Charlestown Rowing Club is a Cornish Pilot Gig

Cornish pilot gig

The Cornish pilot gig is a six-oared rowing boat, built of Cornish narrow leaf elm, long with a beam of four feet ten inches.It is recognised as one of the first shore-based lifeboats that went to vessels in distress, with recorded rescues going back as far as the late 17th century.The original...

 Rowing club in the town of Charlestown

Charlestown, Cornwall

Charlestown is a village and port on the south coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, in the parish of St Austell Bay. It is situated approximately south east of St Austell town centre....

 in Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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Vessels

• Waterwitch - Launched in 2003. Built by John & Dave Currah of Looe. Named after a ship of the same name. Famous for being the last UK registered cargo carrying Square rig
  Square rig
  Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or square, to the keel of the vessel and to the masts. These spars are called yards and their tips, beyond the last stay, are called the yardarms...
  
  ged sailing ship. Due to connections with one of the families involved with the original Waterwitch it was possible for a piece of wood from the original boat to be incorporated into the new pilot gig. Waterwitch is the second race boat for Charlestown Rowing Club.
• Defender - Launched April 20th 2009.http://gigrower.co.uk/gig-club-news/new-gig-launched-defender-charlestown/ Built by Maurice Hunkin of Fowey. Named after a former four oared gig that use to operate from the harbour. The 'Defender' is the top race boat for the club.
• Keynvor - Launched in 2004. A training gig of fibreglass construction built by T Deakin and donated to Charlestown Rowing Club by Ocean Housing as part of a joint social welfare / community cooperation between Ocean Housing, J&R Regan and Charlestown Rowing Club. The name "Keynvor" is Cornish
  Cornish language
  Cornish is a Brythonic Celtic language and a recognised minority language of the United Kingdom. Along with Welsh and Breton, it is directly descended from the ancient British language spoken throughout much of Britain before the English language came to dominate...
  
   for Ocean. The gig is painted blue, the corporate colours of Ocean Housing.
• Rashleigh - Launched in 2009. A training gig of fibreglass construction built by T Deakin and named after Charles Rashleigh
  Charles Rashleigh
  Rashleigh is a surname that has connotations of wealth and status in Cornwall in the United Kingdom.The Rashleighs of Fowey and Menabilly were powerful merchants in the time of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Philip Rashleigh, younger son of a family from Barnstaple in Devon, had purchased the manor of...
  
  , one of the largest former land owners in the area and the reason for the naming of Charlestown, which he owned.
• The Skiff - Launched in 2005. A 4m training Skiff
  Skiff
  The term skiff is used for a number of essentially unrelated styles of small boat. The word is related to ship and has a complicated etymology: "skiff" comes from the Middle English skif, which derives from the Old French esquif, which in turn derives from the Old Italian schifo, which is itself of...
  
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Former Vessels

• Mystery - Launched in 1991. Built by Peter Foard of Mevagissey. Named after a former four oared coastguard gig. Sold in June 2010 to Bideford Gig Club

• Tormentor - Launched in 1995. Built by Dave Currah of Looe. Sold to Padstow Gig Club in 2007 who renamed her 'Vixen'

Livery

The livery of boats owned by Charlestown Rowing Club is a white bottom with grey topsides and a red gunwale. These colours were apopted from those of Charlestown Primary School.
Graphical representation of Charlestown Rowing Club pilot gig "Mystery".