Sayville Yacht Club hosts The Great South Bay Catboat Rendezvous off Blue Point on Long Island South Shore.  The event usually gathers a dozen catboats, or more, in four different classes.

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will host the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival XLII on Friday-Sunday, Oct. 3-5, welcoming one of the nation’s largest gatherings of small boat enthusiasts and unique watercraft back to its waterfront campus. Hundreds of amateur and professional boatbuilders and enthusiasts will come from all over the region to display their one-of-a-kind Catboats, kayaks, canoes, and other traditional ...