Merryn Thomas / Start line of men's heat, Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / Mens crews preparing in the Old Harbour for Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Rob Cousins / "Bedehaven" crew in the Bristol Gig Club "Bristol Challenge" race with "Young Bristol" ahead and Avonmouth in the background. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / Cornish pilot gig "Young Bristol" nears the finish line of the "Bristol Challenge" race at the Clifton Suspension Bridge, on the River Avon. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Wolf" crew in the Bristol Gig Club "Bristol Challenge" race, in the Bristol Channel. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Ella Rose", "Bedehaven" and "Wolf" at the start of a heat in the Bristol Gig Club "Bristol Challenge" race, March 21st 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Start of Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009. "Wolf" (Salcombe), "Bedehaven" (Bude), "Ella Rose" (Porthgain, Wales).
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Merryn Thomas / Pilot Gig "Isambard" moored alongside jetty in Bristol Floating Harbour marina. February 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Pin detail of gig. Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009. Gigs passing beneath Merchant's Road bridge, Hotwells.
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Merryn Thomas / Start of Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009. L-R "Wolf" (Salcombe), "Bedehaven" (Bude), "Ella Rose" (Porthgain, Wales), "Young Bristol" (Bristol). Severn Bridge in the distanc...
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Merryn Thomas / Cornish Pilot Gigs crews lining up for the ladies / mens mixed race at Dartmouth Regatta, Devon, England. April 2008.
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Rob Cousins / "Bedehaven" rowers in the Bristol Gig Club "Bristol Challenge" race with Portbury Docks in the background. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Young Bristol" crew in the "Bristol Challenge" race on the River Avon, March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Ella Rose" and "Wolf" crossing the finish line of the "Bristol Challenge" race along the Avon Gorge, March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / Clifton Suspension Bridge and old wharf at Hotwells, Bristol, with gigs having just finished the "Bristol Challenge" race through the gorge. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Young Bristol" crew in the Bristol Gig Club "Bristol Challenge" race with New Severn Crossing in background. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Young Bristol" crew, winners of the "Bristol Challenge" race after the finish at the Clifton Suspension Bridge, cheering another crew. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Young Bristol" crew in the "Bristol Challenge" race, March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Young Bristol" crew during the "Bristol Challenge" race along the River Avon, March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / Rock crew celebrating finishing the "Bristol Challenge" race along the Avon Gorge, March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / Preparing for the start of the Bristol Challenge Gig Rowing Race, March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / Cornish pilot gig "Young Bristol" nears the finish line of the "Bristol Challenge" race at the Clifton Suspension Bridge, on the River Avon. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / Gigs on the River Avon at the end of the "Bristol Challenge" race, beneath the Clifton Suspension Bridge. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Wolf" (foreground) racing "Bedehaven" in the "Bristol Challenge" race, Bristol Channel. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Wolf" and "Young Bristol" at the start of the Bristol Challenge Gig Rowing Race, Bristol Channel, March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Young Bristol" crew during the "Bristol Challenge" race along the River Avon, March 21st 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Mens crew racing in "Pinnacle" at the Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / Men's crews practicing in pilot gigs "Isambard" and "Young Bristol" on Bristol Floating Harbour in the morning. February 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Boy playing with model boat in the Old Harbour. Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / "Lark" name and bow fender detail. Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / "Ryder" name detail, Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / "Ryder" and "Galant" pulled up at low tide in the Old Harbour. Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / Pin detail of gig. Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / Men's crew practicing in Pilot Gig "Isambard" on Bristol Floating Harbour in the morning, February 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009. Bristol Mens' crew "Young Bristol" approachnig the finish line, the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
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Merryn Thomas / "Ella Rose" (Porthgain, Wales) crew, Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009. Exhausted/in preparation.. Rock rower beside his gig "Speedwell" in Portishead Marina.
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Merryn Thomas / Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009. Bristol Mens' crew "Young Bristol".
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Merryn Thomas / Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009. Bristol Mens' crew "Young Bristol" approachnig the finish line, the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
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Merryn Thomas / Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009. Rock rower beside his gig "Speedwell" in Portishead Marina.
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Merryn Thomas / Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009. Bristol Mens' crew "Young Bristol" approachnig the finish line, the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
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Merryn Thomas / Start of Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009. "Wolf" (Salcombe), "Bedehaven" (Bude), "Ella Rose" (Porthgain, Wales).
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Merryn Thomas / Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009. Bristol Mens' crew "Young Bristol".
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Merryn Thomas / Bristol Gig Club's second gig, "Young Bristol" pulled up on beach at Mylor, Falmouth Gig Regatta, June 2008
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Merryn Thomas / Crowds of rowers on Town Beach, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. 19th World Pilot Gig Championships, May 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / Plaque in the stern of Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel", Dorset, July 2008. It reads 'Lyme Regis Gig Club "Rebel" built by Gail McGarva of the the Boat Building Academy, Lyme Regis, June 29th...
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Merryn Thomas / Cornish Pilot Gigs moored at Dartmouth Regatta, April 2008. Paignton's "Minerva" (now re-named "Top Catch"), Bristol's "Isambard" and Cattewater's "Catalina".
