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13-15 May
Symposium
Antique Boat
Museum,
Clayton, NY
Repairing
vintage GRP
and various
wood
techniques.
And all about
inboard and
outboard
engines, marine
castings and
more.
Abm.org
15 May
Vogalonga
Venice
A mass-
participation
rally through
Venice’s canals
for everything
that can be
rowed, paddled
or poled
Vogalonga.com
Things to do in the next
few weeks
20 MAY – NOVEMBER 2018
National Maritime Museum, London
The lead-up, the battle, the context, the aftermath: major
exhibition looking at arguably the greatest naval battle of all
time, when 279 ships of the German and British navies
engaged off the Danish coast on 31 May 2016.