Posted by Mike Field on May 26, 2009 at 23:36:28 user mikefield.
In Reply to: Re: Ransome's Foreign Legion. posted by Dan Ford on May 25, 2009 at 22:00:32:
I certainly agree that Robert's site is a great resource.
Also that the artist was definitely not a sailor. The children are clearly sitting on the windward gunwale, they're close-hauled on the port tack, there's quite a good breeze to fill the sail, and the port gunwale is almost under water.
(I hope Robert doesn't mind my posting his picture here.)