Presumably you’ve never been on a sailing boat. I think a navy using sailing ships to train sailors is exactly what they should be doing. Your posts in here are pretty pathetic and ignorant.Mito Man wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 5:59 pmThe skill of being the fish in a “shooting fish in the barrel” scenario?DeskJockey wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:25 pmPlenty of navies have sailing ships as part of their training fleet. Different skills.Mito Man wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 1:32 pm How the fook is that an actual navy training ship? I’m more surprised it’s from 1982 - looks pre 1900’s.
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Mexican ship - Team building and leadership exercises are precisely why they have these ships.. militaries spend vast amounts on developing these skill sets, and sailing vessels have long been part of that.. they’re not going to go all pirates of the Caribbean and try to board some drug carrying cigar boat, but everyone form cadets upwards benefits from sailing on boats like these.. we do it in the UK too
Also, the video I saw had one person drop from the rigging onto the deck (or behind the hull), that’s going to severely/fatally injure anyone
Also, the video I saw had one person drop from the rigging onto the deck (or behind the hull), that’s going to severely/fatally injure anyone
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It’s a brilliant way of getting teamwork, hard work and routine into them, absolutely essential military skills.Jobbo wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 6:57 pmPresumably you’ve never been on a sailing boat. I think a navy using sailing ships to train sailors is exactly what they should be doing. Your posts in here are pretty pathetic and ignorant.Mito Man wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 5:59 pmThe skill of being the fish in a “shooting fish in the barrel” scenario?DeskJockey wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:25 pm
Plenty of navies have sailing ships as part of their training fleet. Different skills.
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Sailing ships are apparently making a comeback too, they keep saying about container ships using some modern funky sails, more like vertical wings. Seems stupid in an age where efficiency is getting more and more essential that it’s taken this long to even think about sticking sails on ships again 

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There I Ruined It is always good

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Thought I’d watch a few minutes of this as it was live on YouTube and ended up locked in for over an hour.
https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/ml25/lo ... ageSize=40
https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/ml25/lo ... ageSize=40
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Some lovely stuff in there...
Some interesting stuff too including this - a car I'm ashamed to admin I didn't know about:

I see it's a one off but still...
Some interesting stuff too including this - a car I'm ashamed to admin I didn't know about:

I see it's a one off but still...
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I wasn't aware of it until now either. I wish I still wasn't aware of itdinny_g wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 10:41 am Some lovely stuff in there...
Including this - a car I'm ashamed to admin I didn't know about:

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Oh yeah, no doubt an abomination but if you had the means to own two, then why not... 

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Lewis thinks a lot about having hard drives checked. I wonder if perhaps someone should check his?
We won't ask about the other username....lets just hope it's not crusty.
We won't ask about the other username....lets just hope it's not crusty.
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I know seagulls can be aggressive



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I hope that vid was used to get him suitably prosecuted. Juke? He'd likely been mincing along prior to that, doubtless with front fogs on. Cunt.
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I nodded when I saw the feathers in beak, and then... beach attack winged cunt.