffolk, pin Mill sailing club pmsc.org.uktel: +44 (0)1473 780271this race attracts around 20 smacks

15-16 JUNeSuffOlk yAChT hArbOur ClASSiC rEGATTALevington, River OrwellJonathan dyketel: +44 (0)1473 659465www.syharbour.co.uk Bermudan yacht racing on the orwell and stour; three classes, including stellas

22 JUNehEybridGE bASin rEGATTANr Maldon, Essex carol Lawson tel: +44 (0)1621 [email protected], www.heybridgebasinregatta.co.uk. friendly, well-attended east coast regatta

22-23 JUNe OGA rOyAl hOSpiTAl SChOOl rAllyHolbrook Creek and Wrabnesswww.eastcoastclassics.co.ukcelebrates 300 years of the famous ex-naval college (nicknamed “the

cradle of the Navy”)

29 JUNe rOwhEdGE rEGATTAEssex, www.rowhedge-regatta.co.uk

30 JUNe COlnE SmACk SAil And piCniCessex, tel: +44 (0)1206 263026www.colnesmack.co.uk

3-5 JULY bCyC rEGATTA EAST COAST fEEdErLevington (Orwell) to CowesJonathan dyketel: +44 (0)1473 659465 [email protected] panerai British classic Week

13 JULY wiVEnhOE TOwn rEGATTA essex, tel: +44 (0)1206 263026www.colnesmack.co.uk

13-14 JULYfElixSTOwE rEGATTAwww.felixstoweregatta.co.ukGeneral regatta with a classics class

20-28 JULY OGA GOldEn jubilEE CruiSEIpswich to Brightlingsea www.eastcoastclassics.co.uk includes ipswich BBQ and regatta (20-21 July); cruise/race programme (21-26 July); east coast race and dinner, Brightlingsea (27 July); parade of sail to Wivenhoe (28 July), followed by departure of fleet for

oGA 50 Jubilee at cowes (pp36-37)

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Entry includes: National Motor Museum, Palace House & Gardens, Beaulieu Abbey, BOND IN MOTION and World of Top Gear

Sunday 28April 2013

Beaulieu, Hampshire SO42 7ZN Exit 2, M27

01590 612888 www.beaulieuboatjumble.co.uk

Boatjumble1000 stands of boating bits

BoatmallMarine equipment on our nautical high street

Trunk TradersFor amateur jumblers

BoatmartUsed crafts for sale from classics to nearly new

National Motor Museum, Palace House & Gardens, Beaulieu Abbey, BOND IN MOTION and World of Top Gear

April 2013

National Motor Museum, Palace House & Gardens, Beaulieu Abbey, BOND IN MOTION and World of Top Gear

Beaulieu, Hampshire SO42 7ZN Exit 2, M27

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Much more than a Boatjumble!Much more than a Boatjumble!Much more than a Boatjumble!Opens 9am for Boatmall & Boatmart, 10am for Boatjumble

WINAn iPad!T&Cs apply See website for details

WINAn iPad!T&Cs apply See website for details

Supported by

A great day out for all the family

20-21 JULY 2013Over 200

vintage and classic boats

Gates open 9am Plenty of

FREE parkingSupported by

www.tradboatrally.com

Fawley Meadows Henley-on-ThamesOxfordshire

THE 35TH

RALLY

6th Cowes Classics WeekMonday 15 – Friday 19 JulyHaving grown year-on-year, we are expecting 120 classic day racing keelboats including, 12mR, 8mR, 6mR, Darings, Dragons, Sunbeams, Bembridge OD, XOD, Loch Longs, Yarmouth OD, Swallows, Old Gaffers, Classic Cruisers, and a Revival Class for other qualifying boats.

• Regatta ethos – mix of Championship and Navigation courses• Committee Boat starts – top race officials• Several race tracks to ensure clean air and open water• Wonderful trophies – the Queen Victoria Cup is awarded as an

Anniversary Cup• Major sponsors including Harken and Haines Boatyard• Full and varied social programme• Tea and cake after racing

NEW for 2013• RLYC 175th Anniversary• Sunbeam 90th Anniversary• New classes for Classic Cruisers• Supporting the Andy Cassell Foundation for disabled sailors

The event is run by the Royal London Yacht Club in conjunction with the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club and the Island Sailing Club

For more information 01983 299727 [email protected]

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Antigua based, independent yacht charter broker. We feature some of the most beautiful classic and vintage yachts in the Caribbean and have experience of arranging regatta charters and photo/film shoots.

