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The proclamation at the Opening Ceremony, which famously instructs ‘one and all’ to ‘eat, drink
and be merry’, was first introduced in 1933, and was hoped to encourage more trade for businesses. It probably wasn’t needed, to be fair.
The first Regatta ball took place at the very first event – 1822. since then, it has been one of
the highlights of Regatta, taking place in various venues, including the Guildhall, the Britannia Royal Naval College
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The Regatta swimming competition used to take
place in the Boatfloat, along with Water Polo. This was stopped due to high levels of pollution that came to a head in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Town swimming champion Gary Ash withdrew from the Regatta competition in 1970 after swallowing some water - he said it “made his head spin round”. After millions were spent on improving water quality along the Dart (in the 1970s 18 sewage outfalls poured untreated sewage into the river, it’s now down to none), the Water Polo returned last year to huge acclaim in the Boatfloat.
and now in the grand marquee on Coronation Park.
the Open Whaler Race by firing a canon and then was spirited away from harm after an alleged ‘gas leak’, which turned out to be a rather whiffy bin outside a shop. The 1994 Regatta also saw a visiting argentinian ship, one of the first of that nationality to visit the town after the Falklands conflict, cause ‘outrage’ by flying the union Jack on the wrong end of the vessel. Angry Dartmothains (or, rather, ONE angry Dartmothian) described it as a mortal insult to the Prince in the press, but were told to pipe down by the harbourmaster, who pointed out a Belgian ship at Regatta had made EXACTLY the same mistake and no one had noticed.
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Dartmouth’s Regatta consistently marked the highest number of boats gathered in the river at
one time during its early years. The 235 moored there in 1896 was declared a record by eminent historian Percy Russell, until the events of D-Day in 1944, when more than 480 ships were moored there before leaving for Operation Overlord. The current moorings on the river have now, of course, dwarfed this: the Dart boasts 1,400 permanent moorings and has 200 visitor berths
Dartmouth Regatta’s Royal Patron is Prince Andrew. He attended the 150th
Regatta in 1994. He started
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