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Title: Manning the Mast, Thanks Nickbat
Post by: Vamps on 13 December 2012, 23:01:21

I have been up there but only to the crows nest..... :D :D

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/sea-cadets-display/query/HMS+Ganges+Shotley+Gate

Title: Re: Manning the Mast, Thanks Nickbat
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 14 December 2012, 08:04:29

My father talked about when he joined the Royal Navy in 1940, and as part of their training at HMS Ganges they had to "dress the mast".

They apparently wanted him to be the boy who stood on the button, the very top of the mast.  He politely refused as he hated heights, and they allowed him to go to a lower position, with another boy only too keen to man the button. :y

Title: Re: Manning the Mast, Thanks Nickbat
Post by: omega3000 on 14 December 2012, 14:05:29

Dont they get rope burn sliding down like that  ::)