Sailing adventures 2024

World Pilot Gig Championships 2024 Isles of Scilly

Sailing to Scilly

30th April

We slept aboard Captiva before an early morning start

*Maisie settling in ready for new adventures*

1st May

We dropped our mooring at 6am and motor sailed down the Lizard against a light wind. Once past Lizard point we had the wind slightly helping us.

After a longer than expected sail we arrived at 6pm in time for the meal we had booked at the Turks head in St Agnes

2nd May

Ab57b505 Eb4c 4b0e A448 546840ee3704 — *Morning views of St Agnes*

After a leisurely wander around the south side of St Agnes we motored to Hugh Town on the nearby island of St Marys.

3rd May

Friday was the day for the vets, supervets and masters races. Sue rowed in the ladies supervets race from St Agnes to St Marys. We were hoping to not come last but after a great start we were in the middle of the other gigs and beat our A team!!

Richard rowed in the new Mens Masters category for the St Agnes race.

In the afternoon were the races from Nut Rock and the LSVB team again beat the A team : )

F4b02bea 6932 491d 8ada E9b85dca7199 — *At the start line (picture by M Grigg)*

*Penarrow (B team) crossing finish line ahead of Zawn (A team)*

The Mens Masters finished 3rd in their category earning them a bronze medal.

4th-5th May

Richard was in the Open races on Saturday and Sunday. They finished 111 out of 132 boats. They had borrowed a local boat called Bonnet which was originally built in 1830 and is one of the oldest gigs.

6th-7th May

We enjoyed a day on the island of St Martins before sailing home the following day. We had a relatively long journey mostly motoring. The autohelm kept cutting out and we seemed slower than usual.

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More fun afloat

Once out of the water Richard worked hard to prepare Captiva for 2024. He added a new cockpit canopy which looks really cosy.

*A sheltered spot for a coffee once Captiva was back afloat* *6th March*

We managed to spend some time on the water during the winter months rowing and training for the International Gig Rowing Championships. We rowed in all weathers around the Fal estuary.

Our first race of the season (and Sue’s first ever race) was 24th March at the Helford Mini Scillies. The conditions were quite difficult but it was a great experience.

519bf6b9 9419 46ff A0f1 1b161730b638 1 — *Richard rowing with the B team (Gigrower Magazine)*

97c29fb6 8bfc 4aed 95d9 80e795249044 — *Richard with the Mens Masters, he did two races!*

29559dbe F63a 4972 B6ca 4db4f0b610a1 — *Sue with the ladies supervets B team, this picture was on the cover of the parish magazine : )*

Have been fortunate to have done other exciting things since our last post but am focusing here on adventures of a splishy splashy nature.