Posted by David Shelton on January 12, 2001 at 09:42:55 from 149.170.190.140:
In Reply to: Re: Potter bridge and tides posted by John Birch on January 11, 2001 at 13:26:34:
Sounds like a good test for a secure marriage! The Norfolk Broads are a good source of such tales. It amazes me how few accidents there are by the good guys in Ransomes sailing based stories. Swallow hitting a rock and Goblin coming unstuck are two cases I suppose (I'll ignore explosion of vessel (ML)). Did Nancy ever hit a jetty at speed due to a wind shift? Does anyone fancy doing an analysis of "bad sailing practice in SA books"? Over to you, Ed.