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    New Book - Anything Goes at Sea, by Michael Rudder

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    Des Jenkins

    Re: docking day

    Hi John
    He uses that word a lot in the Men's shed LoL. No offense meant John.

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    Des Jenkins

    Re: That Ferry Again

    Hi Tony
    I was in dry dock in Ardrossan in 51 on the British Scout, is the dry dock still there? They had women doing the hull scraping .
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    j.sabourn

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    I reckon another job they were doing as well was laying listening devices through their moonpools to lie dormant until needed.JS

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    j.sabourn

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    He got mixed up with his i’s and e’s Des what he meant to say was Efferency ? JS..

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    Re: That Ferry Again

    Hi John
    Who better to save an Aus Naval ship but the Chinese, maybe they sent those three naval ships around the coast training the tug crews.

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