Gavin Atkin's weblog for the sort of people who like looking inside boat sheds. It's about old boats, traditional boats, boat building, restoration, the sea and the North Kent Coast
At one time, you could make a good living signing up sailors for sea voyages, no doubt in return for depriving them of some of their half pay, and if necessary for a bit of ‘training’ designed to help inexperienced sailors get past the notice of the officers. This is a once popular song about the uselessness of that training…
