World Pilot Gig Championships

Pilot gig boats on the beach in Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly in 2018
Race underway south of Tresco

The World Pilot Gig Championships are an annual gig racing event held on the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom during the May Day bank holiday weekend.

The World Championships were first held in 1990, only attracting a few crews from Cornwall, but over the years the amount of pilot gigs attending has increased with crews coming from all over the South of England, the Netherlands, Ireland, France and beyond.[1]

  1. ^ 29th World Pilot Gig Championships 2018. Headland Printers. 2018. pp. 16–17.