RAIDING - "What is it?"
"A fleet of small boats exploring an inland waterway or coastline over a period of several days"
"A sail-and-oar adventure"
"A leisure pursuit"
For the dynamic short video, see right . -->
(Compiled for Reading Sailing Club presentation Jan 2018)
"Raid (boating)" Wikipedia Definition.
What is Raiding?
Video 5:27
Raids and other Morbic-worthy events.
2024 - Still evolving - Please let us know if you have any info.
Thu 9 - Sun 12 May 2024. Pasaia Maritime Festival . Near Bilbao . (Lovely venue, lots of on-shore events, minimal organised sailing) (Not yet visited)
Sat/Sun 25/26th May 2024 . Brixham Heritage Regatta. (not yet visited)
(Late?) May/June 2024 . Sail Caledonia The Great Glen and Loch Ness . Raid . Stunning scenery (Not cheap!). (We've enjoyed it but clashes with Venice which is warmer!)
Sun (Late?) May 2024 - Venice - Three events in 8 days - Vogalonga (Long Row) - Vela Raid 4-days (Alternate years?) - Velalonga 1-day (Sailing race)
Thu 23 - Sun 26 May 2024.2024 . Oostened at Anchor . Maritime Festival . Free to participants! (Not yet visited)
??? June 2024 . Falmouth Classics . Races, Parades, Events ashore. Shanty Festival. RECOMMENDED
Then nearby
??? June 2024 - SW OGA Helford Rally. RECOMMENDED. (Awaiting OGA website update)
??? June 2024. . 2023 date not known] . SeaFairHaven . Maritime Festival. Milford Haven and the River Cleddau.
??? July 2023 - "OGA 60" Cardiff Bay was 2023. 2024 not knowm..
Fri 5th – Sun 7th July 2024. Mousehole Sea salts & Sail Festival -. (Not yet visited)
Fri 12 to Wed 17 July 2024. Brest Massive Maritime Festival (4-yearly). It's BIG! Free to participants!
TBA. Mid? July 2024. Douarnenez Maritime Festival (Alternate years). Free to participants! Generally immediatly preceded by Brest.
??? August 2024 . OGA SW Gaffers River Dart Rally. RECOMMENDED. (Awaiting OGA website update)
Fri 6 - Sun 8 Sept 2024 . Raid Extreme . (Friesland) . Annual tour of Lauwersmeer . Race or be leisurely. RECOMMENDED.
Then nearby
Wed 11 - Sun 15 Sept 2024 . The annual Dorestad Raid (pics here) . Run by Natuuralijk Varen - "Natural Sailing". RECOMMENDED
Regestration usually opens mid January.
(Mid?) September 2024 . Brixham Heritage Rally (not yet visited)
And many, UK and Europe - Please ask!
Leftovers from earlier years for reference.
[30th April - 2nd May 2022.] . Brixham Pirates Festival (Don't bother? No organised sailing. Lots of "pirates")
15th - 21st May 2023 - Semaine de Golfe. Maritime Festival. Free to participants! A thousand traditional craft enjoy the inland sea, Golfe du Morbihan. (every 2 years) RECOMMENDED
27th and 28th May 2023 . Brixham Heritage Regatta . (not yet visited)
[26 - 29 May 2022] . Pasaia Maritime Festival . Near Bilbao . (Lovely venue, lots of on-shore events, minimal organised sailing) (Not yet visited)
27th May-3rd June 2023 . Sail Caledonia The Great Glen and Loch Ness . Raid . Stunning scenery (Not cheap!). (We've enjoyed it but clashes with Venice which is warmer!)
Venice - Three events in 8 days - Vogalonga (Long Row) Sun 28th May 2023 - Vela Raid 4-days (Alternate years?) - Velalonga 1-day (Sailing race)
1st - 4th June 2023 . Oostened at Anchor . Maritime Festival . Free to participants! (Not yet visited)
16 - 18 June 2023 . Falmouth Classics . Races, Parades, Events ashore. Shanty Festival. RECOMMENDED
Then nearby
19 - 21st June 2023 - SW OGA Helford Rally. (Awaiting OGA website update)
[18th - 25th June 2022. . 2023 date not known] . SeaFairHaven . Maritime Festival. Milford Haven and the River Cleddau.
