 In 2014 the regatta included an air sea rescue display.The "Dartmouth Chronicle and Advertiser" reported on the 4th annual Waterhead Creek Regatta in October 1893.The headline ran “When Kingswear was a Market Town, Dartmouth was a Furzey Town” The article went on to say “We in Dartmouth will not dispute the honour or antiquity of our neighbour (Kingswear) as we are both old enough to know the truth of the matter.