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Events

This calendar shows all events known to the SBA
- however the SBA accepts no responsibility for the veracity of information about events organised by other organisations.

Note some events are "Members Only",
and you will only be able to see these if you are Logged-In to the site (and are a member!)


Future events

    • 14 Mar 2025
    • 18:00
    • 16 Mar 2025
    • 16:00
    • National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port
    • 97
    Register

                                            2025 AGM

    Provided by Bing Places for Business

    Conference Centre 

    National Waterways Museum, 

    Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 4FW

    On 15th of March 2025

    The format will be the same as in previous years with the

    Auction/Business Meeting/Presentation of Trophies etc/talk or discussion.

    There will also be space available for individual stands and

    there will be the usual Photo Competition.

    A Buffet Lunch will be available comprising of;                             

    Freshly prepared sandwiches, Indian Buffet Selection (spring rolls, samosas, pakoras, bhajis) Cheese and tomato Quiche and Mozzarella sticks, Mini Poppadum's with mango and spicy red pepper dips, and a selection of petit fours.

    Cost is £11 per head and needs to be booked by 10th March 2025

    All -day tea and coffee will be provided for all those who have booked for the AGM. If you do not wish to have tea/coffee please indicate on the booking form.

    There is also a café on site for those who prefer.

    A free pass to the Museum is included for all attendees. This is usually for the day of the meeting but the museum has agreed for this to be made available for use on the Sunday and all those booking for the AGM will receive a pass.

    There will be a pre-Event Dinner at the Holiday Inn, Ellesmere Port, CH45 2AL on the Friday night Friday 14th March. This is a pre -booked three course meal at £36.50 per head and needs to be booked with menu choices and paid for via the AGM Booking Form by Monday 10th February 2025.

    Menu choices are;

    Starters;    

    • Carrot and Coriander Soup (v) (ve) or
    • Chicken Liver Parfait with a sweet and spicy chutney, served with toasted herb croutes. (gf)

    Mains;       

    • Braised Beef with Colcannon mashed potato served with roasted carrots, green beans, and a red wine sauce. (gf) or
    • Prosciutto wrapped cod loin on top of a Spanish style tomato stew with spinach and samphire (gf) or
    • Risotto stuffed Butternut Squash with Mediterranean vegetables (v) (ve) (gf)

    Dessert       

    • Chocolate Brownie served with Raspberries& vanilla ice cream. (gf) or
    • Lemon Meringue Tart served with citrus balm gel and crumb topping.

    Please indicate on the booking form your menu choices and whether you have any specific dietary requirements or allergies.

    Bookings for the AGM itself can be made up to the 13th March but please note the deadlines for booking food etc as numbers have to be sorted and sent to the caterers.

    There is plenty of accommodation in the area. The Holiday Inn, CH65 2AL has offered us limited accommodation at £119 per room per night but you might find that you can book more cheaply on various sites.

    The agenda and full details of the AGM will be sent out in January/February.

    Looking forward to meeting you all at the AGM

    Dot

    (Chairman SBA)

     



    • 22 Jun 2025
    • 16:00
    • 27 Jun 2025
    • 16:00
    • Windermere Motor Boat and Racing Club

    Windermere Rally will be held this year from Sunday 22nd June until Friday 27th June 2025 at the Windermere Motor Boat and Racing Club.

    This is just a preliminary notice for those wishing to book accommodation etc. The event will follow similar lines to previous years and details and booking form will be available in the New Year.

    • 18 Jul 2025
    • 20 Jul 2025
    • Bristol Floating Harbour
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    Steamboats @ Bristol Harbour Festival 2025


    Welcome to the Steamboat element of the Bristol Harbour Festival – we look forward to seeing old hands and new faces. The format will be much the same as previous years – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

    After a very successful handover of the organisation of the Harbour Festival in 2024 we look forward to an equally successful event in 2025.

    The 2025 format will be much the same as previous years (I hope!) with a couple of variations; however, for those with short memories (like me), and those that didn’t attend last year, this is what to expect:

    Friday: Launch (Cottage Pub, Baltic Wharf, Cumberland Road, Bristol BS1 6XG) anytime from about 12h00 onwards. 

