WOW LOOK AT THISFairmile B Golden Galleon

 This is a sad education to anyone who wants to take on a historic boat that isn't politically correct to own these days.

 Like a dutch consortium & a couple of others(Not forgetting mr Mannings heroic efforts) i offered to take her on just to be told by the BA to politely b off.

 According to the politicians ww2 never happened. It upsets the french as they have to admit they really are surrender monkeys. The Germans are understandably coy about that episode of history. Brussels are impotent there as thier claim to fame is a fictional detective with a dodgy moustache who was invented by an English woman.

 If we forget the mistakes of previous generations we are doomed to repeat them!!

 People lived & died on these boats and if we forget that then our generation or our childrens are condemmed to the same fate!

 Heres an example..

 A young lad joined the navy in 1937 aged 17. He had a good laugh & made lots of friends. They all enjoyed the navy lifestyle of a girl in every port until the outbreak of war. A few months into the war his ship got torpedo'd.

 Him & his best mate were lucky enough to survive & even got posted to the same ship when they were reassigned. Things went well & the friends from the same town made a lot of new friends aboard a destroyer & broke a lot of hearts in different ports.

 A couple of years into the war that destroyer was also sunk by a Uboat and miraculously the two schoolfriends survived. When they were picked up by ASR crews they were given leave for a few weeks. Upon reporting back for duty they both said they want to serve on submarines. The now 23yr old sailor failed the training program on a depth test while his old friend was assigned to a submarine. The submarine left port a week later and has never been heard of since.

 The sailor survived the war and hasnt spoken of it since!

 That 17yr old sailor is my great uncle & while i'de love to document his story the guy is in his late 80's & dont want to push it. I only know this much of his story from what his sisters have told me.

 If we let our history slide away we are condemming ourselves to repeat it! Think the old Yugoslavia proved that a single Europe cant be achieved without a lot of oppression & bloodshed. Rome wasnt built in a day but it was built with the loss of millions of lives. Do we really want to see that again??

 These boats represent the very finest parts of the human spirit as well as mankinds darkest hour! When we are all long gone they should still be preserved as a warning from history and a reminder that there's a hero in the most ordinary man when its all on the line!!

 Lest we forget shall we suffer the consequences of our ignorance

The man who broke Golden Galleon called me today, I may go and see him (when I return his call) probably trying to flog me bits off it!

  I think he has finished now but if there is anything to photo or take (build nos or whatever) i'll ask. I get on well with John, he is a good 'lad' and has helped me out a few times so we will see what I come home with (more if he reads this!)