Those photos brought back a few fond memorys of when i was a sea cadet way back,we used to spend weekends at sharpness for sailing and pulling,there used to be an old building we used as accomodation just up from the marina which was just an empty basin in those days,Also we used to dive in off the old coal loaders touch the bottom and come up with black coal sludge covered hands,

One day, i`ll never forget the look on our officers face when we were pulling up the canal in our whaler and a large tanker was coming up behind us,"Sir,sir we cried,theres a big ship behind us,"dont worry he said we have priority",then he looked around,"every one out on the bank at the double"that was the fastest we moved all weekend.Happy days.