Overy Staithe Sailing Club Open Regatta
by Jennie Clark 27 Aug 2025 07:21 BST
21-25 August 2025
Overy Staithe Sailing Club Open Regatta © Margot Worsley
Overy Staithe held their annual open regatta over five days from 21 August. The event is always incredibly popular and this year saw the numbers taking part increase again, with a noticeable increase in junior participation.
The first day provided competition for sailors under 17, and for Ladies and saw Sam Worsley (Laser Radial) and Debs Crissell (Europe) taking the trophies for those races.
The Crossley Holland trophy was raced for on 22 August - this is a pursuit race and was won by Peter Turner (OK).
Saturday and Sunday saw the entry split into a range of fleets for the very many trophies which are presented at Regatta. With 46 boats entered the creek and lagoon were a mass of sails, and Race Officers Andy Turner and Peter Beck were kept busy with 7 starts to be run each day.
Trophies were awarded as follows:
- Thursby Cup (Sharpies) - Ben and Paul Goakes
- Lorrimer Cup (Wooden clinker boats) -Paul and Sian Beck (Family 14)
- Earle Cup (OK dinghies) - Rodney Tidd
- Storer Trophy (Lasers) - Ash Deakin
- McLean Trophy (Laser Radials and 4.7's) - Lucy Lamont
- Green Trophy (Mirrors) - Roy and C Shannon
- Pat Noyes Trophy (under 17's) - Sam Worsley (Laser Radial)
- Murray Noyes Trophy (under 14's) - Sam Lamont (Topper)
- Douglas Carruthers Bowl (open handicap) - Mark Beck (Europe)
- Stella Trophy (Wooden clinker boats) - Paul and Sian Beck (Family 14)
- Captain Rix Trophy (OK dinghies) - Pete Turner
- Stratton Cup (handicap boats under 14 feet) - Alex Scoles (Europe)
- Regatta Tankard (boats = to and over 14 feet) - Alex Smith and Paul Beachell (Sharpie)
The William A Haines Memorial Cup was raced for on Monday, this is a pursuit race and includes a subsidiary trophy 'The Regatta Challenge Cup' for the clinker fleet. It is a fund raiser for the RNLI and donations were taken before racing. Race officers were Ash Deakin and Suz Deakin with Rod Thorpe and Ben Goakes in the safety boat.
Pete Turner won by a significant margin, followed home by Spike Turner and Mark Beck.
Paul Goakes and Catherine Goodley won the Regatta Challenge Cup for the first Clinker boat in the Haines Cup, racing the Twinkle Twelve 'Toes'.