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Re: Britain's Oldest Yacht
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 2:00 pm
by Gardenshed
The story should be renamed: Prototype Claymore Discovered
Re: Britain's Oldest Yacht
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 3:29 pm
by claymore
ye cheeky wee fekker!!
The history of the Peggy, as a dodger of the excise cutters, is a fascinating one as is the building in which she was hidden.
By the way and that, see Manx smugglers...
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:31 am
by Telo
"English Passengers" by Matthew Kneale is a fine book about a Manx captain and crew who do a bit of smuggling and after some misadventures end up sailing to Tasmania for a clergyman searching for the Garden of Eden. In doing so they accidentally contribute to the awful effects of European settlers on the indigenous population. Very good novel.