• Menger Messabout #4 Postponed until Fall ’26

    Blackbeard Sailing Club 1215 Barkentine Drive, New Bern, NC, United States

    Due to an ongoing construction project at Blackbeard Sailing Club on Upper Broad Creek of the Neuse River in eastern North Carolina, the event has been postponed until the fall. please check back for new dates and details. All catboats (and other traditionally rigged boats) are welcome to join the fun. Blackbeard is very welcoming and has primitive camping available ...

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  • Cedar Key Small Boat Meet

    Cedar Key, Florida Cedar Key, Florida

    41st Annual Cedar Key Small Boat Meet May 1-3,2026 The 2024 hurricane season was catastrophic for Cedar Key, but the community is resilient and has made great progress with many lodgings available as well as restaurants. It is not too early to start making reservations if you have not already done so. The Cedar Key Small Boat Meet is the ...

  • Blackwater Sail-Oar-Paddle

    The launch date is subject to wind and weather. We’re keeping the entire weekend open. Boats on trailers can launch from the Shorter’s Wharf boat ramp. Paddlers may choose to launch from one of the other soft landings in Blackwater NWR. We’ll make our way toward the Blackwater “ponds”. TBD where we go after that. Join the discussion. Some of ...

  • Eaton Rapids Wooden Boat Show

    Saturday, June 6 Eaton Rapids Wooden Boat Show.  This year's show will be at the Howe Memorial Field in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. There'll be lots of activity, as the city will also host its farmers market, art in the park, a youth fishing contest, and live music that day. Last June, there were canoes, kayaks, rowboats, sailboats, an Irish coracle, ...

  • 7th Annual Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival

    Blue Hill, Maine Blue Hill, ME, United States

    The Downeast Chapter of the Traditional Small Craft Association (TSCA) is proud to host and along with the National TSCA co-sponsor the Festival. The Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival is scheduled for Saturday, August 15, 2026. We are planning a fun summer day by the bay, with a lot of maritime and historical related activities: boats, and boat building demonstrations, ...

  • Chincoteague Bay in Small Craft, TBD Autumn 2026

    We haven’t decided yet on the launch location or destination. We assembled some geographic and topographic data and published an interactive map to help us explore Chincoteague Bay and the barrier islands for landings and camping: Exploring Chincoteague Bay in Traditional Small Craft And some notes about the best and worst times to be here: Black Flies and Other Pests ...

  • Florida Gulf Coast Small Boat Meet

    Cedar Key, Florida Cedar Key, Florida

    Florida Gulf Coast Small Boat Meet November 6-8, 2026 The 2024 hurricane season was catastrophic for Cedar Key, but the community is resilient and has made great progress with many lodgings available as well as restaurants. It is not too early to start making reservations if you have not already done so. The Cedar Key Small Boat Meet is the ...