Re: The design of the Swallow.


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Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on March 08, 2003 at 17:09:20 from 195.93.32.8 user ACB.

In Reply to: Re: The design of the Swallow. posted by John Nichols on March 08, 2003 at -1:45:06:

I fancy that Swallow's planking might have been wych elm, much used for workboat clinker planking. Other possibilities would have been larch and mahogany. Sitka spruce was used for light dinghies but Swallow was not of that type.


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