In “Fair weather and foul” my final sentence was : “It was envisaged that Vol. 2 (“The Royal Ceylon Navy”) and Volume 3 onwards(“The Sri Lanka Navy”) would be written in due course.” This pious hope could not be realized and I describe the events in “The Pictorial History: the consolation prize”. The text I had written, covering the period 1937-2000 was withdrawn by me, allowing the Pictorial History to take its place. This text remained with me, collecting dust, till I realized that it could become the projected Volume 2 (“The Royal Ceylon Navy”). However it would extend only to the ‘70s, when I retired, and would leave out the period that I had no personal knowledge of and, of course, it would be written in a more academic style. The start was made but, because of my involvement with Maritime Archaeology and Sri Lankan Watercraft, it was not completed. However, it seems a pity that the work does not see the light of day, I give excerpts from it, at length below. “Excerpts” : because I have deleted the section on the CRNVR as it has been published by the Navy, new Chapters not published included, moved special items (some written for me by others) to the box “The Search Never Over” and to the next page “Tall Tales”. The scope of the book is, however, left intact, to show what was planned: sections highlighted in the Contents are omitted. Will someone take up the baton and carry it over the finish line? He has my blessings!