    We will get together for a communal evening meal event of some kind on Friday evening - details later

    Saturday: You are at liberty to steam around the festival site (except as commanded by the Harbour Authorities whilst other ‘spectacles’ take place) plus we will have 1, maybe 2, coordinated ‘Steam Processions’, with live PA commentary, through the day – a great chance to show off, especially our whistles and sirens. These processions are where we earn our keep, so to speak, and, whilst participation is not obligatory, they are both good fun and our way of saying ‘Thank You’ to the Festival for their generous hospitality. The Processions will be ‘topped and tailed’ by Harbour Launches so it is a really easy case of ‘follow the leader’. Would those of you that want to promote your boat let me have some ‘blurb’ for the commentator to use – interesting snippets about the boat over and above the basic length, engine and boiler specs are good. We are, again, promised to be featured in the Harbour Festival Programme and I don’t know how much they will print but I will let them have all that you let me have – info sooner rather than later please.

    Saturday evening – Meal - venue yet to be determined. This MUST be pre-booked with us. 

    Sunday: Lazy steam-up (10h00ish) and one procession through the Festival but, instead of turning around, we will just keep on going up the harbour/canal/river until we reach the pub (actually two pubs side by side through a lock). This will give you a chance to see where the ‘Floating Harbour’ joins the River Avon, observe some of Bristol’s industrial past (and present) as well as having a nice chug through some pleasant countryside. Lunch can be taken at either pub or onboard before returning via the reciprocal route either straight to pull-out or to another over-night on your berth.

    I will be assisting those going home on Sunday to pull out and suggest that you steam straight to the Cottage Pub slipway and moor up on the dinghy pontoons whilst preparing to pull out. This is when a degree of tact and cooperation is required as there will be a large number of other users all wanting to access the slip at this time. I will try to referee and coordinate with the other ‘team leaders’, but please be patient and cooperative in order to ensure that all goes as smoothly as possible.

    I will also be in attendance on Monday morning to assist those of you that are pulling out. In some years we have had more of a ‘traffic jam’ at the slip on Monday than we had on Sunday afternoon, so please note the comments above and I am sure it will all go ‘swimmingly’.

    Any queries, please contact me on 01275 331074 or Mobile: 0790 528 6711 or via email Kevin@ManorFarmEngineering.co.UK
    or snail mail: Manor Farm, Scot Lane, Chew Stoke, BS40 8UW.

    We look forward to seeing you all.

    Kevin & Gillie Slater

     

     

    The Member of the SBA coordinating with the Event Organiser is Kevin Slater.

     

    Event type 2 

    Key to event types

    1 - SBA Organised Event (owner's declaration required)

    2 - SBA organised participation in 3rd party's event (owner's declaration required)

    In event types 1 and 2 the SBA organisers and SBA members are covered by the SBA Liability Insurance.

    3 - private meeting of members with or without boats

    4 - private, individual participation of members in 3rd party's event

    5 - for information only


    • 10 Oct 2025
    • 12 Oct 2025
    • Royal Windermere Yacht Club

    The Lay-up Rally is provisionally booked for Friday 10th October to Sunday 12 October. We thought, after about 15 years of much the same programme, we might change it a bit:

    Friday - launch and steam in the North Lake or Bowness Bay. As in previous years, bar snacks will be available at the RWYC in the evening.

    Saturday - steam in the South Lake, with lunch at Fell Foot: picnic or pay-as-you-go at the café. Return for the Lay-up Supper at the RWYC in the evening - a menu choice form  will be available in due course

    Sunday - Steam in the North Lake. Visit Windermere Jetty Museum at lunchtime; picnic or pay-as-you-go at the café. Return to the Yacht Club to haul out.

    The registration form will go live sometime in the summer of 2025. Please indicate on the registration form if you expect to go to the cafés - no commitment.

    Launching facilities for small boats will be available at RWYC, others can launch at the Ferry Nab. All boats must have a Windermere registration, which can be obtained on-line from the Lake District National Park office in Kendal. It can no longer be bought at the slipway. All boats must submit a declaration, which will be available in due course.

    Please note the Risk Assessment (2024 version - will be updated in due course if considered necessary) for the rally.

    Location, launching and mooring information

    Some suggestions for accomodation: Accomodation2021.pdf

    For further details, or to express an interest, contact Roger Calvert.

    Event type 1

    Key to event types

    1 - SBA Organised Event (owner's declaration required)

    2 - SBA organised participation in 3rd party's event (owner's declaration required)

    In event types 1 and 2 the SBA organisers and SBA members are covered by the SBA Liability Insurance; 

    3 - private meeting of members with or without boats

    4 - private, individual participation of members in 3rd party's event

    5 - for information only



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