Posted by andyb on November 10, 2005 at 23:09:16 from 81.131.104.214 user beardbiter.
In Reply to: Re:PS. Sinking feelings was Well? Re: Arthur Ransome and S&A in Wikipedia posted by John Nichols on November 10, 2005 at 22:21:11:
"I thought Andy lost a boat at sea",
I don't remember doing that. I've damaged a number of boats in my time, to my shame, not least by dropping a sea kayak of the roof of my (moving) car. I've never lost one at sea though. My experience of sinking clinker built boats comes from trying to encourage one to 'take up' water to swell the planking. Couldn't get it to sink, that was in brackish Broads water at Wroxham.
Obviously Swallow would have sunk given enough ballast but from memory Swallow didn't carry an enormous weight of lead. What would have been in the keel?