Weather: overcast. Sea: calm.
Reigning champions for this year are the same as last year in both the mens’ and ladies’ events: Caradon and Falmouth respectively. Both teams won all of their races this year.
Unfortunately Rame, who finished 13th last year, were disqualified in the first heat for turning another gig.
Par Bay, who came third last year, disappointingly did not attend this year’s championships.
The fight for second place in the ladies’ event was a tense battle between Caradon’s Miller’s Daughter and Mount’s Bay’s Kensa - support from the crowd mostly going to the Kensa. Kensa beat the Miller’s Daughter on the line. Caradon pull out a strong A crew in the ladies’ event every year, having finished between third and fifth for the last eight years. Caradon do not get a great deal of support from the spectators after their domination in the mens event for the last decade. Mount’s Bay bring along and increasingly strong A crew, with a deserved second place this year.
The mens’ top three positions were less closely fought, Roseland’s Killigerran wedged between a first and third for Caradon.
Most notable improvement over the event was the Volante, climbing 24 positions, winning the final of group C. New crew from Boscastle and Crackington Haven were also notable for their 21 place climb to lead group E in the final positions. Sir Tristan crew climbing 25 positions was a brilliant improvement for the Weymouth crew in the ladies’ event.
Check out http://www.pilotgigs.info/wpg/ now for all the pictures from the second day and for full final results.