Our Boats

Mischief

Our newest boat, Mischief, was launched on 11th November 2023

Massive Attack

Massive Attack joined our fleet in 2020. The name came from club members as a namesake to the 90s Bristol-based trip hop band

Concorde

After securing a Sports England grant we were able to purchase a new wooden racing gig. Launched in Bristol on 23rd March 2019. Built by Andrew Nancarrow. The club held a poll to come up with the name. Here’s the reasoning behind ‘Concorde’:

Concord , the ship.
Concord was a 44 gun frigate built in Bristol in 1710. She was captured by the French a year later  and renamed ‘La Concorde de Nantes’. Bristol born Edward Teach , better known as the pirate Blackbeard, recaptured her in 1717 in the West Indies and renamed her ‘Queen Anne’s Revenge’. As his flagship she captured many prizes and during this time Concord was a byword for Bristol. Here the obvious ties between Bristol boat building, pirates and Cornish Gigs

Concorde, the plane.
Bristol engineers conceived and developed the ambitious and innovative ‘Type 98’ which became the plane Concorde, its speed famously unsurpassed.

Wapping Wharf

Our plastic boat Wapping Wharf was gifted to us by the harbourside development of the same name. It is our main training boat and is often seen going up and down the harbour with a number of different crews. This is the boat we take to any regattas where

Bristol Blue

We share Bristol Blue with All Aboard Watersports, and it is moored near The Cottage.

Young Bristol

Young Bristol was launched in August 2007, she was built by the Slipway Cooperative. The gig was built in conjunction with the charity “Young Bristol”, with the aim of introducing gig rowing to disadvantaged youngsters in Bristol.