Unfortunately, due to COVID 19 restrictions it has been necessary for the main 2020 Southampton Boat Show to be cancelled. We love meeting our customers and people interested in our boats at Southampton but British Marine are working hard to keep show-goers safe and we will be looking forward to the show next year, which we are sure will be the biggest and best yet!
At the present time Boot Dusseldorf is due to go ahead as normal and we are already starting to get the boats ready. We hope to meet many new people as well as those returning to have another look at a Swallow and our owners who are at the show.
It really is a shame about the main show at Southampton, but we will be back in 2021!
Are there any plans – any plans AT ALL(?) – to bring a Bay Raider (for instance) to the United States for a boat show in 2021? I am writing from Sarasota, Florida and am intensely interested in the Bay Raider 20 for my last sail boat capable of skinny-water cruising and would like to see a Bay Raider in action. As a result, I would travel to anywhere along the U.S. East Coast to see (and possibly sail) on the show boat with potential purchase in mind.
I have owned a Penguin-class boat (too small) and a Lightning-class boat (which my father and I camp-cruised from Miami to Sarasota on the Florida West Coast when I was 15. I owned that boat until I traded her for a National One Design which then I traded for a power boat in a fit of stupidity.
Also, is there a Swallow Yachts dealer in the U.S. who might have for sale either a new or used Bay Raider 20 for viewing with purchase in mind?
Thanks for any info you might provide.