Tel: +1 (268) 463 7101 Fax: +1 (815) 572 8962E-mail: [email protected]

www.classicyachtcharters.com

Beale Park

Boat Show

Swallows and Amazons

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18-19 MAYLechLade smaLL boat [email protected] Small, tented and boated gathering on the Upper Thames in Gloucestershire.

7-9 JUNEbeaLe Park boat showPangbourne, BerkshireTel: +44 (0)118 [email protected]

For small traditional boats

20-21 JULY thames traditionaL boat raLLyHenley-on-Thames, Oxon Tony Goodhead Tel: +44 (0)1932 872575, www.tradboatrally.com One of Europe’s largest gatherings of traditionally-built river craft including Dunkirk Little Ships, with ample shoreside entertainment; 200+ boats. This venerable festival is 36 this year.

SEpTEMbEr (DATE TbC)st katharine docks festivaLwww.skdocks.co.uk

15 SEpTEMbEr great river raceThames, London. Tel: +44 (0)208 398 8141, greatriverrace.co.uk. Huge, colourful, 300-boat, 21-mile rowing race upriver from Docklands in London to Ham in Surrey

river thames

3 AUGUSTswaLe matchSwale Channel, North Kentwww.kentishsail.org [email protected] match for smacks and barges

3-6 AUGUSToga ramsgate raLLy ramsgate Harbour, Kent www.eastcoastclassics.co.uk Three-day event for local gaffers

and Cowes-bound fleet (pp36-37)

4 AUGUSTbroads cLassic dinghy weekendWroxham, NorfolkNorfolk broads YC Tel: +44 (0)1603 782808www.nbyc.co.uk

10 AUGUSTcobmarsh marathon Cobmarsh Island, EssexTel: +44 (0)1206 826411 www.mersearegatta.org.ukrowing race around the island for traditional smacks’ boats

16 AUGUSTnorfoLk oyster and giPsy worLdsBlakeney, North Norfolk Tel: +44 (0)1263 741172www.neilthompsonboats.co.ukTongue-in-cheek title of a friendly

day’s racing for Neil Thompson boats

16-18 AUGUSTvintage wooden boat association nationaL raLLyBeccles Yacht StationJohn bailey. Tel: +44 (0)1692 650486, www.vwba.orgLocal and visiting classics

18-23 AUGUSTmersea weekMersea Island, EssexGreg Dunn, Tel: +44 (0)7801 [email protected] Family friendly event with races for classic yachts and dinghies. 40 this year

24 AUGUSTwest mersea town regattaWest Mersea, Essexwww.mersearegatta.org.uk

24-25 AUGUST iPswich maritime festivaL Ipswich Jay Harvey Tel: +44 (0)7731 991669 www.ipswichmaritimefestival.

waterfrontaction.co.ukShoreside at Ipswich’s historic Wet Dock with trad craft moored alongside

24-26 AUGUST oga crouch fambridge raLLyFambridgewww.eastcoastgaffers.org.ukTwo rallies combined into one long weekend for local gaffers and boats returning to the East Coast after the big Cowes event

24-31 AUGUSTburnham weekBurnham-on-Crouch, Essex burnhamweek.org.ukTel: +44 (0)845 [email protected] East Coast’s answer to Cowes Week: 100+ boats in many classes

1 SEpTEMbErmersea oyster dredging matchEssex rob Lee, Tel: +44(0)7803 281175Unique event for smacks and bawleys. He who dredges most wins

7 SEpTEMbErtoLLesbury regattaEssex, Tel: +44 (0)1206 263026www.colnesmack.co.uk

14 SEpTEMbErcoLne smack and barge matchEssex, Tel: +44 (0)1206 263026www.colnesmack.co.uk

14 SEpTEMbEryare navigation raceNorfolk Broads Ian barker, Tel: +44 (0)1508 538100www.coldhamhallsailingclub.co.uk 32-M passage race; 57 boats last year

21 SEpTEMbEr maLdon town regatta Essex. Tel: +44 (0)7884 [email protected]

11-13 OCTObErharwich sea shanty festivaLEssex, Tel: +44 (0)7921 640772www.harwichshantyfestival.co.uk

northern engLand

29 MAY – 2 JUNEconiston regattaConiston, Lake DistrictGreg Simpson, Tel: +44 (0)1229 861001 www.coniston-regatta.co.ukbased at bank Ground Farm, ‘Holly Howe’ in Swallows and Amazons.Includes an outdoor showing of the film.

