Tag Archives: Gig Rowing

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”

First 6.5km gig row after 3 weeks in Ireland 🇮🇪. Did not start Garmin until well into the row: Cox: Julie, 6: Tina, 5: Emma, 4: Steve, 3: Trevor, 2: me, 1: Steve. Raced from Penzance harbour into Newlyn harbour and practiced a couple of buoy turns for the Burnham on Sea races on theContinue reading “Monday 1st June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Crew Training”

Quick training Virtual bike ride on WattBike on Zwift. Change from rowing.

Evening race training row forthcoming races that include buoys. Julie:Cox, Jemima:6, Chris:5, Jonny:4,Steve:3, Me:2,Alison:1. I swapped with Alison as she wanted to row in stroke her preferred side. Sea slightly choppy but good for racing and improving technique with drills to improve straight arms and lean back