Posted by Alex Forbes on July 18, 2003 at 08:00:12 from 67.75.205.10 user Pitsligo.
In Reply to: Re: Spar dimensions posted by Laurence Monkhouse on July 17, 2003 at 06:35:13:
"Or you can always get the proportions from Ransome's drawing of 'Scarab' in PM!"
One might almost say By Gum! And I just re-read that one, too. Thanks for the reminder.
As for John Leather's book, if anyone has a half-way intact copy they'd be interested in getting rid of cheap, I'd like to know about it. I only found one, via Bookfinder.com, and it was way out of my price range.
Oh, and my sister's new Sid Skiff sails like a dream. Except for the sprit rig, she's *exactly* how I've always pictured Amazon and Scarab, too. I highly recommend the breed to anyone looking for their own ticket into AR's world.
Alex