J17 taken by pirates

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highburyal
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J17 taken by pirates

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Unfortunately J17, Allegria, was taken by pirates last weekend and wrecked. Much fun had by all and a fitting end to a boat which was way past saving.
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Ahh if she was the only one you had ever met, then she would seem as 17 to you - but 47?? (or more!).

Apprenticeship done then?

Pilot john./ (a-harrr)

(Ive seen an old master pose like that but can't remember who - please enlighten!)
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Hi Al
Have sent PM.
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That pose... I know it from an Asterix book*, and they credit the original, but I can't rememeber which book to look it up in!

* Highbrow, thats me...
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Washington crossing the Delaware River?
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I'm thinking of "The Raft of the Medusa".
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Sarry Rupert I thnk Raft of Medusa is too torris for the scen of fun above I accept that Ice Cold winter was h\ardly fun but the Washington picture is heroic, there may be others of course.
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Never seen the Washington one before - it is a good likeness!
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I thought we were just getting drunk in a boat, p**** artists maybe?
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There is a Captain Bligh buried in my local Church cemetary, and the stern profile of this whaler looks fine enough to predate Uffa by about a century?!

Also an act of piracy.

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Hi Al, was this "Kipper" Heywoods old boat? I remember it sailing at Itchenor in my youth. Did we correspond on the old Firefly site before it was hacked to death?
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Yes, I was at school with his son Tim.
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