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Thread #83023 Message #1523695
Posted By: Shanghaiceltic
18-Jul-05 - 07:04 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Edward Heath
Subject: RE: Obit: Edward Heath
Back in the mid 70's I used to do a lot of offshore sailing with the RN. One summer I mad ethe crew for the RN's yatch for Cowes Week. Ted Heath was there on Morning Cloud. It was also the first time the Australians had taken part in Cowes week and they had a yatch called Ragamuffin.
The Morning Cloud crew took to wearing t-shirts and polos emblazoned with logos like 'Ted's Ahead'. Ragamuffin's crew took to wearing t-shirts whish just said 'Rago's Arse Beats Class'
This was the man who signed us away our fishing rights to every other European country except ourselves and took us into a bad deal on the Common Market as it was then known. Still RIP.