Morning still foggy but we hoped that things clear up. Coverack SV crew ready for action. We rowed out in the fog and lined up in our groups for the shorter 2.15km Nut Rock race. We were group B and waited for our group to come forward. We had a great start but somehow we were slower than yesterday but a good race against clubs. All I could see was one boat on the stroke side all others were on the bow side. The strava information is shown below which was started before
So after this race our final position was 23 out of 42 as shown below.
A very great result and enjoyed rowing 🚣♀️ for Coverack SV team in this great Competition. As this is my first Scillies, I look forward to next year after taking part in more races on the regatta circuits. The rest of the day I watched the open for the rest of the day where both Coverack women and men both A and B teams did well especially both A teams which were in the top 5 for the first two races. Looking forward to the finals tomorrow. In the evening met up with my PNPGC colleagues as well as Coverack team.
Day one of gig racing at the 2023 world 🌍 gig rowing 🚣♀️ championships on St Mary’s in Scillies. The womans and mens vets & supervets races took place in the afternoon. Two races St Agnes and Nut Rock that are 2.94km and 2.1km respectively as shown below
After breakfast in the tunnel helped Coverack team get their two boats namely Morah & Manacle Bell from their trailers to the beach ready for racing in the afternoon. We will be rowing 🚣♀️ in Morah and was getting excited 😆
Our Supervets race on the longer 2.94 km St Agnes one was the fourth one in the afternoon after the Ladies vet, supervets and the mens vets. In the Coverack SV team there was the first time we rowed together as a full team with Sophie as cox, Martin in 6, Jonathan in 5, Gary in 4, Pete in 3, me in 2 and Andy in 1. After over a 3km relaxed row out to the start line with a few start practices we made our way to the start line in rather foggy weather with a small choppy sea. The start was rather slow but the rest of the race was good 👍 on this longer race. We were delighted to come 21st out of 42.
We we schedule to race the second shorter 2.15km race later in the afternoon however the fog came in after the men’s vet race and our was cancelled and rescheduled in the morning before the open starts. For the rest of the evening met with Steve my crew mate from PNPGC before returning for a sleep 😴 in my bijou tent ⛺️
After a sleep 😴 in the bijou tent waking to foggy and mizzly day. This turned into torrential 🌧️. Took refuge in the kitchen area which started to flood outside. Felt sorry for teams arriving and having to put their tents up. Andy and Pete, my Coverack SV team mates who are also camping arrived and put their tents up. For rest of day once rain subsided went into town to get some food and taking in the atmosphere of the event as the town filled with gig rowers.
Nice evening gig row out of the harbour doing some light training activities. Cox: Julie, 6: Tina, 5: Me, 4: Kerry, 3: Claire, 2: Cara, 1: Jonny. Jez in back seat and replaced me.
Nice row out of Penzance Harbour up and around the National Geographic Resolution Ship. Very wet and cold conditions with the sea with a light chop.Cox: Julie, 6:Me, 5: Sarah, 4: Jonny, 3: Sarah, 2: Rachael, 1: Janice.
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