The annual Starcross to Exmouth swim

This event has been held every year, and still is, but, sadly, the carnival atmosphere which involved the whole village is no longer. Starcross used to send off the swimmers in woolly bathing suits from Starcross pier. A flotilla of boats from Starcross used to accompany the swimmers.  The Exmouth Swimming and Life Saving Society  tried  hard to find a way to keep the swim start on Starcross pier,  but today's scary Health and Safety regulations means that the swim now has to start from a boat moored near the pier.

BUT

After years of sorting out the necessary permissions, The Starcross Fishing and Cruising Club has just built a new pontoon. 

The Starcross Fishing and Cruising Club is amenable to trying to get the race started from their pontoon, if it's possible. But the same Health and Safety regulations will apply, except perhaps, it may be more feasible because the pontoon is owned and used by club members, rather than the general public. 

So, with a little help from the Starcross Fishing and Cruising Club, Starcross History, and a few other village organisations and businesses, perhaps the carnival atmosphere of this historic event can one day be revived?

Well done the Exmouth Swimming and Life Saving Society for keeping the tradition going.

Starcross to Exmouth Swim

The Starcross to Exmouth Swim used to be an annual village event. Starcross used to turn out to watch the spectacle as the swimmers lined up at the end of Starcross pier.

Does anyone have any photographs of this Village Event? When did it stop? and why?

Well, the swim still takes place every year, but not many people in Starcross are aware of it:


The Exmouth Swimming and Life Saving Society have an annual Starcross swim.  Here's the 2014 results
Read all about the swim HERE

HERE'S an article and some brilliant photographs of the 2012 swim; from the Exmouth Journal


The Exmouth Swimming and Life Saving Society's 2013 Starcross to Exmouth swim didn't take place from "Starcross Jetty"  for the first time in 2013, but went from a boat moored nearby.  Read all about that HERE

Perhaps the new Starcross History club could revive some of yesteryear's carnival atmosphere for this year's event? The date of the 2015 Starcross to Exmouth swim isn't yet published.