[Ramius]

Hmmm... tried to find some pics, but no joy so far. A "gig" covers many sizes and designs but typically they are a long thin rowboat rowed by perhaps six or eight people, and usually double-ended. Very fast rowboats.

I read somewhere once that gigs were often used to carry pilots out to board ships as they entered a port.

[HairOfTheDog]

I found a small one!

[Wneighbor]

I gotcha! Tough to know much about boats in my life. Fast sounds good. :-)

Nice picture. :-)

[RMDupree]

I think this is a gig or pilot gig.