Pilot Gig Championships, 2016

Read more here. This is fabulous footage, but if you like soundtracks to be in keeping,  you may want to turn this one down… My thanks to boatbuilder Nick Smith for posting this on his Facebook account. Catch up with some of Nick’s latest stuff here.

They day they launched pilot gig Tempest

A beautifully made film record of the launch day of Tempest, a pilot gig built at Lyme Regis by boat builder Gail McGarva. I wish I could make such beautiful shapes when filming events – and it wouldn’t be half bad to be able to make such beautiful boats! For more about Gail at intheboatshed.net, click here.

Racing pilot gigs, a chapel and other nice things at the little fishing village of Cadgwith

[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Pilot gigs at Cadgwith – as usual, click on the thumbnails for much bigger photos There’s something very sweetly charming about the tiny Cornish cove village of Cadgwith, and the Cadgwith Pilot Gig Club’s kind invitation to look at their boats is entirely in keeping with the pleasant tenor of the place. They’re … Continue reading “Racing pilot gigs, a chapel and other nice things at the little fishing village of Cadgwith”