Well, I can't really comment on the rigging question, but I do know from my sailing groups that there was a tremendous amount of controversy about the book. There are quite a few people who think that the book went way beyond "poetic license" and rose to the level of pure bullshit. The family of the sailboat owner have gone to some lengths to dispute the truth of much of what the author says. For myself, as a mere reader, I thought the writing very amateurish and embarassingly "noble savage" in its approach -- romanticising things that don't belong to be romanticised (anyone been to Gloucester lately? I have. . .). But that's just a simple opinion. Others can -- and have -- comment on the specifics of the book, and movie, and the distance they have taken from any form of reality. I merely note that "controversy exists". Mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 06 2000 - 18:14:25 PDT
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