This is a beautiful 1/24 scale replica of a 24' wood and canvas Gaff-rigged Captian's gig. A gig is a boat used on naval ships as the captain's taxi. During the era of wooden ships, it was smal and light thus the canvas hull. It was usually crewed by 5 oarsmen and a coxswain. Generally, the oarsmen sat one to a seat, but each only rowed a single oar on alternating sides. I inherited this from my Uncle George and it predates me as I remember it in his house in the 1950s. It is fitted with seats on 5 thwarts, 5 oars, and a gaff-rigged sail. The gunwales look like cherry and the balance of the hull western red cedar planking. It is covered in doped canvas. The oarlocks appear to be bronze. 24" long x 7.25"wide x 25" tall