14th - 16th July 2023 - "OGA 60" Cardiff Bay.
11th - 13th August 2023 . OGA SW Gaffers River Dart Rally. RECOMMENDED. (Awaiting OGA website update)
1-3 Sept 2023 . Raid Extreme . (Friesland) . Annual tour of Lauwersmeer . Race or be leisurely . (Aiming to attend in 2023)
Then nearby
6-10 Sept 2023 . The annual Dorestad Raid (pics here) . Run by Natuuralijk Varen - "Natural Sailing". RECOMMENDED
Regestration opens 22nd January 2023
16th September 2023 . Brixham Heritage Rally (not yet visited)
Raids
and other
Morbic-worthy
events
Other organisations which run events
Dinghy Cruising Association - "Promote the use of sailing dinghies for purposes other than racing".
Old Gaffers Association - "Preserve and encourage interest in gaff, lug and spritsail rig".Calendar.
UK Home-Built Boat Rally and the UKHBBR Forum.
Natuuralijk Varen - Probably best known for the annual Dorestad Raid (See above).
Federation Voile-Aviron Calendar of events (A few identified for 2023)
Naviguer Autrement - 2023 calendar awaited.
which run
"Raid-Like"
events
If you know others Please tell us!
A miscellany of other possibilities about which I know very little
If you know them or others, Please tell us!
Escale a Sete (S France) [26 Mar-1 April 2024]. (Mainly large craft? + Includes Sail-and-Oar)
La Morue en Fête, Binic, France. 18-21 May 2023.
Route du Sable - [June 2022. . 2023 date not known].Two days - Rosnoën to Châteaulin.
Poole Maritime Festival . June 2023 - Date TBA.
Portsoy (Aberdeenshire) Trad boat festival 30th June - 2nd July 2023.
Fecamp [Normandy 29th June - 3rd July 2022. . 2023 date not known]
Bristol Harbour Festival - 15 - 16th July 2023 - (A town festival on the harbourside - No organised sailing?)
Aber Wrac'h [29-31 July 2022]
Cardigan Bay Regatta 23 - 25 August 2023.
Nantes Festival - 28 Aug - 3rd Sep. 2023
Festival Les Rendez-vous de l’Erdre – Jazz et Belle plaisance - Festival - 28 Aug - 3rd Sep. 2023 - Roger Barnes Video - Official video.
Sail Amsterdam (5-yearly) Next = August 2025
Entre Terre et Der - 1-3 Oct 2021.
Tall Ships Network Festivals (boats of all sizes?)
of other
possibilities
about which
I know
very little
If you know
them or others
Please tell us!
1) Our three recent visits from UK to EU have not thrown up significant customs or immigration problems. On one occasion we were waved through without stopping. On another we answered a few simple questions and offered to open the boat's cover.
We suggest - Carry evidence of; (a) the event/s you will be attending, preferably with evidence of accommodation; (b) your return transport booking to the UK including your boat; (c) your boat's insurance and your ownership of it; (d) your driving licence, car insurance and recovery insurance.
2) Click here and scroll down to "The following is from the EU official website of the EUROPEAN COMMISSION"
It is not a legal document, but is a useful start.
Go on down to "Where can you find the legal texts?"
3) Frequently Asked Questions on: Rules for private boats. Includes links to the legal texts.
4) > Plagiarised from the above > "Where can you find the legal texts?
The legal provisions on temporary admission are found in:
Articles 250 to 253 of the Union Customs Code (UCC).
(Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code); NB Be careful if you want to print this as the whole of the Code is 160 pages long - print using the menu 'File' and select the pages you want).
and in particular Articles 207 to 217 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 (UCC-DA). (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015); NB Be careful if you want to print from this as the implementing provisions is 613 pages long! - print using the menu 'File' and select the pages you want).
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