Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Movie hulls

[Michael Holt <mholt@richmond.edu>]

Greg Cotton wrote:
>
> > Was it seaworthy enough to do that?
> 
> I kind of doubt it, apparently they just sailed it out into the
> Med from Valeta Harbor for filming.

I thought the full-size version was used in the bunker shots
in France.

> I suspect that you'd have a hard time getting insurance for the
> trip back here but it probably could be done if you were careful
> and picked your weather.

Luck has a lot to do with sailing, sometimes.

> If you want to read about a similar voyage, check out this one in
> which a group of WWII and Korean Vets sailed a WWII LST from
> Greece to the US two years ago; not one of these guys could have
> been under 70 and they did it at their own expense; the ship was
> in lousy shape too.
> 
> http://www.lstmemorial.org/voyage/default.htm

I saw that.  Those guys were nuts and very lucky, and I'd have
loved to have gone along.

> I've got my hands full at the moment with a small houseboat
> (17 ft) that I'm rebuilding and an ex Kiddie ride from the
> space race days that was one of three made by Carnation Milk
> out of B47 drop tanks. It's the 30 ft rocket, painted schoolbus
> yellow, that's in front of my house as we speak. I do have a 
> tolerant wife.

You need to tell her -- RIGHT NOW -- that she has the respect
and the appreciation of a lot of guys like you.  You're very
lucky ... but more likely you just have very good taste in
women.



Mike