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Merryn Thomas / Oars, Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel", Dorset, July 2008
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Merryn Thomas / Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel", Dorset, July 2008
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Merryn Thomas / Details of oars, pins and seats in Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel", Dorset, July 2008
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Merryn Thomas / Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel" in temporary compound, Dorset, July 2008
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Merryn Thomas / Detail of blades in Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel", Dorset, July 2008
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Rob Cousins / "Wolf" (foreground) racing "Bedehaven" in the "Bristol Challenge" race, Bristol Channel. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / Preparing for the start of the Bristol Challenge Gig Rowing Race, March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / Oars of Cornish pilot gig "Young Bristol" during the "Bristol Challenge" race along the River Avon, March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Ella Rose" crew in the Bristol Gig Club "Bristol Challenge" race, following "Young Bristol". March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / Cornish pilot gig "Young Bristol" nears the finish line of the "Bristol Challenge" race at the Clifton Suspension Bridge, on the River Avon. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Ella Rose", "Bedehaven" and "Wolf" at the start of a heat in the Bristol Gig Club "Bristol Challenge" race, March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / Cornish pilot gig "Young Bristol" nears the finish line of the "Bristol Challenge" race at the Clifton Suspension Bridge, on the River Avon. March 21st 2009.
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Rob Cousins / "Wolf" crew rowers in the Bristol Gig Club "Bristol Challenge" race with Avonmouth and Portbury Docks in the background. March 21st 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / "Wolf" crew (Salcombe), Avon River Cornish Pilot Gig Race, Bristol, March 21st 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Pilot Gig "Isambard" moored alongside jetty in Bristol Floating Harbour marina. February 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Bristol Mens B crew racing in "Galant" in swell. Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / Start line of men's heat, Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / Ladies' gig practice on Bristol Floating Harbour, approaching Underfall Yard. January 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Ladies' gig practice on Bristol Floating Harbour. January 2009. Baltic Wharf, with Harbour Master's boat "Mariner" behind.
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Merryn Thomas / Pin detail of gig. Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / Ladies' gig practice on Bristol Floating Harbour. January 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Oars and thwarts of Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel", Dorset, July 2008
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Merryn Thomas / Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel" in temporary compound, Dorset, July 2008
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Merryn Thomas / Bristol's Cornish Pilot Gig "Isambard" on Town Beach, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, for the 19th World Pilot Gig Championships, May 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / Rowers wait for the next heat on Harbour Beach at the Cornwall County Championships Pilot Gig event, Newquay, Cornwall. September 2007.
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Merryn Thomas / Bristol Gig Club's second gig, "Young Bristol" pulled up on beach at Mylor, Falmouth Gig Regatta, June 2008
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Merryn Thomas / Detail of blades in Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel", Dorset, July 2008
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Merryn Thomas / Cornish Pilot Gigs pulled up on Town Beach, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. World Pilot Gig Championships, May 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Bristol Pilot Gig Club cleaning gig, March 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Cornish Pilot Gigs pulled up on Town Beach, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. World Pilot Gig Championships, May 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Royal Navy helicopter flying over Cornish Pilot Gig off Town Beach, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. World Pilot Gig Championships, May 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Cornish Pilot Gigs pulled up on Town Beach, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. World Pilot Gig Championships, May 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Bucket in pilot gig "Isambard" during maintenance, Bristol. March 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Cleaning clinker-built pilot gig "Young Bristol", March 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Gig oars with different types of grips at Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.
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Merryn Thomas / Cornish Pilot Gigs pulled up on Town Beach, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. World Pilot Gig Championships, May 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Men fixing stretchers of Cornish Pilot Gig "Kathrin Rose" pulled up on Town Beach, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. World Pilot Gig Championships, May 2009.
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Merryn Thomas / Cornish Pilot Gigs "Isambard" and "Young Bristol" with men's crews practicing. Bristol Floating Harbour, February 2009.
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Toby Roxburgh / Spectators watching Cornish gigs leaving Portishead Marina before the start of the 2009 "Bristol River Challenge" race, during which crews row from Portishead to Bristol, ^^^travelling up the Avon Gor...
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Toby Roxburgh / Cornish pilot gigs moving into the lock at Portishead Marina before the start of the 2009 "Bristol River Challenge" race, during which crews row from Portishead to Bristol, ^^^travelling up the Avon G...
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Adam White / Mounts Bay ladies crew racing "Taran" at the 19th World Pilot Gig Championships, Isles of Scilly, May 2008
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Adam White / Isles of Scilly ladies crew racing "Tregarthens" at the 19th World Pilot Gig Championships, Isles of Scilly, May 2008
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Adam White / St. Agnes (Scilly) men's crew racing their gig "Shah" at the 19th World Pilot Gig Championships, Isles of Scilly, May 2008
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Adam White / Gig rowing to start line, World Pilot Gig Championships, Isles of Scilly, May 2008
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Adam White / Crews racing in the final heats of the 19th World Pilot Gig Championships, Isles of Scilly, May 2008
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Adam White / Charlestown ladies A crew celebrate their silver medal on the podium at the awards ceremony of the 19th World Pilot Gig Championships, Isles of Scilly, May 2008
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Adam White / Gigs pulled up on Town Beach, St. Mary's, at the 19th World Pilot Gig Championships, Isles of Scilly, May 2008
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Adam White / Teignmouth men's crew racing "Jeannie" at the 19th World Pilot Gig Championships, Isles of Scilly, May 2008
