Cruising in Company - Cardiff - Food & Drink Festival

BCYA Cardiff Food and Drink Festival. This is the food festival held in Cardiff Bay where you can base your boat for the weekend. Keep an eye on the BCYA website and facebook for details. Usually the BCYA has its own area to welcome sailors and create a place to meet other boaters who have come for the event. They also usually arrange for discounted berthing for the weekend. NDYC (and all its members) are members of the BCYA. 

Note - If the weather is not right or Cardiff is further than you fancy, there will be an Oldenburg full of runners doing a 1/2 marathon on Lundy Island which will surely be good to see or a Shanty Festival at Ilfracombe this weekend too.

Cruising In Company is the NDYC program of trips that will try to get a convoy of boats out together to head to events in the Bristol Channel enjoying our hobby as a community. Every trip is open to anyone with a boat and skills that enable them to get to the destination (and back!) safely and is perfect for those who would prefer to follow a friend into an unfamiliar port. If you do not have a boat but would like to come as crew, the best place to look for this is on our WhatsApp community where hopefully a space can be found. Small print - These trips are done on your own boats, with your own insurance and at your own risk - it is for the participants to decide whether the trip is suitable for their craft and experience.

As with all things cruising, the weather has to play ball, we have sought locations where you will see local celebrations, small airplanes and fireworks but if the weather is not suitable for the destination, we will look to find an alternative option that is. Keeping up to date with events as they progress and the weather unfolds is also best done on our WhatsApp community.

Last updated 12:09pm on 5 March 2026