Events Calendar


Busy schedules don’t always allow for a spontaneous evening, day-long or a full weekend ‘just’ for boating. For most of us boating needs requires advanced planning. To be sure you get out on the water, make formal plans (and preparations in these COVID times) to attend at least one boating event this spring. If you know of an event geared towards small boats please contact Dave Scobie, wdscobie@yahoo.com


Te continuing COVID situation has modified and canceled many events and where others are going ahead as planned. What will happen with or without changes is still very much in flux and local conditions can change quickly. Tis calendar is sent to press many months before listed festivities are to occur so please check an event’s www-site and/or contact the coordinator directly for the latest updates.


March 2021


Everglades Challenge begins 6 March. Te Everglades Challenge is an unsupported, expedition style adventure race for kayaks, canoes, and small boats. Course is roughly 300 miles and goes from Tampa Bay to Key Largo, Florida. watertribe. com/events/evergladeschallenge


WaterTribe Ultra Marathon begins concurrently with the Everglades Challenge. 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. watertribe.com/Events/UltraMarathon


NZ Antique and Classic Boat Show is 6 & 7 March at Lake Rotoiti, South Island, New Zealand. Billed as a weekend of ‘Glorious Hydromatic Relaxation’ there will be displays on land from early morning, races on the lake in the aſternoon, both days. Attendees range from sleek cedar kayaks, jet boats from the 60s, clunky clinkers and veteran sailing craſt. Come see the restoration projects, chat to the owners, have a laugh as boaties try to start their motors for the Seagull dinghy race with its Le Mans start. www.nzclassicboats.com


River Front Boat Show happens 27 March and serves as an annual celebration of the craſt of boat building and to raise scholarship funds for students in the Cape Fear Community College boat building programs. Held on the banks of the Cape Fear River in downtown Wilmington, CFCC’s boat show attracts thousands of visitors every year. https://cfcc.edu/boat-building/cfcc-riverfront-boat-show


April 2021


Apalachicola Classic Boat & Car Show is tentatively scheduled for 18-20 April at the Apalachicola, Florida, Riverfront Park. On display will be antique and classic vessels, workboats, and runabouts (fiberglass, wood, and aluminum) as well as motor displays and boatbuilding demonstrations. For classic car fans there will be antique, classic and late-model cars will be on display from Studebakers, Model Ts , Mustangs, classic Chevys, and much more. Organizer’s: http://www.apalachic- olabay.org


Norm Blanchard W.O.O.D. (Wooden Open & One Design) Regatta 24 & 25 April at Te Center for Wooden Boats, Lake Union, Seattle. Open to all wooden boats - from El Toros to large racer cruisers. We also welcome the non-wood versions of traditional wood one-designs. Tis regatta is all about have FUN! Both Saturday and Sunday will have as many races as we can between noon and 5 PM on separate courses for small and large boats (based roughly on Portsmouth Yardstick number). Separate prizes for small, large and classic plastic boats. www.cwb.org/wood-regatta


Port Aransas Wooden Boat Festival is 30 April through 2 May on the northern tip of Mustang Island about 30 minutes across the bay from Corpus Christi, TX. Come see the boats, do some family boat building and take some boat rides. portaransas- museum.org/event/2021-wooden-boat-festival


McKenzie River Wooden Boat Festival traditionally happens the last Saturday of April each year at at Eagle Rock Lodge in Vida, Oregon. Tis is an annual gathering of people that love wooden whitewater driſt boats and their history. mckenziedis- coverycenter.org May 2021


MUG Race happens 1 May, billed as the ‘World’s Longest River Race’, the 38 nauti- 46


cal mile one-way race down Florida’s St. Johns River from Palatka to Orange Park. All boats mush be able to pass under a 44’ bridge without lowering their masts and boat classes cover racers to cruisers and all boat types from Sunfish to trail- erable pocket cruisers and larger. Event details: rudderclub.com/2021-mug-race


Cedar Key Small Boat Meet is scheduled for 1 & 2 May. An informal gathering at Cedar Key, FL. Tides & weather are still the only organization - no planned boating events, signups or fees. Te Cedar Keys’ magnificent National Wildlife Refuge islands & waters, along with people & their boats account for & assure the meet’s popularity. Shallow draſt is essential—whether sail, oar, paddle, motor or engine. Host: www.facebook.com/groups/FGCTSCA, Contact: Hugh at huhorton@gmail.com


“Semaine du Golfe” (Gulf ’s Week) is 10-16 May in Morbihan, France. An international maritime event, a cultural and popular festival, in the magical landscape of “Petite Mer” (little sea) of the Morbihan Gulf in Breton. More than a thousand boats of every size and every tradition divided into flotillas which sail every day and vary between ports and anchorages. semainedugolfe.com


Florida 120 Challenge happens 13-16 May. A cruise-in-company event for small boats, the route each year is subject to change, but it typically is in the bays and sounds in the Florida panhandle in and around Pensacola. florida120.com and facebook.com/groups/fl120/


Big Little Boat Festival (formerly known as OkoumeFest) is tentatively sched- uled for 21-23 May at Camp Wabanna, Edgewater, Maryland. This annual celebration of small wooden boats has a new look, a new date, and a new name! Centered at the intersection of the Rhode and West Rivers, there will be plenty of space to launch boats, exciting new seminars, live music, interactive boatbuilding, kids’ activities, a mini-lecture series, and a new Expedition Race Series. Tere’s also ample room for camping in tents and campers and even on- site lodging available. Coordinated by Chesapeake Light Craſt: clcboats.com/ forms/contact_us.html


Salish Sea Small Boat Montague Harbour Rendezvous is 28-30 May. The rendezvous will again be at beautiful sheltered waters of Montague Harbour Marine Park, in the Canadian Gulf Islands British Columbia. Tere is good camping right close to the dock for those not staying on their boats and there is a shuttle bus to the local pub. 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 29 May – 5 June. sailcale- donia.org


World Pilot Gig Championships 2021 has been canceled. A worldwide gather- ing of 130 rowing gigs at Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. www.worldgigs.co.uk.


Pull And Be Damned Small Boat Messabout traditionally happens in May at Seafarers Memorial Park, Anacortes, WA. An event for small boats and small boating aficionados of all kinds: wood, fiberglass, oar, sail, built, bought, seasoned or green ‐ all are welcome to take part in the festivities! Coordinated by the Anacortes Waterfront Alliance. anacorteswaterfront.org


Olympia Wooden Boat Fair traditionally happens May in Olympia, WA. Wooden boats of all conditions, vintages, and sizes will be on display through- out Percival Landing. Coordinated by the Olympia Wooden Boat Association: olywoodenboat.org


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. facebook. com/Big-Lagoon-Messabout-177478498942568/ and www.luckhardt.com/ blmessabout.html •SCA•


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