28-30 JUNE internationaL 12-foot centenaryWest Kirby SC, WirralTel: +44 (0)151 625 5579www.wksc.org.ukwww.international12.orgCentenary races for the class

2-5 AUGUSTbritish cLassic motorboat raLLyWindermere, Lake DistrictTel: +44 (0)1253 813007www.bcmbr.co.uk

5-7 JULY oga newcastLe festivaL of saiLSee pp36-37

13-11 AUGUST yorkshire yc regattaBridlington Tel: +44 (0)1262 678319 ryyc.org.uk

8-12 AUGUSTPeeL traditionaL boat weekend Peel, IoMTel: +44 (0)7624 450146peeltraditionalboat.orgFestival is 22 this year and has expanded from two to five days to celebrate OGA 50, for those who can’t make it to Cowes

thames barge matchesTel: +44 (0)1202 552582 sailingbarge association.co.uk18 May: Medway29 June: Pin Mill1 July: Blackwater13/27 July (TBC): GravesendJuly (TBC): Whitstable3 August: Swale25 August: Southend14 September: River Colne

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Cowes, 6th-13th July 2013Entries open April

Further information and entries, please contact, Mary Scott-Jackson, [email protected], Tel:+44 (0)1983 245100

www.britishclassicyachtclub.org/regatta

l Super Zero Class 75ft and overl IRC Classic yachts 25ft and overl Modern Classic Divisionl Full Social Programmel Solent racing and long inshore racel Panerai Classic Around the Island Race on Sunday 7th July

l Racing Monday 8th July to Friday 12th July

l Parade of Classics Saturday 13th July

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24-27 MAYBrewin Dolphin ScottiSh SerieSTarbert, Loch Fyne Clyde Cruising Club www.scottishseries.comTel: +44 (0)141 221 277414th year, c200 boats. Not classic, but big enough to boast a number of classics in IRC.

31 MAY – 4 JUNEoGA 50 welcome Campbeltown See pp36-37

14-17 JUNEoGA 50 welcome Stornoway See pp36-37

15-16 JUNEoGA 50 welcome Loch MelfortSee pp36-37

JUNE/JULY (TBC)crinAn clASSicCrinan, Argyll and ButeTel: +44 (0)7766 2781www.crinanclassic.com This well-loved event took a sabbatical last year, promising to return in 2013; keep checking the website for details

21-23 JUNEclyDe clASSicRoyal Northern and Clyde YCwww.clydeclassic.comClyde Classic, a new regatta that follows on from last year’s McGruer regatta, has sailing and a series of short lectures by noteworthy speakers in historic RNCYC clubhouse.

21-24 JUNEoGA 50 welcome Lerwick See pp36-37

22-23 JUNE ScottiSh trADitionAl BoAt FeStivAlPortsoy, AberdeenshireTel: +44 (0)1261 842951 www.scottishtraditionalboatfestival.co.uk. 20th year of this favourite with rowing, sailing and much shoreside activity. 100+ boats. Now under Aberdeen Asset Management sponsorship – just like Cowes Week!

28 JUNE - 5 JULY4th FiFe reGAttAFirth of Clyde and surroundswww.fiferegatta.com, [email protected] Fife yachts return to their

birthplace for the fourth of their quinquennial gatherings. Savour the sight of some 20 spectacular boats racing in their spectacular native habitat

1 JULYoGA 50 welcome Eyemouth See pp36-37

15-20 JULY SAil StornowAyStornoway Harbour, Isle of Lewiswww.sailhebrides.info [email protected] maritime festival with classic sailing and shoreside fun

19-21 JULYtArBert trADitionAl BoAt FeStivAlLoch Fyne Phil, Tel: +44 (0)7713 332319

[email protected] Following a successful event last year (30-plus boats from Ireland and Scotland), the Tarbert festival is on again.

3-4 AUGUSTArBoAth SeA FeStivAlAbroath Marina Strictly shoreside and not very classic. But fun - and raised £200,000 for the RNLI last year.

