PA Hire for World Pilot Gig Championships

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PA Hire for World Pilot Gig Championships

The start of the first race this year involved 136 gigs on a start line over a mile longStephen Gilbert has just returned from St Mary’s in the Scillies where he has been providing various sound systems for the Spring Bank Holiday Championships for more than 15 years. Horn PA systems are sited on the harbour wall (finishing line) and on ‘The Green’ (marshalling area for 136 pilot gigs and over 1000 competitors. Commentary is provided through Radio Scilly with a mobile link to their commentator aboard the press boat that follows the gigs in. It’s a very colourful event in more ways than one culminating in a full-on awards ceremony with a full range PA provided by us.