River Exe Regatta at Starcross Yacht Club on 9-10 July
By Mike Rice on 22 May 20119-10 July 2011The River Exe Regatta will take place on 9/10 July 2011 © Heather Davies / www.fotoboat.com
The eleventh running of the River Exe Regatta will take place over the weekend 9/10 July 2011, hosted by Starcross Yacht Club and sponsored by Pennys Estate Agents and Barletts, the Exeter-based refrigeration experts.
The regatta is run jointly by the four sailing clubs on the Exe: Starcross Yacht Club, Exe Sailing Club, Lympstone Sailing Club, and Topsham Sailing Club. Each year one of the clubs takes the lead in organising the event and hosting the social events.
Around 100 boats are expected. There will be racing for cruisers, dinghies, multihulls and windsurfers. There is also a programme of events for junior sailors on Saturday, based around Starcross YC. The regatta will include a big prize fishing contest organised jointly by Exmouth Deep Sea Fishing Club and Starcross Fishing and Cruising Club.
Sunday’s racing includes a long-distance race for the multihulls and a 150 minute pursuit race for all the dinghies.
On the Saturday evening there will be a party at Starcross with featuring Jinx, the Exe SC-based party band. After racing on Sunday there will be the legendary regatta tea and free prize draw. There will be many valuable prizes, kindly donated by Ash Marine and All Gadgets Marine, but you have to be there in person to collect a prize!
Entry forms and full race documentation are available from the Regatta website at www.river-exe-regatta.org.uk . The deadline for entries is noon on Wednesday 6 July 2011.