Avon Corinthians Rowing Club

Do come along to Portishead Marina to be entertained by the annual Sea Shanty festival on the 17th and 18th July.
Our own The 85ers will be hosting this event raising funds for the RNLI, Children’s Hospice SouthWest and the Brightwell. Bristol Beer Factory are kindly providing refreshments.

What a treat to be able to watch a motivational film in a beautiful historical setting.

Thank you PJ for the location and James for the idea.

Evening sunny sea row for a group of our newer rowers.

Ops lead Paul looking wistfully as the Firefly channel marker, thinking about his favourite wooden friend.

Portishead Marina

Day 2 of the South Coast ACRC tour, Devoran Regatta.

So nice to get an invite to this tiny and very special regatta.

What a beautiful place, and thrilled to be able to help Harbour Rowing Club, Boscastle out with a boat for their junior team.
Devoran Pilot Gig Club

I’m not sure it’s a record but it can’t be far off, but having 5 ladies from the same family in one race? Pretty special. Four sisters and a daughter.

Really emotional rowing and 4th in their heat of 12.

Falmouth Pilot Gig Club

Falmouth Regatta. Fantastic weather, amazing location, perfect conditions.

Add into that the Falmouth Shanty Festival equals the best weekend.

Thank you for being such great hosts.

Falmouth Pilot Gig Club

It’s been exactly a year since we officially renamed the gig ‘Will-to-Win’ with her new name Firefly in a ceremony off the RNLI beach.

Firefly, named after the channel marker, denoting the position of the Firefly Rock and the extent of the deep water channel of the King Road running towards Portbury and Avonmouth.

Firefly is no spring chicken, she’s a 2012 Hunkin built wooden boat. But she’s light, and lovely to row. Her colours and her name were chosen by the entire club through numerous votes.
The final white with navy and an orange rubbing strake are a salute to our local lifeboat crew who are also members of the club.
The font we used for her name is taken from one of the small ships, called Firefly, involved in the evacuation from Dunkirk. The owner of which we spoke to directly to identify the font.
In this year we have welcomed new members, seasoned rowers and entire novices, we even have our own man of the cloth in the crew.

So here’s to many more years in our lovely boat. Next stop Falmouth and the Shanty Festival . What’s not to love!

Falmouth Pilot Gig Club
RNLI Portishead
Portishead Marina
The 85ers