Looking ahead Things to do this month
Next month in Classic Boat
Historian David Starkey views a model of the Worshipful
Company of Shipwrights’
ceremonial barge (c1780)
ROYAL RIVER 27 APRIL – 9 SEPTEMBER
To provide a historical context for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant on 3 June, the National Maritime Museum is holding a major exhibition titled ‘Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames’. Its 400 objects come courtesy of the Royal Collection and NMM’s own famous collections. The exhibition has been guest-curated by Dr David Starkey. Tel: +44 (0)20 8312 6608,
rmg.co.uk
BEAULIEU BOAT JUMBLE 29 APRIL
Overpriced tat rubs flanks with genuinely useful stuff so you have to know what you’re about. It’s also, in the right weather, a scenic day out on the grounds of the Beaulieu Estate. On rainy days you might beat weaker, stay-at-home sorts to bag the bargains. CB has picked up everything from an early summer tan to piston hanks. Tel: +44 (0)1590 612345,
beaulieu.co.uk
YARMOUTH OLD GAFFERS 25-27 MAY
‘Yogaff’ as it’s known, is the flagship of the Old Gaffers Association, which gives it a democratic, fuzzy feel (that and the beards…) and the sight of the fleet moored in Yarmouth is spectacular. One to tick off the list if you have a wooden boat – even if its sails are, in fact, triangular – even if it has no sails. This year, Rob da Bank and a Queen Elizabeth lookalike will be part of the shore entertainment. Tel: +44 (0)1983 761704
yarmoutholdgaffersfestival.co.uk
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OOSTENDE VOOR ANKER 25-28 MAY
Belgium? At anchor?! Some OGA members speak glowingly of this event. Sounds suspiciously like ‘beer o’ clock’ to us!
oostendevooranker.be
LECHLADE SMALL BOATS GATHERING
26-27 MAY A confession: we only learned of this event very recently. Set near the source of the Thames in Gloucestershire, it’s a laid-back weekend festival of camping and splashing around in small boats – there’s not even room to sail, but it looks like the genuine spirit of ‘simply messing about in boats’.
mike.stevens.killay@
talktalk.net
SPETSES CLASSIC 21-24 JUNE
It’s only the second time this regatta has been held on the Greek island of Spetses. Last year’s event saw a good showing of yachts and locally-built workboats and this year should be even better. Tel: +30 210 4220506,
classicyachtrace.com
QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE PAGEANT 3 JUNE
A thousand boats on the London River. It’s hard to know what to add to that mental image! Read all about it on our website, where we have created a special category for this momentous event, the likes of which happen only every 400 years or so.
classicboat.co.uk
CORRECTION In CB286 we printed the wrong date for this year’s Thames Traditional Boat Rally. It will be held from 14 to 15 July. Tel: +44 (0)1932 872575
tradboatrally.com
CHANGE OF DATE Boats in the Bay, the St Ives lugger event, will now be on 1 September. Tel: +44 (0)7866 777219
stivesjumbo.com
PAGEANT PREVIEW What to see on the
River Thames All about the big event on 3 June (see left): don’t miss our special 20-page plus guide
CHOOSING & USING
A cabin sailing boat What to look for, what to expect and how to decide whether she is the right boat for you
BOAT ELECTRICS New nav equipment
How do handheld nav aids like the iPad (right) shape up, plus a general update on some new gizmos afloat
PLUS: An electric tender which is brand
new on classic lines, a look at the historical pageants of the Thames, finding Tilman’s dinghy and more
NMM
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