42 By the Dart • Ed -Botterill
with visiting gigs invited from Brixham and salcombe. Not having to clear the river for air displays has actually given us some more freedom. ‘or we can bring back things from years ago. I person-
ally would love to see the return of the Kon tiki raft race, from Bayards Cove to the Boat Float, which stopped five years ago.’ Fresh to the regatta this year is a new principal sponsor, Volvo Cars uK. Volvo Cars are major sponsors of sailing in the uK and their sponsorship will include a full day of sailing on the final saturday as well as junior events earlier in the week. they will also be having a display stand at Coronation Park throughout Regatta week. Volvo Cars are sponsors of team Volvo many of whom will be competing in Rio. ed added: ‘We’re planning a terrific event on the final
saturday of Regatta when we will be joined by members of team Volvo who’ll be arriving straight from Rio with, fingers crossed, a clutch of medals.’ ed also said the marquee programme will be an-
nounced shortly and will include the Regatta Ball, this year featuring one of the top bands in the south West, Joey the Lips. the marquee will also host a new family event called Jump and Jive. Regatta Rock this year will have three big bands including rock legends the Kast off Kinks. ed said they are always looking for more volunteers, especially those who could help with social media and marketing. He said: ‘Most of us on the committee can operate
Facebook and twitter but we’re amateurs really and could do with some new recruits. Come and help us make regatta even better, get involved and come and join the party.’ the regatta chairman role is ed’s first civilian com-
mittee chairman post, although in his job as an army major he has plenty of experience with committees and managing people. He’s stationed in Andover and heads straight to
Dartmouth, which he considers home, after clocking off on Fridays. ed’s fiancée Mel taylor is also on the regatta commit-
tee. the couple have two children, Lottie and Daisy. His father had a boat on Darthaven marina during the
1980s, on which ed and his family regularly sailed. He said: ‘When he died in 1989, we sold it and bought
a flat here, which we later turned into a house. We’ve lived off and on in the town ever since and took up full- time residence in 2012. ‘Apparently dad also had a boat before we were born
and my mum made him sell it to concentrate on his family. He bought another one ten years later when we were older and I have very fond memories of sailing on the Dart with him.’ ‘Dartmouth has been a part of my life all my life. I love
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