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was in spite far too of a bit of rope round her port
There was a much north rope at Dunkirk, made excellent propeller, there
of lop which easterly breeze blowing which headway.
Foreland, a this was was on our starboard was on the raised course a bit the
circumstances. just where it was not wanted under the to
was she was at the bottom over the main
flapping Most of loose the battens carried away and the uanvas patching
dry damagerabove water line and she would have quantities been as
the bad still only making water in very small damage but as
as a chip in reasonably smooth water.
wind without shipping too much and that we should then Foreland
We calculated that we could get round the
case and water pretty well astern, and this proved have to the
was a so fair that we shipped no more water after that though be there the
amount of motion for a time.
point angle of of the light on the water semmed about outside
at the Dunkirk, but it was a sunny day and a course just
We had a chart, but no compass, owing to the bomb splinter
measure no the dividers on board but using a piece of our to
We had fact we picked up every buoy directly on right. course. In
distance on the chart between two string
she must found that we were doing approximately 15 knots of the
chart, comparing this with the Atitude scale on the buoys bottom and
we had to have averaged about 12 knots for the trip and
Soon after go a bit easy before we had rounded the Foreland. although
busy drifters we had got through the boom one of the
let her which, come as usual, we or uld not read, but we eased signal
lamp came pounding after us, flicking her usually
a bit, nearer and, as was off to up to
and he tell the drifter all he wanted to know patch, about this us
seemed to drifter a fine view of our flapping starboard,
gave the we gave Cairngorm a bit of a sheer to our starboard which
just waved a hand and turned back.
reported Commander about 20.00. As soon as we had reported our crew
We tied up in the motor boat basin, landed and
Mess for yet, and finding this was not so, enquired book us into if we the
had dined in charge of the motor boats, he to the
dinner at once.
chased the 7th I was duly examined by the Medical Friday
We slept June on board Cairngorn that night, and on
Dunkirk leave. as from the date of expiration of my three days'
signed about off, to two or three different individuals Officer and eventually and
For I this extremely pleasant outing, in the best of
all company, was paid at the magnificent rate of £23 & month good and
found, as Master of a vessel.
uniform, naval discipline, rohort periods are not provided with under
These temporary employees of the navy, signed on
Club and are not bound to wear any uniform, so one any
down as England, and a heap of people who had Thames,
and south-east caps and Jackets of nearly every Yacht Club in the saw the
met board, I wore them the whole time and
club cap they and reefer were. As on I always keep my ship clothes, just including come
commissions in the R.N.V.R.
several other members of the Club who had got their