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Originally Posted by Aktungbby
Welcome aboard GJO!  those in-marina maneuvers are tough; I damage my SHV Uboat routinely just getting out of Lorient, and as jibman/ grinder aboard an actual 30 footer out of Vallejo, it helps to have a long boat hook for 'fending off' as my real life skipper is a little inept exiting the docks; trust you were'nt  damaged too much!  |
No damage (except to my mental stability!) its a tough old boot - although built as a narrow boat for UK inland waterways it was also designed to be able to navigate tidal waters - and we have been down the Severn Estuary as far as Portishead . . .
Details on our website here:
http://www.grahamoliver.com/alnwick/alnwick.htm
I have always been interested in subs - my father took me to see what I think was a real U-Boot being scrapped at Cashmores in Newport when I was about three years old and 35 years later I was privileged to be invited aboard and shown round a modern American sub although I think the conditions aboard could hardly be compared with those of WWII . . .