The Yealm Regatta is held on the river and the boating shared by the two villages of Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo, which face each other across the creek. The regatta is multigenerational and the grandads and dads and children are competing in the Shamrock Exhibition Pull. The Whalers Race is also a rowing competition held traditionally by yachting and rowing clubs to celebrate the skill of oarsmen. In the days of old whaling boats used to race back to port.