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Sunday 2nd July 2023: Devoran Gig Club Fancy Dress Regatta

The day started off by getting the boat ready for action on a windy and cloudy day All of the crews above in fancy dress. We arrived at just before 11 and dressed the boat with all sorts of pirate flags 🏴‍☠️ with one eye Willy 🩻 into the front of the boat. All ourContinue reading “Sunday 2nd July 2023: Devoran Gig Club Fancy Dress Regatta”

Thursday 29th June 2023: Quick Spin on WattBike on a ROUVY USA Triathlon Sprint Championship course

Quick virtual ride on WattBike on a ROUVY USA Triathlon sprint Championship course. Had issues with set up and gears so could not complete the course due to time constraints. Nice course for sprinting but gear changes a bit erratic. This was followed by strength training for arms and core with weights. Did 50 crunchesContinue reading “Thursday 29th June 2023: Quick Spin on WattBike on a ROUVY USA Triathlon Sprint Championship course”

Wednesday 28th June 2023: Virtual WattBike ride on Zwift Hilly Harrogate circuit

Nice hilly WattBike virtual ride on Harrogate Zwift course. Good one to improve fitness of cycling 🚴‍♂️ on hills also for gig rowing especially on the quads. Quiet course for fellow cyclists on this one compared to other courses on Zwift. This was followed by a brief strength training session.

Monday 26th June 2023: PNPGC Mixed Men’s Training session

Evening row from Sandy Cove in Newlyn. Lots of race training. Cox : Julie, 6 Steve, 5 Me, 4 Jonny, 3 Grant 2 Trevor 1 Mikey with Jenny who was a rower from Henley on holiday and wanted to experience gig rowing 🚣‍♀️. She swoped with Trevor half way. Cool evening compared to previous nightsContinue reading “Monday 26th June 2023: PNPGC Mixed Men’s Training session”

Thursday 22nd June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Mixed Team to Mousehole from Sandy Cove

Lovely evening row as sun was going down. Went from Sandy Cove in Newlyn to Mousehole. Fun 🤩 row out and raced coming back. Lots of race practice, singing a few sea shanties with fun 🤩 and laughter 😂 . Cox: Julie, 6: Jane, 5: Me, 4: Jonny, 3: Trevor, 2: Alison, 1: Kerry. WentContinue reading “Thursday 22nd June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Mixed Team to Mousehole from Sandy Cove”

Monday 19th June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Crew training

Men’s Crew evening training session practicing sprinting, technique improvement and buoy turns in preparation for the Deveron Regatta. Julie : Cox, 6: Jonny 5: me, 4;Trevor, 3: Steve, 2: Mickey, 1: SteveM. Changed positions halfway through training. Good practice to swop from bow to stroke. Afterwards went for a couple of beers 🍻 in theContinue reading “Monday 19th June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Crew training”

Thursday 16th June 2023: PNPGC Race Night

1st Race with Morladron against Fortitude. I was in Morladron in seat number 2 with Julie as cox and Steve / Tina as part of crew. Three races which we won all 3. After this the crews changed and I went into Fortitude with Steve C, Steve M and Trevor. In the second race againstContinue reading “Thursday 16th June 2023: PNPGC Race Night”