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Young Bristol Win Cnoops of the Underfall Yard and the Slipway Collective has been in touch with some photos of the launch of the pilot gig we first saw in a half-built state at the Beale Park Boat Show. It certainly seems as if both the local dignitaries and rowers treated the event with all … Continue reading “Pilot gig Young Bristol launched with all due ceremony and pomp”
Click on the headline above before bookmarking. Click on the images below for larger, clearer pictures. For more photos from Bristol’s Slipway Collective click here: http://intheboatshed.net/?s=slipway 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 … Continue reading “The pilot gig at the Beale Park Boat Show launches on July 28th”
Click on the small images for much bigger and clearer images. Pilot gig made by the Slipway Cooperative. Click on the images for a nice big photo! 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 … Continue reading “A pilot gig at the Beale Park Boat Show”