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Saturday, June 30, 2007
Next Meeting of the Gig Club
Hi everybody,Things are going very well with setting up the club and we are having a general meeting on Thursday 5th July at 7.00pm. This meeting is a chance for us to bring you up to date with finances and the building of your gig.The venue is the Power Boat club in Lyme, so a few beers will have to be consumed. Andrew Goss from Weymouth Gig Club will be there to give us somei nsight into racing and answer any questions we might have.We are now officially a club and so we need to sign people up properly with a membership fee of £15. Please feel free to bring along others who might be interested. I look forward to seeing you there.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
At the Beginning
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June 5th The Lyme Regis Gig Club the beginning .
At the beginning there were six people and a boat intent on rowing there way into the history books. Where is the sixth person ? They laughed and they rowed and even hit other boats but they were not deterred because they new they would always be happy if they sunk. But the future is bright they aim to raise funds to buy a gig that would be the envy of the gig world with the flag of Lyme Regis flying with pride
The new Lyme Regis Gig Club took part in the gruelling Ocean To City searowing race in Cork on Saturday. The inclement weather meant the eventcovered around twelve nautical miles from Crosshaven on Ireland's Atlantic Coast to Cork City Centre.This year over seventy participants took part in Ocean To City, which was staged in rainy, rough conditions backed by a southerly force six. The Lyme Gig Club team comprised Cox, Karen Hull, Andy and Carolyn Llewelyn and Diana and Marcus Dixon rowing Greta, which was built in 1885 and the oldest boat to participate.'The rough conditions at the start of the race suited 'the Lyme team were inthe lead for the first five miles. However despite excellent coxing, the calmer water closer to Cork gave the local boats the edge and 'Greta' with its heavy displacement and 'veteran crew' missed out on crossing the finishing line amongst the leaders. The Ocean to City event is great fun and Cork is a wonderful, friendly city and I hope that Lyme Regis Gig Club will be part of next years event, hopefully fielding the Towns planned, faster Cornish pilot gig' said Marcus Dixon.
June 5th The Lyme Regis Gig Club the beginning .At the beginning there were six people and a boat intent on rowing there way into the history books. Where is the sixth person ? They laughed and they rowed and even hit other boats but they were not deterred because they new they would always be happy if they sunk. But the future is bright they aim to raise funds to buy a gig that would be the envy of the gig world with the flag of Lyme Regis flying with pride
The new Lyme Regis Gig Club took part in the gruelling Ocean To City searowing race in Cork on Saturday. The inclement weather meant the eventcovered around twelve nautical miles from Crosshaven on Ireland's Atlantic Coast to Cork City Centre.This year over seventy participants took part in Ocean To City, which was staged in rainy, rough conditions backed by a southerly force six. The Lyme Gig Club team comprised Cox, Karen Hull, Andy and Carolyn Llewelyn and Diana and Marcus Dixon rowing Greta, which was built in 1885 and the oldest boat to participate.'The rough conditions at the start of the race suited 'the Lyme team were inthe lead for the first five miles. However despite excellent coxing, the calmer water closer to Cork gave the local boats the edge and 'Greta' with its heavy displacement and 'veteran crew' missed out on crossing the finishing line amongst the leaders. The Ocean to City event is great fun and Cork is a wonderful, friendly city and I hope that Lyme Regis Gig Club will be part of next years event, hopefully fielding the Towns planned, faster Cornish pilot gig' said Marcus Dixon.
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