8-11 AUGUSTAnStruther muSterAnstruther, Scotland www.anstruthersailingclub.org.ukCairn Birrell Tel: +44 (0)1333 313492

ScotlAnD

cvrDA Classic and Vintage Racing Dinghy Association www.cvrda.orgRuns a series of racing events around the UK, using its own handicapping system. See website for further details

cmBA Classic Motor Boat Association [email protected] August

Cardiff Bay Classic Weekend and AGMCMBA’s main rally of the year with 40-50 boats. See website for details of this and 16 other events

wAleS4-5 MAYcock o’ the BriStol chAnnelBarry YC, Tony Winter Tel: +44 (0)1503 [email protected] Cutters and gaff-rigged vessels, racing in the Bristol Channel, 81-mile course, followed by passage races

25-26 MAYoGA 50 welcomeHolyhead, see pp36-37

17-19 JUNESouth wAleS BoAt ShowSwanseaBen Sutcliffe, Tel: +44 (0)7796 457307www.southwalesboatshow.co.uk

28 JUNE – 1 JULYoGA 50 SAil cArDiFFwww.oga50.orgOGA50 event for small gaffers and trailer-sailers. River-raiding on Ely and Taff, racing for yachts of all sizes in the non-tidal bay, with Parade of Sail

JULY (dATE TBC) pemBroke river rAlly Pembroke Town Council (+44 (0)1646 683092) with West Wales Maritime Heritage

Society (+44 (0)1646 683764)Established event “to exercise the right of passage up and down the Pembroke River for the people of Pembrokeshire.”

20-28 JULYconwy river FeStivAlNorth [email protected]. Includes an OGA class and Nobby and Gaffers Race

24-28 JULYAll wAleS BoAt ShowDeganwy and Conwy Quay MarinasTel: +44 (0)845 123 5438www.allwalesboatshow.com

9-11 AUGUSToGA trAiler SAiler rAlly Clywedog SC, Llandidloes

Mike Stevens, Tel: +44 (0)1792 297445www.oldgaffersassociation.org

23-26 AUGUST oGA holyheAD trADitionAl SAil FeStivAlHolyhead, North Waleswww.northwalesoga.orgPopular event, run in conjunction with the Town Council

24 AUGUSTcArDiGAn quAyS FeStivAlCardigan, Nick NewlandTel: +44 (0)1239 623784www.cardiganquaysfestival.co.ukCommunity-minded festival, including a rowing race around Cardigan Island

24-26 MAY BAltimore wooDen BoAt FeStivAl Co Cork, www.baltimorewoodenboatfestival.com Boats, ceilidh and more

31 MAY – 2 JUNE welcome oGA 50Dublin Bay See pp36-37

8-9 JUNE welcome oGA 50Belfast See pp36-37

14-16 JUNE croSShAven trADitionAl SAilCounty Cork, www.crosshaventradsail.com, Pat Tanner. Tel: +353 (0)87 2811458. With music, food and entertainment. 60+ boats

28-30 JUNE coBh trADitionAl SAil reGAttACounty Cork, www.cobhtradsail.ie

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CLASSIC EVENTS OVERSEAS

Baltic See also Norway, Sweden

Baltic claSSic ciRcUitScandinavian Classic Yacht Trust; for all events below:Tel: +46 70632 6624

www.sailtrust.org

25-26 MaySjÖgÅRdSRegattan Stockholm city claSSicStockholm, Sweden

29 JUNE –3 JUlyÅf offShoRe RaceStockholm and Sandhamn, SwedenClassic 24-hour offshore race

5-7 JUly hanko RegattaHanko, FinlandKeelboat races with classic classes: Folkboats, Stars, 5-Ms, 6-Ms, 8-Ms and Finnish one-design classes

23-28 JUlySt peteRSBURg claSSic weekSt Petersburg, RussiaThree days of races and a two-day

festival at Peter and Paul Fortress.

1-4 aUgUSTtRoSa aRkÖ claSSicTrosa to Arkösund,Swedenarchipelago race at arkosund. Classic and modern mixed fleet

3-4 aUgUSTBaltic claSSic maSteR cUpOpen sea races, Olympic course

3-10 aUgUSThelSinki claSSic yacht weekHelsinki, FinlandOpen sea races, Olympic course

10 aUgUST ViapoRi cUpHelsinki, FinlandRace around the 18th-century Viapori Fortress in the Helsinki harbour mouth. Biggest classic yacht race in the Nordic countries, 200 yachts in 20+ different classes

BelgiUm23-26 May ooStende VooR ankeROstend, Tel: +32 (0)59 320 834 www.oostendevooranker.be

