Paignton Regatta: First Day: … Rowing: … £8 for four-oared in-rigged boats rowed by senior crews, for members of any recognized rowing club. … There were five starts, the other two being Zarifa, Dartmouth R.C., S. Wood (stroke), W. T. Way, C. Way, H. Howard, J. Dennis (cox); and Kelpie, Totnes R.C., J. Windeatt (stroke), G. E. Windeatt, R. M. Pinsent, W. J. Gibson, and J. Doran (cox) … (description) … The Kelpie, after rounding the second mark, failed to get round head to wind, and was capsized. The event was noticed by the official referee, who steamed promptly in his launch to the rescue. All the occupants could swim, and were soon taken on board, but it took the launch nearly an hour to get the capsized Kelpie and her crew back to Paignton Harbour …
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GRO0750 Devonport: Robert Maye Pinsent: 1881 – 1944