There is a Drascombe rally on the 6th-8th July 2012 at Teifi Boat Club in Cardigan, with a number of Swallow Boats entered.
The Brest maritime festival is a gathering of traditional boats and ships from around the globe which takes place every four years in Brest, Brittany.
Maritime festival in Brittany, France.
Dayboat Rally on the Teifi Estuary and adjacent coastline to take place on the 29th and 30th of June. If anyone would like to join in you would be most welcome – please email Gareth Rowlands (hp.rowlands@virgin.net) and he will send full details and a registration form. Usual informal format will be followed: cruise in company on Saturday and an informal raid type race on Sunday with good food and bar provided by the Teifi Boating Club.
Seafair Haven is a maritime festival which takes place biennially, with advice from and partnership with the well established Semaine du Golfe festival in the Morbihan, Brittany.
The festival has been a great success in 2006, 2008 2010 and 2012 plans are now underway to organise a fifth Seafair Haven from 7th -14 June of June 2014 for traditional and classic vessels and long boat rowing to celebrate the magnificent Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire.
The biennial Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan festival of boats (and food, wine and lots of other good things!). See the following forum post and web site for more details:
http://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php/topic,995.0.html
Details can be found on the following forum post:
http://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php/topic,1057.msg7122.html#msg7122
Classic raid from Fort William to Inverness, from sea to sea.
Probably now fully booked but contact the organisers and try your luck.
Huge French sailing festival. Brits made very welcome!
To view the programme and costs click on the Programme 2019 link.
To register your interest in attending please click on the Register 2019 link.
Festival of the Milford Haven Waterway
The event will again be based from Lawrenny and will be a week of guided and free sailing for traditional vessels with the usual entertainment, camping, bbqs and company from regulars and newcomers.
Registration will be published in due course on the website.
For further information Contact:-
Paula Holt
Tall Ships Wales Trust Coordinator
Mobile: 07766647240
Email: paula@seafairhaven.org.uk
Weather dependent and date may change if weather is bad (F4+)
An informal meeting, open to anybody, including non-Swallow Boats.
Pay parking and boat launch fees (about £10) using machine near the toilet block. Pay by card.
Bala is a large inland lake, shallow near the slipway and very deep elsewhere. Please watch out for wild swimmers and my small boat. Winds can be gusty and no rescue service is available. Participants are entirely responsible for their own safety.
There’s still some confusion on dates, with some internet sites saying 2022 and others 2023.