Events Calendar
During this upcoming year how about doing something you haven’t done before relating to boating? If you haven’t taken part in one of the events listed in this calendar why not take a trip and attend? (Also, if you know of an event not listed let us know!) How about challenging yourself to take a trip to a new location? If you usually single hand your craſt how about taking someone new to boating along? Get out there and do at least one, maybe two or three, new things and create a big adventure in 2019! If you know of or coordinate a boating event geared towards small boats, please contact Dave Scobie,
wdscobie@yahoo.com, or Small Craſt Advisor, smallcraſ
tadvisor@earthlink.net, with the details.
January 2019
New Years Messabout is usually January 1st on Rat Island Port Townsend Bay. Come have a picnic on the beach, talk boats and row and sail with the Port Townsend Pocket Yachters:
www.pocketyachters.com
February 2019
Australian Wooden Boat Festival is 8-11 February. A celebration of Austra- lia’s rich maritime culture and one of the world’s most anticipated maritime events. Held across Hobart’s vibrant and bustling waterfront, the festival brings together the largest and most beautiful collection of wooden boats in the southern hemisphere. From its humble beginnings in 1994, it has grown to become the most significant event of its kind in Australia. Te 2019 event’s theme is Americana!
www.australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au
Shipwrights Regatta is held in February in Port Townsend Bay, Washington. All boats types are welcomed. Folks who would like to try sailboat racing but do not have a boat are encouraged to show up at the Skippers’ Meeting and be connected with skippers looking for crew.
www.nwmaritime.org/ship- wrights/2018. Organized by the Northwest Maritime Center: nwmaritime. org
March 2019
Everglades Challenge begins 2 March. Te Everglades Challenge is an unsup- ported, expedition style adventure race for kayaks, canoes, and small boats. Course is roughly 300 miles and goes from Tampa Bay to Key Largo, Florida. Event www-site:
watertribe.com/events/evergladeschallenge/. Organized by Watertribe:
watertribe.org/
WaterTribe Ultra Marathon begins concurrently with the Everglades Chal- lenge. Te Ultra Marathon is an unsupported, expedition style adventure race for kayaks, canoes, and small boats. Course is roughly 62 miles and goes from Tampa Bay to Stump Pass at Cape Haze Marina, Florida. Registration closes January 31. Event www-site:
watertribe.com/Events/UltraMarathon. Organized by Watertribe:
watertribe.org/
Sail A Small Boat Day is traditionally held the first weekend of March. Spon- sored by Richmond Yacht Club (CA) is a unique free opportunity to test sail a wide variety of small sailboats on San Francisco Bay. www-site: facebook. com/pg/Sailasmallboat
April 2019
McKenzie River Wooden Boat Festival traditionally happens the third Satur- day of April each year at at Eagle Rock Lodge in Vida, Oregon. 2018 will the the 13th annual gathering of people that love wooden whitewater driſt boats and their history. Event details at:
mckenzieguides.com
Spring BOOTS (Bailing Out On Texoma Sailfest) is traditionally held each April at Cedar Mills Marina on Lake Texoma. BOOTS is comprised of sailors with zeal for small boats and fellowship. It’s always a family safe event and Lake Texoma is a wonderful venue for sailing.
www.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ boots-tsbb/info;
https://www.facebook.com/pages/BOOTS-Bailing-Out- On-Texoma-Sailfest/266038731573
Te Fiſth Annual Port Aransas Wooden Boat Festival is April 12-13, 2019. Tis is a great family friendly event in the beautiful beach town of Port Aran- sas, Texas. Bring your wooden boats to display. Boats don’t need to be fancy, just made of wood. It can even be displayed unfinished. Tere is no entry fee for boat or spectators. Attend informative programs on boat building and boating. Build a boat at the Family Boat Building. Kids can build a model boat, too. Check out
www.portaransaswoodenboatfestival.org
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May 2019 World Pilot Gig Championships happens 3-5 May at Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. A worldwide gathering of 130 rowing gigs.
www.worldgigs.
co.uk.
MUG Race traditionally happens in May and is billed as the ‘World’s Longest River Race’, the course is on Florida’s St. Johns Rives starting at Palatka and ending at Jacksonville. All boats mush be able to pass under a 44’ bridge without lowing their masts and boat classes cover racers to cruis- ers and all boat types from Sunfish to trailerable pocket cruisers and larger. Hosted by Te Rudder Club of Jacksonville Florida:
rudderclub.com.
Cedar Key Small Boat Meet traditionally happens in May at Cedar Key, FL. It is informal. Tides & weather are still the only organization—no planned boating events, signups or fees. Cedar Keys’ magnificent National Wildlife Refuge islands & waters, along with people & their boats account for the meet’s popularity.
www.facebook.com/groups/FGCTSCA
Punter Weekend traditionally happens in May on Lake Belterwiede (Neth- erlands). For everyone who loves to sail in open, rowable sailing boats, regardless of whether or not you own a boat. www-site: natuurlijkvaren. nl/andere-evenementen-2013/punterweekend-4-6-mei-2018-nl-english/
Olympia Wooden Boat Fair traditionally happens in May in Olympia, WA. Wooden boats of all conditions, vintages, and sizes will be on display throughout Percival Landing. Coordinated by the Olympia Wooden Boat Association:
olywoodenboat.org
Florida 120 Challenge traditionally happens in May. A cruise-in-company event for small boats, the route each year is subject to change, but it typi- cally is in the bays and sounds in the Florida panhandle.. www.facebook. com/groups/fl120/
Big Lagoon Messabout traditionally happens in May . Tis annual small- boat event is for all types of boats: traditional or modern, wooden or fiberglass, power, sail or oar. Held at Big Lagoon County Park, Trinidad, CA.
www.facebook.com/Big-Lagoon-Messabout-177478498942568/
OkoumeFest traditionally happens in May in Annapolis, MD. OkoumeF- est is Chesapeake Light Craft’s annual rendezvous of small boats, and the people who love them. Held at Chesapeake Light Craſt’s Annapolis factory and at Matapeake State Park on Kent Island, MD. Organized by Chesapeak Light Craſt:
www.clcboats.com/.
Desert Regatta is an annual race traditionally happening in May at Char- bonneau Park on the Snake River, near Pasco, WA. Tree boats in any class will have their own start. Hosted by the Columbia Basin Sailing Club:
cbsc.info/
index.html.
www.cbsc.info/
desert_regatta.html.
Salish Sea Small Boat Montague Harbour Rendezvous traditionally happens in May. The rendezvous will again be at beautiful Montague Harbour Marine Park with its sheltered waters. Tere is good camping right close to the dock, for those not staying on their boats, and a shuttle bus to the local pub.
www.salishseasmallboatrendezvous.wordpress.com/ montague-harbour-rendezvous/
Sail Caledonia is annual Scottish ‘Raid’ or expedition for boats powered by sail and oars taking place in the Highlands of Scotland traditionally happening 25 May – 1 June.
www.sailcaledonia.org. Event organized by the Great Glen Boating Club.
“Semaine du Golfe” (Gulf ’s Week) is 27 May – 2 June in Morbihan, France. Te Morbihan Gulf will gather boats of every size and every tra- dition: sail & oar craſt, small “camp cruising” boats, classic yachts, fishing boats, classic motorboats Event
www.semainedugolfe.com
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