Re: Turks Yard Auction


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Posted by andy clayton on April 21, 2010 at 09:16:44 user cousin_jack.

In Reply to: Re: Turks Yard Auction posted by Jon on April 17, 2010 at 17:43:36:

The Patch.
The crucial text phrase is in PD when Swallow is trialed in Lowestoft harbour in 'Red-haired boy'.
'Nancy pushed off from the Wild Cat's green side. Susan and Peggy were hauling up the old brown sail with its well-remembered patch.'
So they were well aware of it in the winter months following that first momentous holiday. The drawings in my 1949 edition of PD clearly show the patch between 1/2 and 2/3rds up from the boom sewn against the leech. Incidently the two images which depict Swallow under sail show the patch is applied to both sides of the sail.

In SA there is no reference to the patch, even in 'Making Ready' where there is a detailed description of the craft when the Swallows first get their hands on it. There are, however, quite a few illustrations which show the patch is there that summer, when they first sail her.
The only oddity is the drawing 'There was a bang.' Depicting the battle with the houseboat. Here Swallow is half hidden in smoke and the boat is middle distant, but the patch is shown, though this time AR has lowered its position to below half way up the sail and there is a small white bottle shaped object just above it. I don't know if this is a printing error or an attempt by AR to show the cannon's wadding which Cap'n Flint fired with his second shot.
Looking at the books and pictures again after many years when they were languishing in the loft, I notice that the perspective is less than perfect, though very atmospheric. I notice that in the books the Swallow seems to be painted rather than varnished. I presume in white.

@Had difficulty sending this last night, twice, let's seeif it goes...


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