Posted by Jon on February 24, 2010 at 14:10:17 user Jon.
In Reply to: Re: Here we go again; Best books and why? posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on February 23, 2010 at 12:41:19:
". . . in time to make a pierhead jump the other way." (emphasis added) I read that as leaving the packet, which was on the point of sailing. Goblin was just arriving in port, so there was plenty of time for Commander Walker to join her in a more customary manner.