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 …

200th CPGA Registered Gig

The worldwide governing body for the sport of Cornish Pilot Gig racing today announced a milestone event in the sports rapid growth as it measured, and officially approved, the 200th wooden Cornish pilot gig.      All Cornish pilot gigs built today follow the lines of the gig ‘Treffry’, a 32 foot long pilot gig built in 1838. The Cornish Pilot Gig …