Bridlington Sailing Coble Festival 2025
19th-20th July 2025
The Bridlington Sailing Coble Festival 2025 will take place over the weekend of 19th and 20th July. This unique maritime attraction, which has grown year on year from very humble beginnings, will showcase traditional sailing cobles from some of the renowned boatbuilders along the 'coble coast'.
Once a familiar sight at every port, harbour and coastal village from the Humber to the Tweed, cobles were produced in prolific numbers. Their disappearance is perhaps a reflection of the state of the inshore fishing industry, and most certainly of the introduction of modern boat building materials.
Organised by the Bridlington Sailing Coble Preservation Society (BSCPS), a registered charity formed in 1983, the Festival is now in its eighth year and has in the past attracted cobles from as far away as Mevagissy on the south coast and Beadnell in Northumberland. Shore-based musical entertainment throughout the two-day event, along with various stands and stalls in the Harbourside Exhibition Hall, will provide visitors to the Festival with plenty of interest.
Bridlington boasts the country's largest fleet of surviving sailing cobles and this year, visitors will see fine examples built by Dawson and Beverley of Seahouses, George Cambridge of Hartlepool, Harrison's of Amble and david Winspear of Whitby, as well as those from the more local boat builders Hopwood (Flamborough) and Siddall (Bridlington). The last two sailing cobles built side by side at Bridlington in 2014 by John Clarkson and Joe Gelsthorpe will also be taking part in the event.
Find out more on the Society's facebook page and website.
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