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Cornish Pilot Gig rowing on the beautiful Jurassic Coast. Training, racing and enjoying life on the water from Weymouth, Dorset.

09/11/2026

A November Adventure Along the Jurassic Coast!

What a day! Three of our gigs set off from Weymouth on Sunday for an unforgettable adventure to Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove.

The trip started with one crew keen to make up for a weather-disrupted Monster the Loch race earlier this year. Two more boats joined in, turning it into a fantastic day out with three crews and our safety boat along for support.

Around 30 km (18.6 miles) of rowing, taking approximately four hours, plus a short break at Lulworth. And the conditions? About as perfect as November could possibly offer!

As it was Remembrance Sunday, all three crews took a moment at 11am to raise their oars in remembrance.

A brilliant day, great company and some spectacular Jurassic Coast scenery. Definitely one to remember!

04/11/2026

Meet Our Fleet: Isolde

Launched in 2008, Isolde was Weymouth Rowing Club’s third gig and our first dedicated racing boat.

Built by renowned gig builder Dave Currah in Looe, Cornwall, she was commissioned specifically for racing and quickly became an important part of our competitive fleet.

Bringing Isolde to Weymouth was a real team effort, funded through club fundraising activities and grants secured by our hard-working fundraising committee.

Nearly two decades on, Isolde remains one of our main racing gigs and continues to play an important role in the club’s competitive regatta and adventure racing.

Have you raced in Isolde? We’d love to hear your memories!

31/10/2026

A little Friday afternoon sunshine to round off the working week☀️

The easterly winds meant a longer row out into Weymouth Bay wasn’t on the cards, but that didn’t stop us making the most of the conditions and enjoying some time on the water.

A lovely way to head into the weekend!

25/10/2026

Meet Our Fleet: Penny

Penny is one of Weymouth Rowing Club’s wooden Cornish Pilot Gigs. Launched in March 2002, she was our second gig, built by Alan Hangar at Kingfisher Marine.

Penny even had a moment on the big screen, appearing in the film “The Boat That Rocked” and helping raise funds for the club.

With Storm Austen keeping us off the water this weekend, we took the opportunity to give Penny, along with our other boats, some extra attention as part of her ongoing maintenance and repairs. After a complete new paint job, she’s now back in her original yellow colour, having spent the past few years dressed in kelly green.

We’re looking forward to seeing Penny back on the water and ready for future adventures.

More to come from our fleet as we introduce the boats that have helped shape WRC over the years.

20/10/2026

25 Years of Weymouth Rowing Club!

It all started with one boat, Sir Tristan, built at Kingfisher Marine beside Weymouth Harbour as a lasting memorial to Tristan Douglas Johnson.

25 years later, we’ve grown to eight boats and around 250 members, with coastal rowing now a familiar sight around Weymouth.

From our beginnings to today, it’s been quite a journey. Here’s to the next 25 years of rowing, racing and adventures together!

13/10/2026

Hello from Weymouth Rowing Club 💚💛❤️

It’s time to bring our public page back to life!

Based at the beautiful Nothe in Weymouth, we’re a coastal rowing club bringing people together through a shared love of rowing, new challenges and being out on the water.

Whether it’s Competitive Regatta Racing, Adventure Racing or Recreational Rowing, we’ve had plenty going on over the past year and we’d love to share more of it with you!

We’ll be looking back at some of our favourite moments from the season, introducing you to our boats and crews, and sharing more of what life at Weymouth Rowing Club looks like.

Whether you’re a current member, a former rower, a supporter or someone who’s curious about getting involved, give us a follow and come along for the ride!

Here’s to sharing more of what we do, celebrating our crews and adventures, and keeping you up to date with life in our club.

