WOW LOOK AT THISFairmile B Golden Galleon

As probably the last person to carry out any repairs to GG I can confirm that she was two layers of diagonal 1" mahogany copper nailed and roved through planking and fastened to frames.
To fit this requires total access to the interior and conversely to  remove it,  removing each rove, punching out each nail and then any other bolt or screw used to fasten to frames, stringers etc.

Missed the first half, what i saw was good. They definatly got the right presenter to draw an audience.

 about time the men & boats involved in that raid got due recognition for thier sacrifice. Hopefully a few more people know of thier extraordinary courage after watching that.

 Maybe people local to WL who didnt know what she was will take an interest in her future?? A Fully restored ML in original trim would make a fitting tribute.

 Hopefully a few people wiser to what the old guys selling poppies actually did back then

Saw the Documentry. The cold presentation of the facts as numbers, combind with the interviews with the survivors just confirms me in the belief that we must never, in this Politically correct world, allow  people to be so comfortable that they can forget.

I for one never will. I have added that memorial to my list of must visits. There is a plaque at the bottom of Trebah gardens in Cornwall that is well worth a visit. It simply state that a unit of the U.S. Cavalry left from that beach for the invasion on D Day. A simple plaque and like the Memorial in the documentry conveys so much.

 

 

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Hi Danny,

Many thanks for the above will pass onto a friend, the with the Rhine RIver Patrol boat  he would love to see it and a load of others as well as many others who missed it I am sure.

 

John

 

Follow  up  to  original  program  :

 

Mon  26  Mar,  7:30  pm  -  8:00  pm

 

“The  Making  of..the   Greatest  Raid  of  All  Time.  Jeremy  Clarkson:...

 

An  exclusive  behind  the  scenes  look  at  Jeremy  Clarkson's  latest  historical  documentary.

To  recreate  the  daring  Second  World  War  Commando  raid  on  the  port  at  St  Nazaire,  the  BBC  enlisted  the  help  of  Cinesite,  the  highly  regarded  model  makers  and  special  effects  company  whose  most  recent  work  has  appeared  in  feature  films  such  as  Harry  Potter,  Charlie  and  the  Chocolate  Factory  and  V  for  Vendetta. 

The  program  follows  the  team  every  step  of  the  way,  from  constructing  a  giant  24  foot  long  exact  replica  of  the  Commando's  boat  the  Campbeltown  (working  from  little  more  than  a  few  contemporary  photographs),  to  the  filming  of  the  boat  in  action  and  its  spectacular  explosive  finale.

 

Andy  Wilman,  Clarkson's  long  time  Top  Gear  collaborator,  is  the  producer  of  the  main  documentary  and  reveals  how  he  convinced  the  BBC  to  sign  up  to  this  unprecedented  project.  [S]”

 

Regards