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Cornish Sports and Games: Culture of Cornwall, Cornish Hurling, Cornish Pirates, Cornish Wrestling, List of Cornish Sportsmen and Women
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-01.
ISBN 9781155174563
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Culture of Cornwall, Cornish Hurling, Cornish Pirates, Cornish Wrestling, List of Cornish Sportsmen and Women, Cornish Pilot Gig, Richard Parkyn, Cornish Pilot Gig Association, Charlestown Rowing Club, Gerry Cawley, James Polkinghorne. Excerpt: Charlestown Rowing Club is a rowing club in the town of Charlestown in Cornwall , England , United Kingdom . The club is mainly concerned with the sport of Cornish pilot gig racing. Vessels Both Mystery and Keynvor are fitted with a dipping lug rig built by the Square Sail Shipyard in Charlestown. This allows the boats to be used for sailing purposes in addition to their use as rowing boats. Livery The livery of boats owned by Charlestown Rowing Club is a white bottom with grey topsides and a red gunwale. These colours were apopted from those of Charlestown Primary School. Graphical representation of Charlestown Rowing Club pilot gig "Mystery". References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at The Cornish Pilot Gig Association (or CPGA) is a body which governs the sport of Cornish pilot gig racing. As of August 2006 the association consists of 44 clubs and 115 registered gigs. This does not include gigs used in the Isles of Scilly . History of the Cornish Pilot Gig Association The first 'gigs' were built in the late 18th century and were used to carry the 'pilot' out to ships waiting off the Cornish coasts. The pilot would then navigate the ship through the potentially hazardous rocks into the harbour. Pilots needed to row out to the ships quickly - it was a competitive career as the first man to reach the waiting ship would receive the pilot's fee. Gig racing evolved both from this competition and from the testing of newly-built gigs against others to measure their performance. Competitive gig r
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