The cornish pilot gig is a six-oared rowing boat, built of cornish narrow leaf elm, 32 feet (9.8 m) long with a beam of 4 feet 10 inches (1.47 m). 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.. Rowing is one of the uk's most successful ever olympic sports, and the gb squad are consistently ranked in the top three in the world. the number of active rowing participants has nearly doubled over the last two olympic cycles. rowing clubs in cornwall. Nowadays the sport of gig boat racing is growing in popularity with over 100 clubs, the majority being in cornwall and the isles of scilly. however, clubs exist in devon, dorset, wales, london and overseas in france, the netherlands, the faroe islands, australia and the usa..
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