Re Timbo being twelve inches too short in the boat length department there is a simple and not unheard of solution, lengthen the boat, sprout a counter stern on Royal Tudor, or, heaven forbid, an elaborate bowsprit. Perhaps nail one of Grace's twelve inch stilettos to the stem head, where there is a will there is a way!
As for me, when I consider the actions of the British merchant fleets both at the Falklands and in two World Wars then I feel quite humbled and proud just to be able and indeed entitled to fly the Red Duster.