Milford Haven beagle rebuild site suitable,

says Detlev Loell, our German shipwright. We met with the commercial director of Milford Haven Port Authority yesterday evening to discuss our needs (electricity, water, storage etc.) and visited the site this morning. The replica will be built on the dockside fitted with engines and interior fitted and lifted into teh water by crane. The replica Beagle will be ballasted and rigged while afloat. We visited the site in blustery 40 mph winds which kicked up clouds of eye-stinging dust from the nearby building site. Detlev's next job? To survey the rigging of the Brazilian Navy's sail training ship Cisne Branco (White Swan). Where? Rio de Janiero.