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Thirteenth River Exe Regatta - Preview

by Mike Rice 17 May 2013 21:03 BST 15-16 June 2013
Olly Turner and Figs Cain win the fast fleet of the River Exe Regatta 2012 © Mike Rice / www.fotoboat.com

The thirteenth running of the River Exe Regatta will take place over the weekend 15/16 June 2013, hosted by Exe Sailing Club and sponsored by Exeter College and Fulfords Estate Agents.

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 on both Saturday and Sunday for cruisers, dinghies, Devon Yawls and multihulls. Weather permitting, the cruisers, faster dinghies and multihulls will race at sea and there will be a race course in the river for the slower dinghies and junior sailors.

There will also be an event for the younger sailors on Saturday, based around Exe Sailing Club and involving the safe transport of some corn, a few chickens and a fox from mainland Exmouth to the wilds of Dawlish Warren. (Note for conservationists – no real animals/birds will be involved in the execution of this adventure).

On the Saturday evening there will be a party at Exe SC with dancing to Jinx, the club's own party band. After racing on Sunday there will be the legendary regatta tea and free prize draw. There will be many valuable prizes but you have to be there in person to collect a prize!

Online entry 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 12 July 2013.

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