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The event in 2007 was superb, attracting some 10,000 people.
Some idea of the range of events can be seen from this programme, or see the picture gallery
10.00 SHOW OPENS
Thames Sailing Barge Victor and three Arthur Ransome yachts on display
10.45 Launch (Saturday only) of Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon Treasure Ship Sae Wylfing from Whisstock's Yard. Sailing and rowing both days
11.00 Relaunch of the Teddy, Suffolk’s oldest boat (Sunday only)
11.00 to 5.00 Tide Mill open free of charge
11.00 to 4.00 Suffolk Punch carriage rides from railway station (fare payable)
10.30 to 4.00 Open-Top bus rides round the town and to Sutton Hoo (Saturday only; fare payable)
4.00 Exhibition closes
4.00 Sea Fever. Live show of nautical music, drama, songs and dance
Shanty groups will perform outside the Whisstocks sheds in the morning, and on board the barge
Victor in the afternoon
Woodbridge Cruising Club and the Deben Yacht Club open to visitors
Robertsons and Eversons traditional boat yards open to visitors
Free River Trips from Eversons boat yard
Model boat demonstrations Model Boat Pond
Exhibition of marine paintings Art Club on Tide Mill Quay
Exhibition of marine photography Top Floor Studio, Quayside
MAIN EXHIBITION
10.00 to 4.00 Whisstocks boat shed
Display of Woodbridge’s Maritime History
Live Demonstrations
Knot-tying and rope-making: make your own rope
Coracle building
How the Anglo-Saxons lived
Tasting of Anglo-Saxon bread
Making art from beach-combings
Exhibitors
National Trust (Sutton Hoo)
Woodbridge Museum
Browsers Book Shop
Creekside Publishing
The Cake Shop, Woodbridge
Suffolk Sails
Bawdsey Radar Group
River Deben Association
Woodbridge and Melton Riverside Action Group
The Nancy Blackett Trust
Suffolk Coasts and Heaths Project
Chris Briggs Nautical Books
Mandy Birch
Footrope Knots
Old Gaffers Association
Classic Sailing Club
Adrian Donovan
International Boat Building Training College, Lowestoft
Starfish Studio
FREE LIVE PERFORMANCES BOTH DAYS
Whisstocks Boat Shed Auditorium
We Didn’t Mean To Go to Sea
2.00pm Gabriel Woolf brings to life Arthur Ransome’s story of the Swallows’ storm-driven voyage across the North Sea from Harwich Harbour
2.30 Channel 4 Time Team historian Dr Sam Newton presents the story of the Sutton Hoo treasure and the Anglo-Saxon sailors
4.00pm
Interval 4.45pm. Close 6.00pm
Heritage Open Days attractions in the town centre, with free entry
| Woodbridge Town Museum |
| Suffolk Punch Heavy Horse Museum |
| Buttrum’s Windmill |
| Quaker Burial Ground: a wildlife oasis |
| Woodbridge Quay Church |
MARITIME BEER FESTIVAL
Cherry Tree Inn (Opposite Notcutts Garden Centre) 11.00 am to 11.00pm