A Joyous crowd with a job well done .

The picture of the oar makers themselves minus Trish who sadly did not make our last session
Oar makers song Sue Beckers 03.08

Oh the gig she was long and the gig she looked great.
She was ready for rowing 2008,
But she needed some blades, 6, 7 or more
And that’s how we found ourselves making her oars

And we shall go rowing the Lyme Regis way,
Out of the Cobb and over the bay.

Now Big Chris and Hugh work as fast as they can,
Any problems and Hugh got them out of a jam
And Chris is so clever with blade and with saw
Whenever we turned round, he’d finished an oar!

And we shall go rowing…

Gill and Sue spent time laughing, said Gill
“Well just think,
Perhaps we can get them to paint the gig pink!
But if anyone needs to push off rocks or shore,
They can use what they like,
But they can’t use my oar!”

And we shall go rowing…

Trish came and joined in, carving curves with the blocks.
And Mike from the Navy – we thought he’d be cox.
While rowing out the Cobb – too close to the wall,
He’d shout “fend her off lads….but don’t use my oar!”

And we shall go rowing…

Mike’s our instructor; a wizard with wood.
He whittled and fettled and helped where he could,
Showed us spoke-shave and planes,
He couldn’t have done more.
We’ve renamed his business “WONDER and OAR”!
And we shall go rowing…

Josephine and I visited the nearly finished Gig on Thursday 13th March

(Photos by Charlie)

Our love for this type of craft started when we visited St Mawes regularly. To see their boats both men and women taking to the water in the gigs is a fine site. A very competitive sport for all ages. These photos taken recently are hopefully the first of the Lyme Regis Gigs and built locally. Being involved from the very beginning we congratulate all those who have worked so hard to get where we are now.