[Default] On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:05:38 -0000, "jhndyk" <[email protected]> finished their pint and wrote::
>It is a Montagu Whaler : > ><http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/902804> > >From the 1890's until the 1960's the 27 ft Montagu Whaler was used by the >Royal Navy as a general purpose sea boat. It was named after Admiral Montagu, >who was responsible for its original development. They are excellent sea boats >and, as lifeboats, have made voyages of thousands of miles. > The 1st Notts Sea Scouts had one on Barton Island in the Trent: it was normally pulled to and from Beeston Marina each day to collect fresh water. When I was on camp there, acquiring the skills to pass my Seaman's Badge (a different route to becoming a Queen's Scout) I was allowed to rig the whaler and sail it. Tacking up against wind and current was "very interesting" - I'd no sooner paid off on one tack before it was time to go about again! Brian L Dominic Web Sites: Canals: http://www.brianscanalpages.co.uk
