From what I can gather it seems that apart from the wind being turned off on the French coast in the evening the 2010 Royal Escape has been deemed a success. Brighton and Eastbourne boats raced home on Sunday morning into a very brisk Westerly which made life a tad wet out in the middle, especially once the tide began to ebb. It seems a lot of people elected to stay in Fécamp for the more favourable Monday forecast, though it is with some dismay that I understand Moon River picked up a fishing net with her propeller outside Fécamp and had to be given lifeboat assistance back into port where she has been lifted out of the water for damage assesment - we wish Barbara good luck getting her little boat home.

The results are now all up on this website including the motor sailing placings and as I get more tidbits I'll post them up here. My thanks have to go to our French hosts at SRF where Michael Menendez and his team did a fantastic job. Serge, on our only French entry Mickey Mouse says that next year he'll be encouraging as many SRF boats as he can muster to come over and join in - they had a great time in Brighton and Shoreham.

As always, whilst the race is still fresh in our minds we're making notes for the debrief when we'll discuss ideas to improve the race for 2011, so if you have any comments you'd like to make then please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we'll talk them through. I have no doubt that the need for an ODM will be raised again, as it is every year! There is also a suggestion that we may want to start the race a earlier in 2011 to try and get more boats across the line before the wind becomes fickle over the French coast, so to try and gauge your reactions there's a new survey on the right of this page that I'd appreciate you completing with a few clicks.

Anyway to all those that participated in the race, to our sponsors and of course the small army of dedicated volunteers who make the race happen, THANKS!

Steve Vyse

Chairman, Royal Escape Committee