Posted by Jock on February 25, 2010 at 14:11:02 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Close-hauled posted by Mike Field on February 22, 2010 at 21:48:30:
Didn't AR originally plan to make (and write about) such a voyage himself?
IIRC he was pretty sore with Coles for driving a very hard bargain and then
taking ages to pay the sum that they had eventually agreed.