Great story, thanks!
Some other references I found:
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Cherbourg.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa’ar_3_class_missile_boat
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GBU7C7P7W5YW
http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=166765
Here are some links
Life story of one of the designers of the escape
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Wilhelm_Brillant
Operation Story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherbourg_Project
Images are in Hebrew version of that link