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Perthshire Royal Navy officer accused of negligence after Cowes Week yacht crash
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sailorman
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Which is the most useful on board
An Admiral or an Umbrella
An Admiral or an Umbrella
maxi77
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KINGFISHER 9
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I always thought it was a naval officer and a wheelbarrow ... given that he's pleaded not guilty to 3 charges I think I'd stick to being skippered by the wheelbarrow!
Bru
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Can't wait to hear what his defence case is!
It'd better be a cracker otherwise he'd have surely been better off pleading guilty
It'd better be a cracker otherwise he'd have surely been better off pleading guilty
OGITD
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And the Army is any better!?
....... & a General would be any good as a 'Tank-Driver'!? ..... or logistics/supply Sargent!? .... or anything worth paying any attention to?
....... & a General would be any good as a 'Tank-Driver'!? ..... or logistics/supply Sargent!? .... or anything worth paying any attention to?
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If he pleaded guilty would it be an automatic court martial or whatever as he was in charge of a yacht from the a forces sailing club?
myquest
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From experience neither
I bought a brolly during a wet week in Lesardroux a few years ago. It turned out to be very useful! It's still on board. From experience I'm inclined to agree about Admirals though.
uxb
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Have him flogged.
Ah, belay that, he'd probably enjoy it.
Ah, belay that, he'd probably enjoy it.
sailorman
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Twister_Ken
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Which is the most useful on board
An Admiral or an Umbrella
Admiral Sandy Woodward (Falkland Islands and all that) was quite a handy Sonata sailor.
sailorman
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On song then
maxi77
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He was my CO for a couple of years and was in fact an excellent all round seaman as well as a brilliant tactitian
armchairsailor
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I hadn't realised that was an RN boat. The old oxymoron of military intelligence strikes again... Sigh...
sailorman
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Did he race in the Solent
OGITD
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Look Lads!
My 'owd-pal' Smudge who's still in the RN sails quite often in the Fastnet, RTI & Sydney to Hobart etc etc .... & is a very competent Sailor & Skipper ..... & I believe there are more who are than aren't .....
My 'owd-pal' Smudge who's still in the RN sails quite often in the Fastnet, RTI & Sydney to Hobart etc etc .... & is a very competent Sailor & Skipper ..... & I believe there are more who are than aren't .....
Twister_Ken
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Where else.
Incidentally, I don't think the boat that got its kite wrapped around the tanker's anchor was a services boat. I think it's owned by the hapless tar who is up before the beak.
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l'escargot
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I think it is and Irish registered as well.
"...The 2002-built Corby 33 Atalanta has an IRL sail number but is most definitely not Irish owned. Previous owner Martin Breen of Galway bought the boat in 2007 and campaigned quite successfully as That’s Life...Breen sold the boat to a Cheshire sailor named Roly Wilson at the end of the 2010 season..."
From here: http://www.sail.ie/
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armchairsailor
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He's called Roly, he's a a junior officer and owns a fancy Corby. Say no more... Bet he wore dubarrys and a rugger shirt with the collar turned up too. Not to generalise or anything... 
Whoops reread - Cheshire, Perthshire - who cares, they're pretty much the same from the angle of stereotyping (lived in both).
Whoops reread - Cheshire, Perthshire - who cares, they're pretty much the same from the angle of stereotyping (lived in both).
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