East Coast Branch
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Our 2026 Events Calendar has been published by the committee.
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Next Event
Fitting Out Lunch @ Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club
Saturday 28th March 2026 – 1200 for 1300 start
Organiser: Andy Robinson
Guidance for Event Coordinators
This helpful printable guide takes you through the basics of organising a branch event.
About The East Coast Branch
Our branch covers a very large sailing area from Berwick-Upon-Tweed on the Scottish Border to Dover, and currently we have around 260 members in the Branch, one of the largest in the Association. We are also very active with typically 12 or 13 social and sailing events organised each year.
The Branch started life in the River Orwell in 1991, and this area remains the focal point of much of our activity, with the majority of events being organised in and around the Thames Estuary. You can read more about the branch history here. We are keen to encourage members further afield to join in and organise their own events where there are sufficient numbers of Moody Owners to make this feasible.
Our events are informal, friendly and we hope welcoming, so, if you have not attended any yet, please give it a go. If it is too far to sail, or the weather is not behaving, come along by road if possible.
We have a small branch committee of six, and some local contacts in the main sailing locations in our area. We are here to help, so if you have any questions please contact us, you can find the details on our Team Page.
Not yet a member, and have a Moody on the East Coast ? – well you are missing out on some fine company, as well as being able to access lots of help and advice on the forums and the Association Magazine ‘Compass’
2026 East Coast Events Calendar

Saturday 31st January
Lunch and AGM @ The Blue Anchor, Feering
Organiser: Roger Price

Saturday 28th March
Fitting Out Lunch @ Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club
Organiser: Andy Robinson

Friday 22nd - Sunday 24th May
Rally To The Deben
Organiser: Steve Hillyard

Friday 19th - Sunday 21st June
Rally to Orwell and Midsummer Dinner (20th June)
Organiser: Peter Wright
A Rally to the Ipswich Beacon Marina and a dinner at the Last Anchor combined. Come along with or without your boat for this midsummer event.
Boats will gather in the marina on Friday, in time for a dinner at The Last Anchor, starting at 7.30 pm. It’s right next to the marina office and for those driving its postcode is IP3 0ED.
On Saturday Morning I will organise some sort of activity in Ipswich, yet to be decided, then in the afternoon drinks & nibbles on Wild Thyme.
Invitations for E Coast members will go out about 4 weeks beforehand. Members of other branches welcome – please contact me for an invite.
Replies and deposits for the dinner (£5 per head) required by 13th June 2026. Payment details will be included in the invitation email.
See Event Info for more details and pilotage notes.

Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th July
Rally to River Medway
Organiser: Jeremy Messervy &
Cathy McKenzie

Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd August
Rally to River Blackwater
Organiser: Ian French

Saturday 29th - Monday 31st August (Bank Holiday Weekend)
Crouch Rally
Organiser: Giles Ford-Crush / Linda & David Woolgar

Sunday 25th October 2026
Laying Up Lunch @ Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham-on-Crouch
Organiser: Colin Shead
The lunch will start in the dining room at 1300.