Posted by andy clayton on June 27, 2011 at 05:31:04 user cousin_jack.
In Reply to: Re: Folding Boat posted by Owen Roberts on June 25, 2011 at 15:50:16:
Ransome certainly had awkward boats. I remember Racundra had a poor reputation, so it may be that at some time he attempted to constuct a folding boat of his own, which proved to be a bit of disaster. (Perhaps there is a ref. lurking somewhere!). And the 'dig' at Mac was a joke against himself! Imagination running loose.
Of course the whole point of the folder being a brute to handle is a plot device to upset Jemmerling and his crewman. If it had been a regular boat they would have escaped our heroes' clutches.
Which raises the end of GN. See new thread.