Re: Sea Bear


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Posted by David Bamford on February 15, 2004 at 22:33:24 from 203.10.110.133 user David.

In Reply to: Re: Sea Bear posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on February 15, 2004 at 15:41:08:

In chapter 1, para 2, "She was an old Norwegian Pilot Cutter and had been borrowed by Captain Flint . . . . .", so I think that this quite positively identifies it. Colin Archer was quite a celebrity in Norway in his time, I believe, and pretty much had the sailing boat design field to himself. I don't think that pitchpoling a sailing boat down here in the Roaring Forties is any disgrace; a huge misfortune,perhaps, but no black marks attend it. The sea here gets pretty nasty.
David.


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