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Free entry to visitors.

Festival Opening Times

Saturday 12th Sept 10:30-5pm

Sunday 13th Sept 10:30-5pm

Celebrating it’s 17th year, the annual St Katharine Docks Classic Boat Festival is a London boating extravaganza not to be missed. This year’s event sees 60 beautiful vintage and exquisitely preserved vessels assemble in the historic central and west basins. Sail and power, the array of vessels will include Thames Sailing Barges, historic steam tugs, Dunkirk Little Ships and Bates Star Craft range. With an array of activities including live music, talks and kids activities, it is the perfect day for all the family.

Visitors are able to view the vessels at water level and meet their caring owners, with each day is marked with an opening and closing salute of horns. Talks from knowledgeable hosts will be held on the SKD Events Platform, including knowledgeable talk host and writer Tom Cunliffe, and the festival continues ashore with food, entertainment and nautical antiques available on Marble Quay.

Captured from Lambeth Bridge.

The vehicle shown is the unique 1941 DAF "Rijdende Regenjas" (Driving Raincoat) prototype, a one-person, three-wheeled microcar designed by Hub van Doorne in the Netherlands during World War II.

Built for wartime scarcity, it features a single central front wheel, a narrow body designed to fit through a standard house door, and a minimalist enclosed cabin.

Only a single prototype was ever built; it later served as a clown car in a children's circus before finding a permanent home in the DAF Museum in Eindhoven.

The vehicle is the 1966 DAF OSI City Car prototype, built by the Italian design firm OSI (Officine Stampaggi Industriali) in Turin.

Asymmetric Design: The driver’s side features a single sliding door for safe entry away from traffic, while the passenger side has a pillarless dual-door setup with a standard front door and a rear suicide door.

Variomatic Transmission: It utilized DAF's signature belt-driven continuously variable transmission (CVT) system.

Current Location: This rare one-off concept is preserved as part of the collection at the DAF Museum in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

The 1966 DAF Kini, a one-off open-air beach car designed by Italian stylist Giovanni Michelotti.

Origin & Royal Gift: Built on a DAF Daffodil (Type 32) platform, it was presented as a gift to the Dutch Royal Family in 1967 for the birth of Prince Willem-Alexander.

Design & Features: It features distinctive wicker-work seating, an open side profile, a fringed fabric canopy, and DAF's signature automatic Variomatic transmission.

Location: The car was famously used at the royal family's summer residence in Porto Ercole, Italy, and is now preserved at the DAF Museum in Eindhoven.

The 1968 DAF 55 Siluro, a pioneering wedge-shaped concept car designed by Italian stylist Giovanni Michelotti.

Debut: Unveiled in March 1968 at the Geneva Motor Show.

Design: Its name Siluro means "torpedo" in Italian, reflecting its radical, low-slung wedge profile that predated many famous 1970s supercar shapes.

Mechanics: Built on a DAF 55 chassis, it features a 1.1-liter Renault inline-4 engine paired with DAF's signature Variomatic continuously variable transmission.

The car is now stored in the DAF Museum in Eindhoven.

The vehicle shown is the unique 1941 DAF "Rijdende Regenjas" (Driving Raincoat) prototype, a one-person, three-wheeled microcar designed by Hub van Doorne in the Netherlands during World War II.

Built for wartime scarcity, it features a single central front wheel, a narrow body designed to fit through a standard house door, and a minimalist enclosed cabin.

Only a single prototype was ever built; it later served as a clown car in a children's circus before finding a permanent home in the DAF Museum in Eindhoven.

The vehicle shown is the unique 1941 DAF "Rijdende Regenjas" (Driving Raincoat) prototype, a one-person, three-wheeled microcar designed by Hub van Doorne in the Netherlands during World War II.

Built for wartime scarcity, it features a single central front wheel, a narrow body designed to fit through a standard house door, and a minimalist enclosed cabin.

Only a single prototype was ever built; it later served as a clown car in a children's circus before finding a permanent home in the DAF Museum in Eindhoven.

The vehicle shown is the unique 1941 DAF "Rijdende Regenjas" (Driving Raincoat) prototype, a one-person, three-wheeled microcar designed by Hub van Doorne in the Netherlands during World War II.

Built for wartime scarcity, it features a single central front wheel, a narrow body designed to fit through a standard house door, and a minimalist enclosed cabin.

Only a single prototype was ever built; it later served as a clown car in a children's circus before finding a permanent home in the DAF Museum in Eindhoven.

The vehicle is the experimental Mercedes-Benz C 111, an iconic mid-engine wedge-shaped concept car first unveiled in 1969.

Purpose: It served as an innovative testbed for Mercedes-Benz to experiment with new high-performance engine technologies—notably the Wankel rotary engine and early turbodiesel units—as well as advanced aerodynamic fiberglass body designs.

Design: It features striking bright metallic orange paint (Weissherbst), signature gullwing doors, and a minimalist futuristic cockpit.

Production Status: Despite capturing massive public attention, it was strictly an experimental research prototype and never entered commercial production.

The Wiesmann MF4 Roadster is a hand-built German sports car blending retro British styling with high-performance BMW V8 engines.

The vehicle is the experimental Mercedes-Benz C 111, an iconic mid-engine wedge-shaped concept car first unveiled in 1969.

Purpose: It served as an innovative testbed for Mercedes-Benz to experiment with new high-performance engine technologies—notably the Wankel rotary engine and early turbodiesel units—as well as advanced aerodynamic fiberglass body designs.

Design: It features striking bright metallic orange paint (Weissherbst), signature gullwing doors, and a minimalist futuristic cockpit.

Production Status: Despite capturing massive public attention, it was strictly an experimental research prototype and never entered commercial production.

The vehicle is the experimental Mercedes-Benz C 111, an iconic mid-engine wedge-shaped concept car first unveiled in 1969.

Purpose: It served as an innovative testbed for Mercedes-Benz to experiment with new high-performance engine technologies—notably the Wankel rotary engine and early turbodiesel units—as well as advanced aerodynamic fiberglass body designs.

Design: It features striking bright metallic orange paint (Weissherbst), signature gullwing doors, and a minimalist futuristic cockpit.

Production Status: Despite capturing massive public attention, it was strictly an experimental research prototype and never entered commercial production.

Ford Taunus 20M Turnier manufactured in 1965, version for Europe.

Manufactured by Ford (Germany) (Germany)

5-door wagon body type

RWD (rear-wheel drive), manual 3-speed gearbox

gasoline (petrol) engine with displacement: 1999 cm3.