Posted by Jock on April 22, 2007 at 08:31:52 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: SWALLOW posted by LaurenceMonkhouse on April 12, 2007 at 20:50:10:
Moreover the traditional Morecambe Bay dinghy is built, like Swallow, with a deep keel rather than a centreboard.
Just to confuse things a little. The real Mavis also came from the coast and was bought by Earnest Altounyan at the same time as AR bought the real Swallow (II). Swallow (II)'s keel, like that of her fictional counterpart, though deeper than Mavis's was not all that deep, while centreboards were also used in some Morecombe Bay workboats.