CLASSIC EVENTS UK AND IRELAND
21-22 JULY OGA SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
CVRDA Classic and Vintage
WEEKEND Walton Backwaters, Essex Pete Elliston. Tel: +44 (0)1206 391870
ecsec@oldgaffersassociation.org eastcoastclassics.co.uk Includes dinghy race round Swallow (aka Horsey) Island
21 JULY
WIVENHOE TOWN
Racing Dinghy Assoc
www.cvrda.org Runs a series of racing events around the UK, using its own handicapping system. See website for further details
REGATTA Brightlingsea to Wivenhoe, Essex John Ashworth Tel: +44 (0)7900 670560 Smacks and gaffers
22 JULY HARWICH SEA
FESTIVAL Harwich Quay, Essex
harwichseafestival.com. Shoreside entertainments and boats in the water, 11am-4pm
JULY (tbc) COLNE SMACK SAIL
13-15 JULY
FELIXSTOWE REGATTA Suffolk. Peter Cockayne Tel: +44 (0)1473 780088
www.felixstoweregatta.co.uk General regatta with a classics class started in 2010
14 JULY BLACKWATER SMACK
AND BARGE MATCH Pat Boss. Tel: +44 (0)1621 851147
AND PICNIC Colne Smack Preservation Society, Essex. Tel: +44 (0)7768 522957
robin@strong-point.co.uk
4 AUGUST COBMARSH
MARATHON Cobmarsh Island, Essex Tel: +44 (0)1206 826411
mersearegatta.org.uk Rowing race around the island for traditional smacks’ boats not exceeding 14ft (4.3m)
CMBA Classic Motor Boat
Association
cmba-uk.com geoffallchorn@
btinternet.com
10-12 Aug Cardiff Bay Classic Weekend and AGM CMBA’s main rally of the year with 40-50 boats. See website for details of this and 16 other events
4 AUGUST BROADS CLASSIC
DINGHY WEEKEND Wroxham, Norfolk Norfolk Broads YC Tel: +44 (0)1603 782808
www.nbyc.co.uk
11 AUGUST 40th ANNIVERSARY
SWALE MATCH Swale Channel, north Kent
www.kentishsail.org info@kentishsail.org Smacks and barges
18-19 AUGUST IPSWICH MARITIME
18-19 AUGUST VINTAGE WOODEN BOAT ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL RALLY Beccles Yacht Harbour John Bailey. Tel: +44 (0)1692 650486,
vwba.org Mainly smack yachts, but any woody is allowed to join this event
25 AUGUST – 1 SEPT
BURNHAM WEEK Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex
burnhamweek.org.uk Tel: +44 (0)845 3460324
info@burnhamweek.org.uk The East Coast’s answer to Cowes Week: 100+ boats in many classes
FESTIVAL Ipswich Historic Waterfront www.ipswichmaritimefestival.
waterfrontaction.co.uk Jay Harvey. Tel: +44 (0)7731 991669 Second year of this shoreside festival with traditional boats alongside, OGA involvement, music, historic enactment, beer festival, family activities
19-24 AUGUST
MERSEA WEEK Mersea Island, Essex Greg Dunn, Tel: +44 (0)7801 308054 Or +44 (0)1206 382229, greg.dunn@
agrosom.co.uk. Includes Dabchicks Sailing Club Regatta on the 19th and West Mersea YC Regatta on the 24th
Below: Smacks and Thames Barges at the Colne July Picnic
25 AUGUST WEST MERSEA
TOWN REGATTA West Mersea, Essex
mersearegatta.org.uk
1 SEPTEMBER TOLLESBURY SMACK AND CLASSIC YACHT
RACE Essex
www.tollesburysc.com Kees Spitters Tel: +44 (0)7860 731403
kees.spitters@codeway.com 13 smacks last year
2 SEPTEMBER MERSEA OYSTER
DREDGING MATCH Essex
Rob Lee. Tel: +44(0)7803 281175 Unique event for smacks, bawleys and other trad workboats, where the winner is he who dredges the most oysters
8 SEPTEMBER COLNE SMACK AND
BARGE MATCH Essex. Robin Page. Tel: +44 (0)7768 522957,
robin@strong-point.co.uk Thames barges, smacks and bawleys
22 SEPTEMBER (TBC) MALDON TOWN
8 SEPTEMBER YARE NAVIGATION
REGATTA Essex. Tel: +44 (0)7884 268053
geraldine.courtney@
btinternet.com
RACE Norfolk Broads Ian Barker, Tel: +44 (0)1508 538100
ianbarker@talktalk.net coldhamhallsailingclub.co.uk 32-mile passage race and the Broads’ biggest classic yacht event.
15-16 SEPTEMBER WOODBRIDGE
MARITIME FESTIVAL River Deben, Suffolk
maritimewoodbridge.org.uk info@maritimewoodbridge.org Smacks, gaffers, classics, coracle pond, entertainments, historical re-enactments
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