Sunday saw the launch of Tresco’s latest gig, the Emperor. It was built by funds from R Dorien-Smith, owner of Tresco.
The gig was built by local gig builder Pete Martin in his shed at Porthloo. He built his first gig in 1998 for Mount’s Bay called the Storm. 12 months later, he had built is second gig for the same club called the Taran, which is Cornish for storm.
Last year, Mr Martin built the Morlader for Penryn, which came an impressive fifth for the new crew.
This year, the Emperor was launched on Sunday 21 April. All the local gigs and crews went to the launch in support.
It was a double celebration, because the New Inn’s mainland supplying brewery had launched a beer the same day with the name ‘Emperor? - another good excuse for festivities.
St Martins’ used to have two gigs, called the Emperor and Empress.