Tel: +44 (0)23 9258 6367www.sailtraining international.org

4 JUly - 6 aUgUST tall ShipS RaceSaarhaus, Denmark – Helsinki, Finland – Riga, latvia – Szczecin, Poland

21 SEPTEMBER – 7 OCTOBERmed tall ShipS RegattaBarcelona, Spain – Toulon, France – la Spezia, Italy

9 SEPTEMBER – 27 OCTOBERSydney to aUckland tall ShipS RegattaMelbourne, australia – Sydney, australia – auckland, New Zealand

denmaRk8-10 aUgUST SVendBoRg claSSic RegattaSvendborg, Tel: +45 (0)6222 5104, www.classicregatta.dk

10-14 SEPTEMBER* limfjoRden RUndt*Date to be confirmedTel: +45 (0)6222 5104, www.limfjordenrundt.dk

fRance17-20 May SpoRtmeR RiVa ReViValSaint-Tropez Tel: +33 (0)6 6235 0482 www.rivaclubdefrance.fr From the friendly Riva Club de France. Non-members and non-Rivas welcome. Brits invited!

28-30 JUNE RaRe Boat ShowLake Annecy. Tel: +33 (0)6 6235 0482, www.rivaclubdefrance.fr yachts, Rivas, cars. Organised by Riva Club de France, very friendly,

non-Rivas and non-members welcome

20-23 JUNE (TBC) Belle plaiSance Regatta Bénodet, Brittany Tel: +33 (0)2 9857 2609, www.yco-voile.com

21-23 JUNE tRÉgoR claSSiqUeTrébeurden, N [email protected], keelboats and dayboats. Increasingly popular with British sailors who did well here in 2012

12-14 JUly VoileS claSSiqUeS de la tRinitÉBrittany. Tel: +33 (0)2 9755 7384, www.snt-voile.orgClassic keelboat racing and more

25 aUg – 1 SEPTcoRSica claSSicwww.corsica-classic.com

geRmanywww.fky.org for more events

31 May – 2 JUNE Max OERTZ REgaTTaNeustadtTel: +49 (0)450 3609 9052 www.max-oertz-regatta.de

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21-23 JUNE rendezvous der klassikerKiel, Tel: +49 (0)431 544 8343www.klassiker-rendezvous.de

2-4 AUGUST robbe & berking classic weekFlensburgwww.classics.robbeberking.deTel: +49 (0)461 3180 3060

10-11 AUGUST Hamburg summer classicsTel: +49 (0)40 2802 400, www.hsc-regatta.org

22-25 AUGUST german classicsKeil-LaboeTel: +49 (0)431 76277 www.german-classics.infoThe biggest German event with around 180 classic yachts attending

7-8 SEPTEMBER Holzbootregatta scHwerinTel: +49 (0)385 564021 www.segeln-in-schwerin.de

greece13-16 JUNEspetses classic yacHt raceIsle of SpetsesTel: +30 210 8015954

[email protected] www.classicyachtrace.comGreece's only proper classic yacht regatta and it's a corker, now in its third year. 50+ boats

italywww.asdec.it for more events

17-19 MAy portofino rolex tropHyTel: +39 010 246 1206 www.yachtclubitaliano.itInvitation-only rally for big yachts

19 MAy vogalongaTel: +39 (0)41 521 0544Venicewww.vogalonga.it Rowing extravaganza through the Venice canals with 1,600-plus boats. 39th year of this astonishing event

4-8 JUNE loro piana super- yacHt regattaPorto Cervo, SardiniaTel: +44 (0)208 545 9330www.loropianasuperyachtregatta.comSuperyachts, including classics; five days of sailing organised by yCCS

13 OCTOBER barcolana classicTrieste Tel: +39 040 411664, www.barcolana.it2,000 boats (not all classics!) in this huge annual event

netHerlandsMAy-SEPTEMBERdutcH oga eventswww.oldgaffers.nlCoordinator Joachim van Houweninge, +31 (0)654 340575, [email protected] The Dutch arm of the Old Gaffers Association is involved with a number of events throughout the Netherlands, some on the Ijsselmeer.

