Posted by Andy on August 14, 2010 at 04:43:13 user AndyG.
In Reply to: Amazon posted by isaac stephenson on August 13, 2010 at 15:54:22:
Perhaps I ought whisper it, but I preferred Amazon to Swallow. She was more like the boats I sailed as a young boy: narrow(er) beam, centreboard, no long deep keel - she had to be a much better boat for sailing, and therefore more fun!
The race at the end of Swallowdale, with so much beating up the lake to Beckfoot, should have been hers by a mile. Though possibly Swallow's combined crew of four, plus pigs of lead, might have had a weight advantage over two young girls hampered by neither toe-straps nor tiller extensions? :o)
Are there photos of your father's boat online, Isaac? I'd love to see her.