Events

May
25
Sat
2013
Sail Caledonia 2013 @ Highlands of Scotland
May 25 – May 31 all-day

Sail Caledonia is the annual Scottish ‘Raid’ or expedition for boats powered by sail and oars which takes place in the Highlands of Scotland in early summer.

Using the three major lochs of the Great Glen and the 200 year old Caledonian Canal, the fleet of up to 25 boats races, explores and ceilidh their way up the Glen from Fort William through Fort Augustus and Loch Ness before finishing the journey in the Highlands’ capital, Inverness.

See the Sail Caledonia web site for more details.

Discuss in the Swallow Boats forum.

Jun
15
Sat
2013
Lake Bala Rally @ Lake Bala
Jun 15 – Jun 15 all-day

SwallowBoats Rally on Lake Bala, North Wales. See forum for full details:

http://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php?topic=690.msg4234#msg4234

Jun
29
Sat
2013
Teifi Rally @ River Teifi
Jun 29 – Jun 29 all-day

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.

Jul
6
Sat
2013
Raid Finland @ Turku Archipelago
Jul 6 – Jul 12 all-day

Raid Finland, Turku Archipelago, Åland Islands.

http://raidfinland.org/

Aug
5
Mon
2013
English Raid 2013 @ Norfolk Broads
Aug 5 – Aug 8 all-day

See the raid’s web site for full details:

http://www.raidengland.org/?page_id=445

Click here for a map showing the raid’s route.

Sep
13
Fri
2013
Southampton Boat Show 2013 @ Southampton
Sep 13 – Sep 21 all-day
Sep
18
Wed
2013
Dorestad Raid @ Netherlands
Sep 18 – Sep 21 all-day

Dorestad Raid, Netherlands.

http://www.natuurlijkvaren.nl/

May
24
Sat
2014
Sail Caledonia 2014
May 24 – May 30 all-day

Sail Caledonia is the annual Scottish ‘Raid’ or expedition for boats powered by sail and oars which takes place in the Highlands of Scotland in early summer.

Using the three major lochs of the Great Glen and the 200 year old Caledonian Canal, the fleet of up to 25 boats races, explores and ceilidh their way up the Glen from Fort William through Fort Augustus and Loch Ness before finishing the journey in the Highlands’ capital, Inverness.

See the Sail Caledonia web site for more details.

Jul
5
Sat
2014
Weymouth Rally @ Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Jul 5 – Jul 5 all-day

South coast rally sailing on the Dorset coast from Weymouth. See the forum for full details

http://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php/topic,961.msg6120.html#msg6120

Sep
1
Mon
2014
English Raid @ Famouth
Sep 1 – Sep 4 all-day
Sep
12
Fri
2014
Southampton Boat Show @ Southampton
Sep 12 – Sep 20 all-day
Sep
13
Sat
2014
Teifi Rally @ Teifi Boating Club
Sep 13 – Sep 13 all-day

The Teifi Boating Club have kindly agreed to make their premises available to us for a rally on the weekend of the 13th and 14th of September 2014.  Format will be much the same as in previous years. A combination of coastal and estuary cruising – depending on weather conditions. Two meals in the boat club.

Gareth Rowlands will be sending out diary markers to skippers who have attended before. If you would like to be included in the circulation of details and haven’t been before, or have changed your email address, please let Gareth have your name / email address through this forum:

http://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php/topic,896.msg5492.html#msg5492

May
10
Sun
2015
Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan @ Golfe du Morbihan
May 10 – May 17 all-day

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

http://www.semainedugolfe.com/Home-1074-0-0-0.html

May
22
Fri
2015
Sail Caledonia 2015 @ Great Glen, Scotland
May 22 – May 30 all-day

Sail Caledonia is the annual Scottish ‘Raid’ or expedition for boats powered by sail and oars which takes place in the Highlands of Scotland in early summer.

Using the three major lochs of the Great Glen and the 200 year old Caledonian Canal, the fleet of up to 25 boats races, explores and ceilidh their way up the Glen from Fort William through Fort Augustus and Loch Ness before finishing the journey in the Highlands’ capital, Inverness.

See the Sail Caledonia web site for more details.

Jun
12
Fri
2015
Swallow Boats Rally @ Ullswater
Jun 12 – Jun 14 all-day

Swallow Boats rally on Ullswater. See following forum topic for details:

http://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php/topic,980.msg6336.html#msg6336

Jun
19
Fri
2015
Teifi Rally @ Teifi Boat Club
Jun 19 – Jun 21 all-day
Jun
28
Sun
2015
Swallow Boats Raid @ Mylor Yacht Harbour
Jun 28 – Jul 3 all-day

Mon 29 June to Fri 3 July 2015 at Mylor Yacht Harbour, Falmouth. See following forum post for full details:

http://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php/topic,1067.msg7237.html#msg7237