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CLASSIC BOAT JUNE 2019
SOUTH COAST
17-19 MAY
Cowes Spring Classics
Cowes, cowesspringclassics.com
Broad-church regatta for classics
30 MAY – 2 JUNE
Yarmouth Gaff ers Regatta
oga.org.uk. Flagship OGA bash
29 JUNE
Round the Island Race
Isle of Wight, roundtheisland.org.uk
The world’s most popular yacht race
13–20 JULY
Panerai British Classic Week
Cowes, britishclassicyachtclub.org
One of the top British classic regattas
20–27 JULY
8-M Worlds
Cowes, rys.org.uk
8-Ms fi ght for four cups
26-28 JULY
Taittinger Regatta
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
royalsolent.org
Popular for mixed classics
UK waters
28 JULY – 3 AUGUST
Annual OGA East Coast
Race and Rally
Blackwater River, Essex
oga.org.uk
11-16 AUGUST
Mersea Week
Mersea Island, Essex
merseaweek.org
Family-friendly dinghy and yacht
racing. Up to 800 competitors
17 AUGUST
West Mersea Town Regatta
Mersea Island, Essex
mersearegatta.org.uk
Family friendly, fun shoreside and
on-the-water regatta, est 1838
21 SEPTEMBER
Maldon Town Regatta
Essex, maldonregatta.co.uk
Around the coast
The English regatta scene has been maturing in recent
years in the Solent, where new events have linked to
established ones to form a circuit. Things are as vibrant
as ever on the east coast, a mecca for barge and smack
racing for well over a century. On the west coast, there
are pilot cutters, luggers, trawlers, Falmouth working
boats and yachts. Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland also have their own busy regatta schedules.
27 JULY – 2 AUGUST
Cowes Classics Week
Isle of Wight
cowesclassicsweek.org
100+ boats in many classes
10 – 17 AUGUST
Lendy Cowes Week
IoW, lendycowesweek.co.uk
7-8 SEPTEMBER
Bosham Classic Boat Revival
Chichester Harbour,
boshamsailingclub.com.
Popular classic dinghy regatta
15-16 SEPTEMBER
Hamble Classics Regatta
RAF Yacht Club, Hamble
rafyc.org.uk
EAST COAST
MAY-SEPTEMBER
Barge matches
associationofbargemen.org.uk
25 MAY: Medway (Chatham)
8 JUNE: Blackwater (Essex)
22 JUNE: Thames (Gravesend)
27 JULY: Pin Mill (Suff olk)
10 AUGUST: Swale (Faversham)
7 SEPTEMBER: Colne (Essex)
22-23 JUNE
Suff olk Yacht Harbour
Classic Regatta
Levington, R Orwell, syharbour.co.uk
Bermudan and gaff -rigged racing
6-7 JULY
Heybridge Basin Regatta
Nr Maldon, Essex,
Small regatta, over 150 years old
Classic Boat offi cial media partnerships and other associated events
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