Metronicity
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Reged: 29/04/2008
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Loc: Paris
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Want to join me in rescuing a grand old lady of the sea? Hermann Goering's 90 foot motor yacht is waiting to be restored. Built in 1937, she was seized by General Montgomery at the end of WWII as a spoil of war and given to the British Royal Family who used her as a pleasure boat for 15 years. Then given back to Goering's daughter...sold to the Hitler Diaries guy...ended up in Egypt and was seized by Gaddafi in 1987. She's been at a mooring in the Red Sea since then. Largely intact. Motors work. Hull sound. Shafts sabotaged when she was in dry dock. Needs a lot of work but what a vessel! Have a look at the photos here -
Goerings "CARIN II"
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Seagreen
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Reged: 30/07/2005
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Loc: ked myself in the locker again...
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Seen your pics. Sure is an ugly vessel, so not my thing at all. However, would be a great rebuild opportunity and especially funny if it could be owned and re-flagged as Israeli...
That would make Goering's ghost purple with rage!
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"Let Joy be unconfined!"
I'll get her chastity belt keys, then..
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Chrusty1
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Reged: 27/02/2008
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Would make a great bonfire!
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B175Chris
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Reged: 06/06/2006
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Loc: B'ham + Port Grimaud
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I disagree, it'd make the bonfire look ugly 
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I think you'll find it goes without Sailing
"Les Freres Heureux?"
"The Happy Brothers! It's homey, but just hard enough to pronounce to intimidate the riff-raff!"
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channelyacht
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Reged: 25/12/2007
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Loc: Hamble & Audierne
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Max Mosely might be interested...
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Clifford_Pope
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Reged: 28/10/2005
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Loc: Pembrokeshire
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She looks nice in profile and in front, especially in the old pictures - a typical 30s motor yacht. But the stern is much too wide - the designer seemed to run out of elegance at that point.
BTW Gaddafi is Libya, not Egypt.
Carin, usually spelt Karin, was Goring's first wife. He forced his second wife to live in her shadow, naming his grotesque hunting lodge Karinhall in her memory. That, unlike his yacht, was demolished after the war.
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Chrusty1
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Reged: 27/02/2008
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Regardless of the aesthetics of the thing, I think it should be burned, or towed out to some point off soundings and sent to the bottom. The world doesn't need another Nazi icon!
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scottie
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Reged: 14/11/2001
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Loc: scotland
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I always thought that Goerings yacht was called Sea Wolf and was owned by the Simpson Lawrence family and was kept on the clyde for many years 1950-70s era but its likely he had at least a couple.
Another boat that was a prize was Lady Prudence which when she was stripped back to varnish was found to have been machine gunned and was dotted alover with patches .
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Englander
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Reged: 07/09/2001
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Loc: Barcelona/Bollyolics
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So you would like to burn "Nord wind" as well? A boat is not her owner, she wasnt owned by Nazi's for very long!!
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Chrusty1
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Quote:
So you would like to burn "Nord wind" as well? A boat is not her owner, she wasnt owned by Nazi's for very long!!
If I was Scottie, I think I would be scratching my head a bit right now?
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