Jun 26, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min · 9 segments
Welcome to a very special, two-part edition of The Sailing Podcast with host Theo Stocker. In Episode 19 (Part 1), we are on board the beautiful Oyster 485 Escapade of Reim in Gosport with her owner…
Richard FarringtonGuestTheo StockerHostUm, and you are spearheading a campaign for a monument for the Royal Navy Coastal Forces in the Second World War.
We're, we're, we're, we're trying to broaden that, uh, um... well, we are broadening that to include First World War, to include particularly the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and, um, the more we've researched this and the more we've developed the design, um, so we want to in- in- incorporate the WRENs as well.
I think what's, what's interesting about the WRENs, and, um, they didn't go to sea, but if you look at the First World War, that was a time when women didn't go out much, and suddenly they became quite a forceful element of the support structure for, for the Armed Forces.
And, and so the, the, the impact was all to do with emancipation of women.
It was far more than just, um, wielding a few spanners and paintbrushes and-
But it was the, but it was the political freedom that it, that it really was a powerful, powerful force behind that political freedom.
Um, and you are spearheading a campaign for a monument for the Royal Navy Coastal Forces in the Second World War.
We're, we're, we're, we're trying to broaden that, uh, um... well, we are broadening that to include First World War, to include particularly the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and, um, the more we've researched this and the more we've developed the design, um, so we want to in- in- incorporate the WRENs as well.
I think what's, what's interesting about the WRENs, and, um, they didn't go to sea, but if you look at the First World War, that was a time when women didn't go out much, and suddenly they became quite a forceful element of the support structure for, for the Armed Forces.
And, and so the, the, the impact was all to do with emancipation of women.
It was far more than just, um, wielding a few spanners and paintbrushes and-
But it was the, but it was the political freedom that it, that it really was a powerful, powerful force behind that political freedom.
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