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Glad to see the Navy allowing the 9-inch rifled muzzle-loading gun to be fired 3 times over the weekend, having stopped the firings a while back already.

Filmed the Lynx on thursday during a rehearsal for the navy festival. weather turned bad the next day

The South African Navy's annual festival at Naval Base Simon's Town sailed through persistent rain this past weekend, with sailors refusing to let the weather dampen spirits by proving that there's no rain in the Navy, but a Navy in the rain.

I was there on Friday and Saturday (well, Thursday evening too), as well as the Saturday Night Shoot. No apologies for dumping this huge number of photos, including rain spots, to give a feeling of the fun ??. But I do apologise for the photos being out of sequence, as I had three cameras.

Though attendance was thinner than in previous years (rain!) and some may point to the number of non-operational vessels on display, I still greatly enjoyed it.

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?