Saguday
Well-Known Member
I am a very happy bunny 
Today in the post I finally received a copy of "Two-and-a-half ton Dream" by Ray Whitaker, illustrated by Fid Harnack. It's in excellent condition, a first edition, complete with the cover sleeve, also in good condition.
I won't bore you all with the story again, I have told it before on this very forum, but I first read it when I was about 6 or 7 and it essentially kicked off my obsession with boats and triggered a lifelong desire to sail. I took it out of our town library in the Midlands and I think I read it about 4 times. I can't tell you how many times I sketched copies of the cover and the drawings inside.
In one of life's ironies SWMBO and I bought our first little yacht, Kioni, 40 years later in West Mersea and I only realised a couple of years afterwards when I tracked another library copy down that the book is based on the Blackwater, featuring Mersea, Maldon and all our other now-favourite places.
Anyway, I've been looking for a copy to buy for several years now and I finally have one. My thanks go to Robert Jackson of Chapel Bookshop in Saxmundham for having the book and delivering it so promptly - excellent service and a very nice chap.
Sadly Kioni is no longer ours but I plan to re-read it snugged up on board Saguday (another tale of closing a circle...) when we are next on board.
Cheers!
Neil
Today in the post I finally received a copy of "Two-and-a-half ton Dream" by Ray Whitaker, illustrated by Fid Harnack. It's in excellent condition, a first edition, complete with the cover sleeve, also in good condition.
I won't bore you all with the story again, I have told it before on this very forum, but I first read it when I was about 6 or 7 and it essentially kicked off my obsession with boats and triggered a lifelong desire to sail. I took it out of our town library in the Midlands and I think I read it about 4 times. I can't tell you how many times I sketched copies of the cover and the drawings inside.
In one of life's ironies SWMBO and I bought our first little yacht, Kioni, 40 years later in West Mersea and I only realised a couple of years afterwards when I tracked another library copy down that the book is based on the Blackwater, featuring Mersea, Maldon and all our other now-favourite places.
Anyway, I've been looking for a copy to buy for several years now and I finally have one. My thanks go to Robert Jackson of Chapel Bookshop in Saxmundham for having the book and delivering it so promptly - excellent service and a very nice chap.
Sadly Kioni is no longer ours but I plan to re-read it snugged up on board Saguday (another tale of closing a circle...) when we are next on board.
Cheers!
Neil
