The Classic and Vintage Racing Dinghy Association (CVRDA)
exists to get classic and vintage racing dinghies racing together as often as possible, to share and disseminate information about classic and vintage dinghies and to raise the public awareness of these boats and the nautical heritage they represent.
We welcome everyone with an interest in classic and vintage dinghies so please join us on our forum, our FaceBook group or, better still, on the water at an event.
Some Future Events
| LLangorse Rally 2025 | 4 Oct 2025 - 5 Oct 2025 | Brecon, Powys, LD3 7TR |
| Banbury 2026 | 16 May 2026 | Byfield, Northamptonshire, NN11 6XU |
| Roadford Rally 2026 | 4 Jul 2026 - 5 Jul 2026 | Lifton, Devon, PL16 0JL |
| For the full event list see http://www.cvrda.org/events/ | ||
Latest News
- Clywedog 2025
A select but small band of visitors made the journey to Mid Wales this year. As a shakedown race, we ran a pursuit on Saturday afternoon with Roger hanging on in the lead for just over an hour but was overhauled by Amy and Jeanette sailing Chris and Lois’s Merlin 507 to great effect, 2nd… Read more: Clywedog 2025 - Bowmoor Nationals 2025
For over 25 years the CVRDA has been encouraging the racing of classic racing dinghies and supporting the restoration and maintenance of dinghies passed over by dinghy development and the almost universal shift towards SMODs.This year’s CVRDA National Rally was held at the very friendly Bowmoor Sailing Club on 8-10 August with a very mixed… Read more: Bowmoor Nationals 2025 - Roadford 2025
July 18th – 20th saw the annual pilgrimage of Classic sailing dinghies make their way down to Roadford Lake for the West Devon event. The weather forecast wasn’t stunning, and together with a clash in the events calendar, sadly meant that there were quite low numbers attending. That didn’t detract form everyone having a great… Read more: Roadford 2025 - Weston 2025
CVRDA members joined with the Lowrider Moth fleet to take part in Weston’s July Cup weekend. Conditions proved good for sailing with warm sunshine and a building breeze and increasing choppy sea each day. Sailing took place over the high water stand period and the race officer fitted in three back to back races each… Read more: Weston 2025