keys felt a bit like booking an elderly aunt in for surgery with eager but untrained medical students
77OWNER’S UPGRADEIsabel II was one of many
wooden boats being used to
train up the IBTC studentsThe IBTC tutors
assess what works
need carrying outWith the decks off the
full extent of damage is
revealed
Isabel II on her way to
the IBTC’s new home
in Portsmouth dockyardPulling up outside
Boathouse 4 in the
shadow of HMS Warrior