1-7 APRIL Heineken race of tHe classicsRotterdam-Oostende-Ipswich-Amsterdam www.rotc.nl

23-28 JULy dutcH classic yacHt regattaHellevoetsluiswww.dcyr.nl 'Sharp' yachts only (no flat bottoms!) at this major 200-boat biennial event, with racing and shoreside entertainments, and feeder race for gaffers from the UK

1-3 NOVEMBER (TBC) klassieke scHepenEnkhuizenwww.klassieke-schepen.nlTel: + 31 (0)228 591 111A CB favourite: end-of-season boat show-cum-rally under cover and on the water at this Netherlands heritage port

norway1-4 AUGUST risør wooden boat festivalTel: +47 9138 7355 /+47 4781 0074, www.trebatfestivalen.no51st iteration of one of the world's great classic boat festivals

portugalSee also ANMPN. Tel: +351 214 548 484, www.anmpn.pt

24 JUNE (Date TBC)regata de barcos rabelosOporto, PortugalConfraria Vinho de PortoTel: +351 223 745 525www.confrariavinhodoporto.comTraditional port barge race

sweden24-26 JUNEveterÅnbatsmÖtestockHolmPierre Dunbar +46 (0)8 783 7904www.veteranbaten.se Classics afloat in the city centre

turkey

23-28 OCTOBER bodrum cupTel: +90 252 316 2310 www.bodrumcup.com

C/O ORGANISERS




www.cim-classicyachts.org

4-6 MAYCalanques ClassiquesMarseilles www.lanautique.com

10-12 MAY (Date TBC)Coupe des damesSaint-Tropez www.snst.org

20-26 MAYRÉgates impÉRialesAjaccio, Corsica, www.regates-imperiales.com

29 MAY – 2 JUNEles voiles d’antibeswww.voilesdantibes.com

7-9 JUNEpoRqueRolles Classique [email protected]

13-16 JUNEaRgentaRio sailing weekPorto Santo Stefano www.argentariosailingweek.it

13-16 JUNEles voiles du vieux poRtMarseilles www lesvoilesduvieuxport.com

26-30 JUNEvele d’epoCa a napoli www.ryccsavoia.it

22 JUNE – 3 JUlYtRophÉe bailli de suffRenSt-Tropez-Porto Rotondo- Trapani-Malta Tel: +33 (0)494 978 700, www.snst.org

10-13 JUlYpuig vela ClassiCaBarcelona Tel: +34 93 221 6521 www.puigvelaclassicabarcelona.com

22-28 JUlYpueRto sheRRy ClassiC weekBay of Cadiz Tel: +34 956 858 751 www.semanaclasica.com

20-25 AUgUsTConde de baRCelonaMallorca www.fundacionhispania.org

11-15 sEpTEMBEr monaCo ClassiC week Tel: +377 9310 6300 www.yacht-club-monaco.mc

24-28 sEpTEMBErRÉgates RoyalesCannes, www.regatesroyales.com

28 sEpTEMBErCoupe d’automne yC de fRanCeCannes - St Tropez, www.ycf-club.fr

29 sEpTEMBEr – 6 oCToBErles voiles de saint-tRopez Tel: +33 (0)494 973054 www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr

www.yachtclubclassique.com [email protected]

16 regattas and four rallies for classic yachts on the south Breton coast and Channel

27-28 AprIlMise en Bouche ré-les sables

31 MAY – 2 JUNEles Voiles Classiques de la Baie de Quiberon Belle Ile

8-9 JUNEperros Classic perros guirec

15-16 JUNEVoiles de la Citadelle-port louis

28-30 JUNEles rendez-vous de la Belle plaisance Benodet

14-18 JUlYrallye guernsey-Brest-Mer d’Iroise

27-29 JUlYVoiles d’Iroise Brest

30 JUlY – 2 AUgUsTCoupe des Deux phares Brest-la rochelle

3 AUgUsTCoupe de patrimoine la rochelle

6-10 AUgUsTrallye la rochelle-Yeu-pornic -la Baule

12-15 AUgUsTles Voiles de legende la Baule

16-30 AUgUsTrallye la Baule-galice-la rochelle

17-18 AUgUsTTrophee Marin Marie st Malo

24-25 AUgUsTla regata de las Illas Atlanticas, galicia, spain

31 AUgUsT – 1 sEpTEMBErDefi du Bar pertuis- Charentais

28-29 sEpTEMBErregate du grand pavois et Trophee Harle-pertuis

5-6 oCToBErrallye des pertuis pertuis- Charentais

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20 APRILApAlAchicolA Antique And clAssic BoAt showApalachicola, Florida

