Topsham Sailing Club hosted the 30th River Exe Regatta over the weekend of July 8th and 9th and once again Tozers Solicitors, Exe Sails & Canvas and Wilkinson Grant Estate Agents, kindly and very generously supporting the regatta again as the main sponsors. We were also pleased to welcome Exmouth Marina this year as a sponsor. Without the support of all our sponsors we could not run these events and we are hugely grateful to them all for their kind help and continued support this year.
Money raised by the regatta helps the participating clubs to invest in sailing training and safety courses and fund training programmes for younger sailors and this continues to go from strength-to-strength. Promoting sailing and encouraging adults and juniors to take up sailing and indeed, other water-sports and including fishing is one of the, if not primary initiatives of the regatta committee.
Although Topsham.S.C hosted and formally chaired the regatta, it was Starcross Y.C. that oversaw the race organisation and actual racing over the weekend. This year saw a total of 62 dinghies taking part in the regatta over the two days of racing, which were separated into four fleets - Fast Handicap, Slow Handicap, Junior and Multihull. Because of the tidal restrictions, racing started early in the morning at 10.00. The OOD waisted no time in getting the racing started on time in a very light southerly breeze, with many of the competitors battling against the fast flooding tide and some struggling to make across the start line.
The prize-giving was held at Starcross Yacht Club, with prizes being presented by Tozers and Exe Sails & Covers, with the company of Starcross Yacht Club's Commodore. Prizes were awarded to the first five boats in each fleet. After the prize-giving, the sponsors and competitors all enjoyed a most excellent regatta tea, with very many thanks to all those involved over the weekend behind the galley for looking after everyone so well. Thanks must go to the safety boat crews for their sterling efforts.
The overall results after four races and one discard are as follows below. The overall Exe Regatta Trophy was won by Paul Bartlett.
Overall Results:
Fast Handicap Fleet
1st - RS400 411 Richard Cain and Barny Dearsly
2nd - Merlin Rocket 3739 Dave Lee and Angela Bridges
3rd - Hornet 2077 Tim Coombes and James Beer
4th - Hornet 2160 Nigel Scudder and Keith Hills
5th - Hornet 2154 Richard Garry and Sam Woolner
Slow Handicap Fleet
1st - RS Aero 3438 Paul Bartlett
2nd - Solo 6033 Simon Greenslade
3rd - Laser Radial 176836 Mike Bagge
4th - Lark 1949 Chris Tillbrook and Stephen Scriven
5th - K1 37 Liam McGrath
Junior Fleet
1st - Topper 34561 Martin Falle
2nd - RS Feva XL 8352 Henry Reed and Ollie Wilson
3rd - RS Tera 3900 Tom Solly
4th - Laser Radial 16771 Theo Whiter
5th - Topper 44868 Fergus Stockman
Multihull Fleet
1st - Hurricane 429 Ben and Kez Cutler-Sharp
2nd - Hurricane 276 Jeremy Lees and Julia Green
3rd - Hurricane 380 Rupert and Caleb Greeves
4th - Hurricane 346 Robin Ponting and Eloise Smith
5th - Hurricane 454 John Donovan and Nigel Hingston
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