See you out there 🌊

28/05/2025

The heats have been drawn on the live stream and are as follows:
Cornish Pilot Gig Association - CPGA
GigRower.co.uk

24/05/2025

Weymouth Rowing Club Saturday Mixed Grand Prix schedule Please see the planned schedule for racing and key events below:

0730 - Nothe Live site opens for catering, registration and Shore Control Centre (SCC)
0830 - Event safety - Team meeting (Live site marquee)
0830 - Coxswains meeting (Live site marquee)
0900 to 0915 - Launch crews from first qualifying group and row to the start line
0900 - 1200 - Qualifying round
1200 - 1500 Heats round
1500 - 1800 Finals round and prize giving
1800 - 2200 - Nothe Live site entertainment (DJ and Band), Paella Stand and Bar
1800 - 2100 - Public Slipway manned for retrieval of gigs and trailers not remaining in the water or parked overnight. (sunset will be at 2112hrs)

Sunday Weymouth Regatta schedule and entry All clubs attending on Saturday are welcome to stay for Sunday and compete in a traditional points regatta across the categories below. This regatta will also count as round one of the Jurassic League.
Clubs (with the exception of international visitors) will need to bring their own gigs and oars to compete in this regatta. No advanced registration is required and will take place on the day.
Please see the planned schedule for racing and key events below:

0730 - Nothe Live site opens for catering, registration and Shore Control Centre (SCC)
09:00 - Coxswains briefing
09:15 Lunch gigs for first race
09:30 Mixed race (potentially timed over 2 races if more than 12 entries)
10:15 Junior race
11:00 Ladies Super veterans (inc. Masters) race
11:45 Mens Super Veterans (inc. Masters) race
12:30 Ladies Veterans (inc. under 25) race
13:45 Mens Veterans (inc. under 25) race
14:30 Ladies B/C Crew race
15:15 Mens B Crew race
16:00 Ladies A Crew race
16:45 Mens A Crew race
17:00 Presentations

05/05/2025

After a long battle on the Friday the Ladies Supervets and Ladies Masters smashed it.
With the Ladies Supervets coming in 28th and the Ladies Masters coming 10th.

Absolutely smashing results!
4 of these ladies then went on to compete in the ladies B crew! I can imagine they're absolutely knackered as I know I am and I only competed in and coxed in the open and ladies on Saturday and Sunday!

Ladies Supervets:
Cox Christine
6 Ula
5 Bree
4 Cara
3 Trudy
2 Lynn
1 Kate

Ladies Masters
Cox Chris Day
6 Jan
5 Tracey
4 Liz
3 Debs
2 Karen
1 Lindsey

05/05/2025

Good morning all, after yesterday's fantastic racing the final results are as follows:

Scillies Ladies A crew- 47th out of 128

Scillies Ladies B crew- 108th out of 128

Scillies Mens A crew- 44th out of 131

Scillies Mens B crew- 63rd out of 131

Fantastic work by all the crews, everyone worked extremely hard and have shown great determination in the hardest conditions.

The ladies A managed to go up two heats in the space of the weekend, securing themselves in heat D for the final.

The Ladies B were constantly up in the top half of group i and always managed to have the tightest finish between 4 boats.

The mens A started in group E on the Saturday and remained there until Sunday morning when the weather calmed and they managed to get up to group D.

The mens B managed to get in group G off of the long race and then on the same day make it into group F in some harsh conditions this was really amazing! They then just missed out on group E on the Saturday morning after a photo finish had us waiting to see if they were second or third and in this case they just missed second by the angle of the line. This kept them in group F for the final in which they once again managed to claim 3rd place!

Ladies A crew:
Cox Heddon
6 Lottie
5 Holly
4 Nat
3 Ali
2 Shona
1 Rachel

Ladies B crew:
Cox Jamie Coleman
6 Amelia
5 Tracey
4 Debs
3 Bree
2 Lynn
1 Millie

Mens A crew:
Cox: Christine
6 Jamie Coleman
5 Liam
4 Charlie
3 Chris Day
2 Ryan
1 Rob

Mens B crew:
Cox Heddon
6 Colin
5 Jack
4 Toby Poultney
3 Jamie Conroy
2 Arthur
1 Toby Gould

Address

Weymouth
DT48TX

Website

http://weymouthrowing.org.uk/

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