It started off a misty day, but since the 1200 coxswains meeting has brightened up significantly, with a little mist remaining on the horizon.
The first round races are from St Agnes, with all gigs lining up as usual, with the slight change that this year the marshalls are not ordering gigs alphabetically – at the coxswains’ meeting they said that a trial at last night’s veterans race was successful, so they will be implementing it at the St Agnes startline.
| Ladies |
95 gigs raced. See http://www.pilotgigs.info/pilotgigs/results.phpx’r=WPGC2007-L-1 for results and http://www.pilotgigs.info/pilotgigs/gallery.phpx’g=40 for photos of probably all of the gigs on the startline.
At half-way, the Irene Too, Miller’s Daughter and Kensa were lengths apart, the Miller’s Daughter eventually overtaking the Irene Too to finish first by 3-4 lengths. There was not a particularly close battle for 12th place, the group A gigs being decided quite easily.
The Royal and Penlee Point lost over nine positions due to a collision with another gig, possibly the Volante.
In the second round, there was a casualty in the Ann Glanville, a gig being borrowed by Calstock for the championships. The lady was escorted from the gig by one of the marshall RIBs.
| Mens |
See http://www.pilotgigs.info/pilotgigs/results.phpx’r=WPGC2007-M-1 for results and http://www.pilotgigs.info/pilotgigs/gallery.phpx’g=41 for a few pictures (the lineup was very quick, so not many photos were taken).
With 103 starters, the mens’ rowers have broken the 100 mark for the first time in the championship’s 18 year history.
The Phantom and Roseland’s new gig the Polvarth proved very strong throughout the race, the pair finishing over three lengths ahead of the Miller’s Daughter. Pilgrim, fighting to be in group A seemed to be caught in significant wake at the Newman buoy, would prove in the second round it deserves to be in group A.
Behind the Pilgrim in heat B, there was a close battle between three gigs hungry to be in the top group for tomorrow, the Emperor, Richard Lander and Hope, with the Emperor succeeding in today.
In earlier heats, the leading gig Peveril nearly missed the finishing buoy, but managed to swing around to get on the inside for the line – losing one position and nearly colliding with the Golden Eagle (4th).
In heat E, the Volante lead its group but was disqualified for failing to pass between the finished buoys, and so will be demoted to heat F in round 3.
The Roscarrok was supposed to row in heat G but had raced in an earlier heat, and so was relegated to the bottom in heat I.