2025 River Exe Regatta at Starcross Yacht Club
by Robin Charles 23 Jul 10:57 BST
19-20 July 2025
Last weekend saw the 2025 River Exe Regatta dinghy racing hosted by Starcross Yacht Club. The Regatta includes activities run by all the River Exe clubs, this year having a windsurfer race at Exe SC. All the clubs contributed rescue and committee boat support.
We had a great entry of 52 boats, despite our Hurricane cats being away at their Nationals. A Hornet Open was included attracting nine Hornets from far and wide - the winners were Terry Curtis and Kevin Francis from Castle Cove SC.
Saturday gave testing conditions with a sea- breeze adding to a stiff gradient wind. Sunday saw biblical rain at one stage, following a major wind shift.
Tony Blackmore and Jamie Dawson blasted the Fast Handicap in their B14 revelling in Saturday's wind. The Scotts from Lympstone locked out the Medium Handicap, and Junior Stefan Anderson from ExeSC handled the conditions commendably to win the Slow in his Tera Sport.
Our generous Gold Sponsors Tozers (providing the regalia), Exe sails and Covers (providing the valuable raffle), Wilkinson Grant and all the other sponsors made the event possible and adding to the Regatta project that helps fund Junior sail training on the Exe, whilst giving incredible value to competitors. All welcome next year on June 20/21.