Flushing & Mylor’s mens crew in this weekend’s Helford River Race battled a broken stretcher and duelled with a powerful Dutch crew in the long drag from the mouth of Helford River up to Gweek boatyard. 16 gigs as well as numerous other craft such as flashboats, skiffs and tenders took part. Our crew was […]
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Across the Bay :: Good result
Penarrow and her mixed crew took 4th place in the 2009 Across the Bay race from Mounts Bay to Porthleven against about a dozen other gigs. It was good to row on different water for a change and the coastline between Mounts Bay and Porthleven provides a stunning backdrop (for bow-side rowers that is, stroke-side had […]