Pilot Gig Rowing

Villa, Jude - Rowing Chair

Albee, Patricia

Alberich, Suzanne

Boyd, Malcolm

Buehler, Christopher

Buhrman, Jan

Cage, Jacquie

Clark, Dick

Decker, Nelia

Eber, Alba

Edge, Betsy

English, Karen

Flam, Pam

Gallo, Meredith

Good, Anne

Goyert, Alice

Jay, Grande

Gray, Wendy

Hupprich, Jeanne

Hupprich, Jim

Jones, Aase

Keenan, Mary Beth

Kramer, Beth

Lewellyn, Jean

Loberg, Melinda

Lolley, John

Lolley, Sarah

Lucas, Anne

Maseda, Wendy

Morris, Georgia

Pacquet, Jane

Pigman, Alycelee

Reece, Doug

Rhoderick, Angela

Rothery, Kyle - Membership Chairperson

Sheldon, Lucinda

Vail, Sarah

Winchell, Tim

Woodcock, Janet - Membership Chairperson

Wortman, Marilyn

Cornish pilot gigs are exceptional open water rowing  boats, made to venture out in big seas and traditionally used as life/rescue boats, to deliver pilots to incoming sailing vessels and to smuggle between the Cornish coast and France. Two 32' gigs were built at Five Corners and Gannon & Benjamin Boatyard between 2004-2006. Each gig is lapstrake planked with white cedar on oak ribs, using over 1500 copper rivets and additional bronze screws, with an angelique keel, stem and sternpost. Nearly 50 men, women and youth volunteered to work weekends under the direction of Nat Benjamin, Ross Gannon and Myles Thurlow, to loft build, plank and finish Grace and Cassie.

The group of over thirty rowers participating in this community program have competed in the Weir River Race, the MV Oar and Paddle Race, Round Minot Light Race, the Snow Row in Hull and the Sail MV sponsored Vineyard Cup Pilot Gig Race. We are working to further develop a youth rowing module through the schools.

Rowing

• Rowing Handbook
  

  Learn about the rowing etiquette, technique and how to get started rowing.

  2013_ROWING_PROGRAM_HANDBOOK.pdf
  
• Crew List
  Rowing_Crew_List_5-13.pdf