Zennor Gig Club (Penzance), based in Penzance by the Harbour slipway, is a friendly Club and always welcome new members regardless of whether they can row or not.   The Club is affiliated to Penzance Sailing Club which enables us to use their facilities such as showers, toilets, club house facilities, etc.  There is ample parking nearby.

The Club has three gigs:- (1)  Senara: built by L & M Pezzack in 1995 and named after the patron saint of Zennor church, St Senara, and  (2) Morvoren: built by B Pomeroy in 1999 and named after the legend of a mermaid who lured Matthew Trewhella into the sea after hearing him singing in church. The Club's third gig arrived in April 2006 and was built by Mr D Currah of Looe.  She is called 'Melusine' (mel-loo-sin) which is a two tailed mermaid and very much in keeping with the Club's mermaid theme which also forms the Club's logo.  We also have a flashboat called 'Mermaid'.

In 2002, Morvoren was adapted so that we could sail her and in 2004 we entered our first competitive race during the World Pilot Gig Championships on the Isles of Scilly which we won thereby bringing home the Pilots Widows Sailing Trophy much to our delight.

Our logo originated from the famous tale of the Zennor Mermaid which tells of how the mermaid Morvoren fell in love with Matthew Trewhella after hearing him singing in the village church, and subsequently lured him into the sea, never to be seen again.

We aim to have crews in the following classes:-  Ladies A, Ladies B, Mens A, Mens B, Under 14yrs, Under 16yrs, Mixed and Veterans.  Members are not obliged to row as we always need help with social and fundraising events throughout the year as well as help with towing, maintenance of gigs and flashboat, their trailers and all associated equipment.

If you have any interesting photographs or articles that can be added to this website or if you would like a link to be made from this site to another site, please contact the Club Secretary.

We hope you enjoy this site, and do come along to Zennor Gig Club (Penzance) if you would like to row.