tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17194754360386448.post3182868592533426172..comments2023-10-20T01:05:46.002-07:00Comments on New Boat: Cypress Moon! (Barco Sin Vela): London to Calais and Back to LymingtonBarco Sin Vela IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621907771132379553noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17194754360386448.post-78140078273236171782009-09-26T12:31:54.285-07:002009-09-26T12:31:54.285-07:00I had to pull serious strings to be able to leave ...<i>I had to pull serious strings to be able to leave from the UK.</i><br /><br />I assumed that was the case. You're the first person I've ever heard of who retired (in place) out of a foreign assignment. Srsly.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17194754360386448.post-49116354622926480292009-09-25T10:38:18.847-07:002009-09-25T10:38:18.847-07:00Thanks, Gene. Cars must be modified, right?
There...Thanks, Gene. Cars must be modified, right?<br /><br />There are photos. And video. I looked for the pictures at lunch, no joy, but they are in the house.<br /><br />The Navy did not want me to retire out of London. I could have stayed another year or so. I had to pull serious strings to be able to leave from the UK. Ordinarily, they ship you to Jacksonville and make you do all the out processing there, taking about two weeks.<br /><br />Like I said, I wanted out and my plans were not to fly to the U.S., get treated shabby by an uncaring processing command and then have to return to the UK on my own dime.Barco Sin Vela IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621907771132379553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17194754360386448.post-40143355531318273972009-09-25T10:12:55.392-07:002009-09-25T10:12:55.392-07:00Little ol' enlisted puke me, a retirement cere...<i>Little ol' enlisted puke me, a retirement ceremony at a proper Drill Hall, off of Oxford Street in the shopping district in Westminster!!!</i><br /><br />Pics? There HAVE to be some, methinks!<br /><br />So... I didn't know you got out of the Navy before you left Ol' Blighty. Interesting, to say the VERY least! The reason I did 22 was I didn't wanna retire at the port and hit the bricks cold... so I took a follow-on assignment after England. I'm glad I did, too... but t'is another story, that.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17194754360386448.post-8863370454594334742009-09-25T09:53:47.371-07:002009-09-25T09:53:47.371-07:00Cool sailing story. Loved the boat-car!Cool sailing story. Loved the boat-car!JihadGenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440469082415566906noreply@blogger.com