THE COCKNEY REBEL

The Cockney Rebel, a rather huge boat, turned up at the yard last week. She was previously owned by musician Steve Harley from the popular music band Cockney Rebel. Now then, women in boatyards are very rare. Women that own and work on their boats, even rarer. So on this sunny day all eyes were on - the blonde. She was working from Aft to forward, cleaning years of neglect from the boats topsides. When she started to remove the name, ( it had to go ) she started first with the L, then the E, and so on B, E, R, Y, E, working forward....  Guffaws were starting to trickle in from other ( male ) boat owners working on their boats... and when she removed the N, howls of laughter were coming from everywhere. She was completely oblivious as to what was going on.  I sauntered over, with my camera, and told her why everyone was laughing. She nigh fell of her ladder laughing too... Here are the pics -