Tel: +1 850 653 9419

www.antiqueboatshow.org

4-5 MAyKeels And wheels concours d’elegAnce Seabrook, Texas

Tel: +1 713 521 0105

www.keels-wheels.com

17-19 MAyBAss lAKe rendezvousNorth California

Tel: +1 559 642 3121

www.acbs-tahoe.org

2 JUNE (TBC)iYrs grAduAtion dAYInternational Yacht Restoration

School, Newport, Rhode Island

Tel: +1 401 848 5777

www.iyrs.org

14-16 JUNEchesApeAKe BAY Antique And clAssic BoAt FestivAlChesapeake, Maryland

www.chesapeakebayacbs.org

28-30 JUNEthe wooden BoAt showMystic, Conneticut

Tel: +1 401 451 0888

www.thewoodenboatshow.com

11-14 JULychris crAFt rendezvousPort Orchard, Washington

www.chriscraftrendezvous.com

13 JULy (DATE TBC)chAin oF lAKes clAssicAlexandria, Minnesota

Tel: +1 320 759 1114

www.mnlakesmaritime.org

26-27 JULysouth tAhoe wooden BoAt clAssic Lake Tahoe, Minnesota

www.tahoewoodenboats.com

27-28 JULyAntique & clAssic BoAt rendezvous Mystic Seaport, Connecticutwww.mysticseaport.org

2-4 AUGUSTAntique BoAt show & AuctionAntique Boat Museum,Clayton, New YorkTel: +1 315 686 4104 www.abm.org

3 AUGUSTeggemoggin reAch regAttA Brooklin, MaineTel: +1 207 236 9651www.erregatta.com

10-11 AUGUSTmArBleheAd corinthiAn clAssic YAcht regAttAMarblehead, Massachusetts Tel: +1 617 285 1182www.corinthianclassic.orgPart of the Panerai Challenge

15-18 AUGUST operA house cup regAttANantucket, MassachusettsTel: +1 508 325 7757www.operahousecup.org

24-25 AUGUSTBoston Antique And clAssic BoAt FestivAl Salem, Massachusetts Tel: +1 617 666 8530www.boatfestival.org

30 AUGUST – 1 SEPTEMBERmoY regAttANewport, RITel: +1 401 847 1018, www.moy.org

6-8 SEPTEMBERport townsend wooden BoAt FestivAl Washington Tel: +1 (360) 3853628www.woodenboat.org

7 DECEMBER (TBC)hAlF-pint-o-rum regAttASan Diego, CA www.amss.us, [email protected] This mildly eccentric regatta is one of many put on by the Ancient Mariner's Sailing Society. To see their full list of events, visit their website

cAnAdA2-4 AUGUST (TBC)mAhone BAY regAttANova Scotia Tel: +1 902 624 0348, www.mahonebayclassicboatfestival.org. General regatta with a good classics attendance

22-25 AUGUSTvAncouver wooden BoAt FestivAl Granville Island www.vancouverwoodenboat.comTel: +1 604 519 7400, 26 this year

cAriBBeAn8-13 APRIL les voiles de st BArthTel: +590 272 064 www.lesvoilesdestbarth.comPre-Antigua event that includes a classic class

18-23 APRIL AntiguA clAssic YAcht regAttATel: +1 268 460 1799, www.antiguaclassics.comThe main event in the Caribbean, with a worldwide entry of 50-60 yachts each year

24-26 MAy (Date TBC) FoxY’s wooden BoAt regAttATortola, British Virgin Islandswww.foxysbar.comLaid-back event now 39 years old with a new class for GRP classics

16 DECEMBER – 14 JANUARy (2014)christmAs cAriBBeAn rAllYLanzarote to AntiguaMikeala Malik, Tel: +44 (0)845 257 5004, www.sailingrallies.comStop pretending you like Brussels sprouts and sail to the Caribbean for classic season instead. New

AustrAliAOCTOBER 2013 – APRIL 2014clAssic YAcht AssociAtion oF AustrAliAwww.classic-yacht.asn.au

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OCTOBER 2013 – APRIL 2014 clAssic YAcht AssociAtion oF new zeAlAndwww.classicyacht.org.nz

APRIL, MAy and NOVEMBER (dates TBC)regAtA de veleirosrio state, BrazilRegataclassica.com.brTel: +55 21 2532 2314The two regattas that define the growing classic sailing scene in Brazil. Classic sailing yachts and traditional fishing boats

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Classic Boat Events Guide 2013