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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”

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”

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”

Good evening row in sunny 😎 conditions with calm seas ideal for training. Practiced race starts, buoy turns and powering up from 60% upwards to get the boat moving. Also technique improvement Cox: Julie, 6: me, 5: Kevin, 4: Jonny, 3: Steve C, 2: Mikey, 1: Steve M.

After a heavy night day and night hitting the sack at 1 am, Julie Steve Jemima and me were kindly invited by our friends Burnham for a social row from their jetty near the sailing club down the mud flaps and along the beach. It was a relief 😅 to go straight into there twoContinue reading “Sunday 11th June 2023: Social row with our Burnham friends and organisers of this Regatta”

Early 4 am start on trip down to Burnham on sea Regatta. Met Steve and Jemima in Tesco car park for drive down to Burnham in Steve’s camper van 🚐. Took just under 4 hours and we met the rest of the pirate crew at Burnham on sea sailing club. Afterwards went to the localContinue reading “Saturday 10th June 2023: Penzance and Newlyn Pilot Gig Club trip to the Burnham on Sea gig Regatta”

Lovely sunny 😎 evening on a gig row out of Penzance Harbour. Very choppy but did a lot of racing practice with buoy turns, racing starts and stroke technique training for the Burnham weekend. Cox: Julie, 6: Jemima, 5: Steve, 4: Jonny, 3: Trevor, 2: Me, 1: Kevin. Few 🍻 in the Dock with TrevorContinue reading “Monday 5th June 2023 : PNPGC Mens training forBurnham on Sea”