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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
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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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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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Opposite: The 1914
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and its owner’s
yacht, Tincano
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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
Clockwise from
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
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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
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CLASSIC EVENTS UK AND IRELAND
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
FREEShuttle
bus
service
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
at Coniston
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CLASSIC EVENTS UK AND IRELAND
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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Panerai British Classic Week
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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CLASSIC EVENTS UK AND IRELAND
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
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CLASSIC EVENTS OVERSEAS
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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CLASSIC EVENTS OVERSEAS
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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