An opportunity has come up to buy Minerva, recently built by RB Boatbuilding in Bristol, but for that they need to raise £20,000. A 'try before you buy' day induced such enthusiasm they raised £4,000 on the spot, but they are still short of seven grand. Judging by the smiles on the faces of these guys in a photo taken from the club website, they are having lotsafun, so if you want to help them out get in contact with the club here.
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I'm reminded that I was going to ask you about other kinds of sea rowing gigs. Someone at Queenborough told me his local rowing club rows something that I think he called a 'Scarborough' gig. I can't tell you any more, but I think there's a line of investigation in alternative sea rowing gigs that would be worth following. Gav
I'm going to look into this. There doesn't seem to be any consensus and as far as I am aware only the Cornish pilot gig has been formalised. Scarborough and Whitby race gigs against each other, all built by David Winspear as mentioned a few posts down.
Chris
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