Some short, sharp (and at times large!) wind-against-tide seas faced us during the well attended Helford Gig Club regatta with 18 gigs taking part. Thank you to all at Helford, a very busy event at at time a very busy beach – you couldn’t have squeezed another gig onto it! Mens-A heats were first on the [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
Mevagissey Tribute event
Round 2 of the 2009 Tribute series was hosted by Mevagissey Gig Club at Pentewan Sands. Results : Mens – A 9th, B 12th. Ladies – A DSQ, B 13th, C 2nd. U16 7th. Vets 14th & 20th. Another great day out for the club, I managed to tow Pinnacle there and back without any [...]
Mounts Bay – great event & top 10 results
Another good event for FMPGC run by the very hospitable Mounts Bay gig club. All our crews placed in the top 10. Again we had top weather, calm(ish) seas, close racing and good results – as follows : [time mm:ss](fleet size) Mens A 4th [11:15](18), Mens B 5th [11:54](20) Ladies A 10th [13:22](17), Ladies B 8th [13:44](20), Ladies [...]
Across the Bay :: Good result
Penarrow and her mixed crew took 4th place in the 2009 Across the Bay race from Mounts Bay to Porthleven against about a dozen other gigs. It was good to row on different water for a change and the coastline between Mounts Bay and Porthleven provides a stunning backdrop (for bow-side rowers that is, stroke-side had [...]
Falmouth Tribute event
Falmouth Gig Club hosted a great event on Gyllyngvase beach. A top venue to showcase gig racing as it offers good access and easy spectating. At times there were 4 heats running on the course at the same time, and being able to see the action from the road above the beach gave a vantage point [...]
