Enter Your Boat for
Trad 2027

2027 Boat Entry is now open - booked on a first come first served basis  
BOOK NOW TO SECURE YOUR PLACE!

The following craft are eligible to enter the festival

  • Boats of traditional wooden construction.
  • Wooden boats built by hot or cold moulding techniques.
  • Composite craft (i.e. metal frames with timber planking).
  • Vessels built of riveted iron or riveted steel.
  • Craft built of canvas on a wooden frame.
  • Steam powered craft with hulls of non traditional construction (ie GRP or ply) are most welcome but will only be eligible to compete for the Horsham Cleat, Reade Propeller, and Rosie (illuminated craft) trophies.
Boat Entry Form

Any Queries: Jon Casey

Trophies are awarded under several categories and these, together with the judging criteria, are published on the JUDGING page of this website. Entry for all trophies (via the Boat Entry Form) is FREE.

Marine plywood is only acceptable in slipper stern launches, or any craft when used internally, e.g. bulkheads, internal flooring or as the inner skin of a planked deck.

Owners of craft, which qualified under previous eligibility rules (e.g. plywood boats with planked clinker hull, which have attended in the past, may still enter such craft for the festival PROVIDING ownership of the craft has not changed AND the continuity of entry is not broken.

Craft built wholly or partly of Ferro Cement, GRP (glass fibre) or plastics and those built of welded steel or having marine plywood hulls are NOT eligible for this Rally.

There will be a ‘Special Interest’ class for boats considered by the committee to be of special historic or constructional interest, but not otherwise eligible to enter. Entry into this class is at the sole discretion of the committee and if accepted does not confer rights of entry in succeeding years.

  • Moorings will be allocated according to classification to all entered and accepted boats.
    Owners must be prepared to raft up with similar craft to enable all the vessels to moor safely.
  • The Committee’s decision on matters of eligibility and suitability for entry will be final.
  • All owners of boats entered must pay the appropriate boat entry fee.

Support boats of non-traditional construction may be accepted and allocated a mooring subject to availability of space and payment of the boat entry fee. The owner of the traditional craft requiring support must make the application. 
Entry information (Moorings & boat numbers) will be e-mailed in late June.
Priority Campsite booking is available to those with open boats and to exhibitors and traders until 21st June.

Cancellations - Entry fees may be refunded at the committee’s discretion up to the closing date for entries - 1st June (or before if full) - after which no refunds will be given.

Launching your Boat

If you are bringing your boat to the event by trailer there are three local options, two of which are basically free of charge. Please contact them directly if you’d like to use these facilities.

Val Wyatt Marine 0118 940 3211 (they close at 4pm on Sunday but are open again on Monday)

Harleyford Marina 01628 471361 (a donation to the RNLI would be appreciated) and you can leave a trailer there.

GMech at the Hobbs Wargrave Rd. yard where Ivan will crane your boat for £7 per foot. Please call him on 07770 608274.

NB There is no trailer storage at Hobbs or at Val Wyatt but space is available in the Festival car park.