Posted by Iain on May 21, 2006 at 12:16:39 from 194.66.208.11 user Bulldozerman.
Just looking back over some TARBOARD entries and spotted something strange. On the dust jacket of The Picts and the Martyrs there is a thumbnail version of a drawing which does not appear in the book. Evidently prepared to illustrate chapter 15, it shows Dick and Dorothea taking delivery of Scarab, with the boat builder looking on and Nancy being masterfull.
Has nobody noticed that Scarab is not floating in the water but actually on it. if Scarab was riding as high in the water as she is depicted then the weight of the mast would capsize her. Even without ballast and a centreboard it could not float this high.