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The pilot gig at the Beale Park Boat Show launches on July 28th

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Underfall

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Kind Win Cnoops of the Underfall Yard and the Slipway Collective has sent us some more shots of the gig Young Bristol being built – which I know will be a treat for many of you who first saw her at the Beale Park Boat Show. (See A pilot gig at the Beale Park Boat Show for earlier photos.)

Young Bristol is due to be launched during the Bristol Docks Regatta on Saturday July 28th at 10.30, if any of you can get down to the docks for the big event.

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Actually, it will be a big event for I gather the Irish famine ship Dunbrody is due to be there, as well as the newly finished Sail Training Ship Pelican, rigged by Underfall Yard-based rigger

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A pilot gig at the Beale Park Boat Show

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Pilog gig

Pilot gig Pilot gig

Pilot gig made by the Slipway Cooperative. Click on the images for a nice big photo!

Pilot gig

Lines of the grandma of all racing pilot gigs, Trefry

Someone at the Wooden Boat Forum asked to see photos of the half-built racing pilot gig on show at the Beale Park Boat Show, so here are a few I took. Dig those neatly joggled ribs!

Pilot gigs are all built to the same lines as the venerable Trefry, which was built in 1838 and is still rowed today. The draughtsman appears to have spelt the old girl’s name differently to most people, so there’s no need for you lot to pick me up on that one!

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Another print of a Humber Keel ‘The Port of Hull’

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Port of Hull

The Port of Hull , by W Wylie, 1882

My pal Jim van den Bos grew up near the Humber Estuary, as I did, and very much enjoyed the engraving of a Humber keel that I put up a few days ago. In fact, he enjoyed it so much that he was inspired to mail me a scan of another engraving of a keel by W Wylie, dated 1882 – so here it is. Again, it’s a nice big scan and it should be possible create a print-out good enough to hang on your wall.

Thanks Jim!

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