Here’s what’s on in the world of boats and boatbuilding for the next couple of months.

If you have an event of interest to WaterCraft readers, let us know at cat@watercraft-magazine.com

DCA = Dinghy Cruising Association

OGA = Old Gaffers Association

SBA = Steamboat Association

EBA = Electric Boat Association

NOVEMBER 2024

IBTC Lowestoft – see W150. Photograph: Marc Fovargue-Davies

19-21 November

METSTRADE 2024 Marine Equipment Trade Show

RAI Amsterdam, Netherlands

https://www.metstrade.com

30 November 

IBTC Lowestoft Open Day

Lowestoft, Suffolk 

https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/event/shipshape/open-days-ibtc-lowestoft-boatbuilding-college

DECEMBER 2024

Lyme Regis Launch Day October 2022 – see W151. Photograph: Philip Mott

4 December 

DCA South Coast Winter Daysail

Bosham, West Sussex

https://www.dinghycruising.life/south-coast.html

4-8 December

Athens International Boat Show

Metropolitan Expo, Athens, Greece

https://athensboatshow.gr/en/

5 December

Boat Building Academy Launch Day

Lyme Regis, Dorset

www.boatbuildingacademy.com

7 December 

DCA South Coast Winter Daysail

Pilsey Island and Furzefield Creek, West Sussex

https://www.dinghycruising.life/south-coast.html

JANUARY 2025

OGA60 rally on Ullswater in 2023 – see W163. Photograph: Steve Mitchell

1 January 

DCA South Coast Winter Daysail

Langstone Village or Emsworth Pontoon, Hampshire

https://www.dinghycruising.life/south-coast.html

8 January 

DCA South Coast Winter Daysail

East Head, West Sussex

https://www.dinghycruising.life/south-coast.html

10-12 January

OGA AGM 2025

Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire

www.oga.org.uk

18 January 

DCA South Coast Winter Daysail

Dell Quay, West Sussex

https://www.dinghycruising.life/south-coast.html

18-26 January

boot Düsseldorf

Messe Düsseldorf, Germany

https://www.boot.com

18-26 January

Toronto International Boat Show

Exhibition Place, Toronto, Canada

www.torontoboatshow.com

25 January

IBTC Lowestoft Open Day

Lowestoft, Suffolk

www.ibtc.co.uk