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.
Raid Finland, Turku Archipelago, Åland Islands.
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.
Dorestad Raid, Netherlands.
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.
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
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
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
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.
Swallow Boats rally on Ullswater. See following forum topic for details:
http://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php/topic,980.msg6336.html#msg6336
Details can be found on the following forum post:
http://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php/topic,1057.msg7122.html#msg7122
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
SwallowBoats rally at Weymouth, Dorset. Based out of Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy and Portland Marina. Proposed format is as follows but this is subject to numbers and conditions:
Friday 17th: Launch boats, sailing Portland Harbour / Weymouth Bay.
Saturday 18th: Sailing in Weymouth Bay or east along cost. Dinner in evening at local restaurant.
Sunday 19th: Sailing in Portland Harbour / Weymouth Bay. Possibly a race if sufficient interest. Recover boats.
Full discussion and details on following forum topic:
http://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php/topic,1071.msg7324.html#msg7324
See the English Raid website for details: http://www.raidengland.org/.
See following forum post for details:
http://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php/topic,1058.msg7125.html#msg7125