Endeavour Trophy 2025 Event Video

The Endeavour Trophy is one of the most coveted in UK sailing, gathering National Champions for each dinghy class to battle it out at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at Burnham-on-Crouch over an October weekend.

This was the first time the Melges 15 dinghy was used for the event, and the sailors revelled in the high winds on Sunday, after Saturday's sailing had to be cancelled as the UK was blasted by Storm Amy.

We bring you video from the racing and interviews with the sailors and organisers, as well as a chat with Keith Musto, the first ever winner of the Endeavour Trophy in 1961, who went on to win an Olympic silver medal at the Tokyo 1964 Games, and founded the famous clothing brand which bears his name.

The full report can be found here.

Overall Results:
Vakaros Racesense tracking for all races can be found here

Brief history of the Endeavour Trophy

The Endeavour Trophy is a solid silver scale model of the J Class yacht Endeavour presented annually to the Champion of Champions at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham-on-Crouch.

The origin of the trophy stems from Tom Sopwith's J Class yacht Endeavour, America's Cup Challenge in 1934. Following a pay dispute and dismissal of his east coast-based professional crew, Sopwith teamed up with 'Tiny' Mitchell, the Commodore of the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at the time, to recruit amateur members of the club to form a crew.

Although Endeavour won the first two races against Rainbow, and lost the series, this was one of the the closest occasions England has ever come to winning the coveted America's Cup.

In recognition of this achievement, the late Robin Judah - respected member of the RCYC - established a series of races for dinghy sailors to determine the overall dinghy champion of champions from the UK's most popular dinghy racing classes. Beecher Moore, former Endeavour crew, and marketing man behind the successful dinghy designer Jack Holt, joined Judah in his quest to run this event and presented for the overall winner, his solid silver scale model of the yacht.

The first invitation-only race took place in 1961 and the winners were Peter Bateman and Keith Musto, representing the International Cadet class. The event is now recognised as one of the ultimate achievements in British dinghy racing.

The competition is exceptionally challenging and those who qualify through winning their own class championship, are given the opportunity to race equally talented sailors in this unique, highly demanding two-day event on the River Crouch.

Given the diverse entry, which includes singlehanded, doublehanded, heavy and lightweight crews, and to ensure the racing is as fair as possible, carefully selected, strict one-designs are chosen for the event. The original idea back in 1961 was to use the club's own fleet of 15 Royal Corinthian One-Designs but they were considered too specialist and would have placed a perpetual limit on the number of entries. The first event was, therefore, sailed in Enterprises.

Since then, numerous one-design classes have been used for the event including the GP14, Laser 2, Lark, Enterprise, RS400, Topper Xenon, and the Topper Argo. From 2015-2024 it was the 13ft (4m) Phil Morrison-designed RS200, while 2025 marks the Melges 15 Endeavour Trophy debut.

Supporting partners

Melges

Produce a wide range of award-winning sailboats including the Melges 15 used for the Endeavour Championship in 2025. - melges.com

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Vakaros

RaceSense by Vakaros is redefining how events are run on the water, from club racing to world championships. RaceSense software allows the race committee to input courses and commands, synchronizing timing, live mark locations, and more across the fleet. All devices, competitor and RC, communicate on a proprietary mesh network with no reliance on cellular connectivity. RaceSense makes instant OCS determinations, eliminates a need to ping, and offers teams certainty in their timing. - vakaros.com

Allen Brothers

Allen Sailboat Performance Hardware - designers, manufacturers and distributors of performance dinghy and keelboat fittings. - www.allenbrothers.co.uk

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