DIARY DATES

■ Scottish Series, 28-31 May, at Tarbert, Loch Fyne, scottishseries.info

■ Royal Escape Race and Rally, starting 28 May from Brighton and finishing in Fécamp, France, royalescaperace.co.uk.

■ Brixham Heritage Sailing Regatta, 29-30 May, at Brixham, brixhamyachtclub.com

■ The British Motor Yacht Show, 12-20 June, Premier Marinas, Swanwick, premiermarinas.com

■ Flare disposal, 13 June, Chichester Marina, premiermarinas.com

■ Jester Baltimore Challenge, 13 June, starting from Plymouth & Pwllheli, jesterchallenge. wordpress.com

■ Green Tech Boat Show, 19-20 June, at Queen Anne’s Battery, Plymouth, mdlmarinas.co.uk

■ Jester Azores Challenge, 21 June, starting from Plymouth & Baltimore, jesterchallenge. wordpress.com

■ Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta, 18-20 June, at River Orwell, syharbour. co.uk

■ Jester Azores Challenge, 21 June, starting from Plymouth & Baltimore, jesterchallenge. wordpress.com

■ Bangor Town Regatta, 24-27 June, Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland, bangortownregatta.com

■ Flare disposal day, 26 June, Brighton Marina, premiermarinas.com

■ Chichester Boat Show, 26-27 June, Chichester Marina, premiermarinas.com

■ Round the Island Race, 3 July, Isle of Wight, roundtheisland.org.uk

■ Cowes Classics Week, 3-9 July, at Cowes, cowesclassicsweek.org