tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post6503265384354588581..comments2024-03-28T09:55:48.460+00:00Comments on <p align="right">Steve's Random <br>Musings on Wargaming <br>and other stuff...</p>: I have been to... the Nab TowerSteve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-76515110627910505712011-08-19T09:19:13.906+00:002011-08-19T09:19:13.906+00:00I think the thing that always fascinated me most w...I think the thing that always fascinated me most was how the hell they had managed to build it - so the stuff about the floating concrete base was very interesting...<br /><br />Being the inventive folks we are, we re-used the technology in the second world war - but rather than waste the opportunity I may put up a short post on the "next stage"...<br /><br />Mr Kinch is correct of course - totally batty - there's something very Victorian Sci-Fi/HG Wells/Jules Verne about the whole project!Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-81700127577171400502011-08-18T23:37:38.542+00:002011-08-18T23:37:38.542+00:00Great post, very interesting stuff, thanks for sha...Great post, very interesting stuff, thanks for sharing!Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-35908093549689914672011-08-18T21:56:43.569+00:002011-08-18T21:56:43.569+00:00Agree with Conrad, completely nutty idea! Still st...Agree with Conrad, completely nutty idea! Still standing though, they knew how to build stuff that lasted back them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-42648042481766880282011-08-18T20:47:03.219+00:002011-08-18T20:47:03.219+00:00Great post - drove around it many times in a Destr...Great post - drove around it many times in a Destroyer myself!Paul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-67455932876247574912011-08-18T19:49:50.455+00:002011-08-18T19:49:50.455+00:00Fascinating post - there's something gloriousl...Fascinating post - there's something gloriously bats about a line of towers with a line of nets between them.Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-57744368424038312692011-08-18T13:06:38.715+00:002011-08-18T13:06:38.715+00:00Steve
I made the trip myself (OMG it was over 30 y...Steve<br />I made the trip myself (OMG it was over 30 years ago!) in a round the Nab race from the Hamble and back.<br /><br />Nice to hear the history side of things.<br /><br />PDPeter Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-49122657145571688562011-08-18T12:11:57.131+00:002011-08-18T12:11:57.131+00:00Good info, very interesting.Good info, very interesting.The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.com