Marcus Dixon, Isles of Scilly, 2019

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Identifier

CPGA_OH_032

Description

David George interviews Marcus Dixon during the World Pilot Gig Championships. He is the Chairman of Lyme Regis Gig Club with two hundred and five members. He explains how they cater for members aged from 8 to 80, have a Club rowing programme, their own gym, storage and maintenance facilities, a competitive programme and two small skiffs for young members to learn to row. As an offshoot of the Club they have Shanty singers to help raise funds. In Lyme Regis there is a boat building academy and the Club has all of its wooden boats built by Gail McGarva from this academy who likes to get people from the town involved.

Date

2019-05

Rights

Cornish Pilot Gig Association CIO

Coverage

Isles of Scilly

Format

mov

Publisher

cornishmemory.com

Creator

David George and Logan Baird

Type

Moving Image


Duration

00:10:37


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Collection

Cornish Pilot Gig Association




Citation
David George and Logan Baird, “Marcus Dixon, Isles of Scilly, 2019,” cornishmemory.com, accessed March 29, 2024, https://www.cornishmemory.com/item/CPGA_OH_032.
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