The Salcombe Town Regatta includes showcasing a new boat launch for daytrips and the raft race with entrants from the town building themed rafts and dressing to impress. Events are held over a fortnight and include sailing, a harbour swim, mud races, rowing races, a torchlight procession, and fireworks and the town's population swells with visitors. Salcombe used to be a port of some significance hidden away up the Kingsbridge estuary.