Energy 2 Project Update

Update message from Shane Sullivan – CPGA Trustee I hope everybody and their families are keeping safe and well in these strange times. Despite the lockdown the Committee’s work continues planning ahead for when some form of normality returns but also several ongoing projects. The following is the first in a series of updates on the work in progress. This …

Care of your boat

Due to the current situation all gigs are laid up. As we are all aware a wooden boat requires care and attention, especially when not in the water for a prolonged period of time. Take a look at the ‘Advice on keeping gigs‘ provided by Peter Williams, boatbuilder of Bodinnick, Cornwall.

Energy 2 Project

To celebrate the 35th Year anniversary of the building of the Pilot Gig ‘Energy’, the Cornish Pilot Gig Association (CPGA) have commissioned Falmouth Marine School to build a new Cornish Pilot Gig. The original Gig Energy was built by Falmouth Marine School Apprentices in 1985 under the supervision of Cornish boat builder Ralph Bird, a founding member and Chairman of …

Timber for new gigs in short supply.

The huge rise in the popularity of Cornish Pilot Gig racing has come at the same time as the wood, Elm and Oak, which gigs are made of, is in short supply. The CPGA are starting a campaign to raise awareness of the situation. At a stand in the forestry section at the Royal Cornwall Show they will discuss and …