The championships are only hours away now, with over 100 gigs on the Islands (only 98 of which are registered to row), this will be the largest World Pilot Gig Championships ever seen. Again!
This year officials have been recruited from the mainland to help with the every growing task of monitoring the vast number of gigs and their relative positions.
This evening will begin with the coxswains meeting and final registrations. This will be followed by the veterans races (over 40s) from St Agnes to St Mary’s.
| New teams |
Boscastle and Crackington Haven are the oldest newcomers to the Championships, established in early 2005, they have waited until this year to start competing against the world in their gig ‘Torrent’.
Appledore and Instow, a new team from Devon, are also competing in the Championships for the first time this year in their gig, the ‘Verbena’.
There is a new team rowing an old gig, the HMS Raleigh crew will be rowing the ‘Jupiter’, which was built in 2001 (likely to be the ‘Odin’ renamed).
A crew from St Martin’s that has often unofficially raced alongside the world championships will be rowing in a legal gig this year. The ‘Dauntless’ crew will be rowing a permissably sized gig, the ‘Iron Maid’, leant to them by a private owner.
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The first event to be covered will be the veterans races this evening.
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