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The trophy at this year鈥檚 scaled-down Little Britain Challenge Cup regatta on the Isle of Wight was awarded for the second year in a row to facilities management group Mitie.

Mitie secured its victory from a class five boat of the slowest type, again achieving results belying the boat鈥檚 status.

In second place came the Stone and Ceramic Warehouse Company, with Capita Symonds鈥� yacht, Batfish, a close third. Moxley Architects finished in fourth place, which made it the highest placed architect.

A total of 127 teams competed in the three-day event, compared with 250 last year. But non-racing attendees doubled to 25 firms, and about 拢20,000 was raised for charity, a figure expected to rise once the final number is verified.

There were also 20 newcomers, including McGee Group, the highest-placed rookie team.

As ever, the event did not go off without incident, with the Estel yacht running aground on a sandbank. WF Electrical鈥檚 yacht, Seesaw suffered the indignity of being towed into place for each race after its engine packed up.

David Kong, marketing director for Domus and a director on the committee for Little Britain, said: 鈥淩ecession or no recession, keen sailors like architect Jack Pringle and consultant Hurley Palmer Flatt will always be sailing here.鈥�

Lee Penson, chief executive of Penson Group, was on board cruising boat Javelot 3 and said the event worked better at a slightly reduced size. 鈥淢uch more business was done this year.鈥