Charlestown Rowing Club is a rowing club in the town of Charlestown in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Charlestown (Cornish Porthmeur) is a working Port in St Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Cornwall ( Kernow ˈkɛɹnɔʊ is the most southwesterly county of England, on the Peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The club is mainly concerned with the sport of Cornish pilot gig racing. The Cornish pilot gig is a six-oared rowing Boat, built of Cornish narrow leaf elm long with a beam of four feet ten inches
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Vessels
- Mystery - Launched in 1991. Built by Peter Foard of Mevagissey. Named after a former four oared coastguard gig.
- Waterwitch - Launched in 2003. Built by John & Dave Currah of Looe. Named after a ship of the same name. Famous for being the last UK registered cargo carrying Square rigged sailing ship. Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal Spars which are perpendicular or square Due to connections with one of the families involved with the original Waterwitch it was possible for a piece of wood from the original boat to be incorporated into the new pilot gig. Waterwitch is the current race boat for Charlestown Rowing Club.
- Keynvor - Launched in 2004. A training gig of fibreglass construction built by T Deakin and donated to Charlestown Rowing Club by Ocean Housing as part of a joint social welfare / community cooperation between Ocean Housing, J&R Regan and Charlestown Rowing Club. The name "Keynvor" is Cornish for Ocean. For the Cornish-English dialect see West Country dialects and List of Cornish dialect words. The gig is painted blue, the corporate colours of Ocean Housing.
- The Skiff - Launched in 2005. A 4m training Skiff. The term skiff is used and has been used to refer to many various types of small boats
Both Mystery and Keynvor are fitted with a dipping lug rig built by the Square Sail Shipyard[1] in Charlestown. This allows the boats to be used for sailing purposes in addition to their use as rowing boats.
Livery
The livery of boats owned by Charlestown Rowing Club is a white bottom with grey topsides and a red gunwale. These colours were apopted from those of Charlestown Primary School.
Graphical representation of Charlestown Rowing Club pilot gig "Mystery".
References
- Harris, K. 1994. AZOOK! The Story of the Pilot Gigs of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 1666-1993. Dyllansow Truran, Redruth.
- Charlestown Rowing Club. 2006. Charlestown Rowing Club Members Yearbook 2006.
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