What does Libby Purves sail these days?

[Zagato]

I am halfway through "A summers Grace" and as yet she has not mentioned much about 'Grace O Malley' her Cornish Crabber Pilot I'm too impatient to find out what happened to it, if she still owns it and/or what she has now!

 

[snowleopard]

Have a look here

Paul regularly posts on this forum.

 

[Zagato]

Thanks - a Victoria 38.

I wonder what happened to the CC Pilot, I'm hoping she mentions a bit more about it in the rest of the book. Time for a cup of tea and a read Ahem...I'll go to work later!

 

[snowleopard]

Thanks - a Victoria 38.

I wonder what happened to the CC Pilot, I'm hoping she mentions a bit more about it in the rest of the book. Time for a cup of tea and a read Ahem...I'll go to work later!

An excellent read but you'll find she doesn't say much technically about the boat. A deliberate choice I understand as I once read an article by her on writing about sailing for a non-nautical audience and how to make it ring true without jargon.

 

[Mark-1]

Have a look here

Paul regularly posts on this forum.

What's his username?

I really enjoyed "Last Man Across".

 

[KINGFISHER 9]

Last time I saw the CC Pilot she was painted black and on the market in Germany ... couple of years ago maybe.

 

[sailorman]

What's his username?

I really enjoyed "Last Man Across".

Oldvarnish

 

[dunedin]

Geat book - just re-read it last week.

The Crabber must have been very cramped for 4+ by modern standards, jst have been very disciplined.
Wonder if she still has the barometer prints showing the ups and downs (of emotions, not pressure)?

 

[RobBrown]

Size matters

Was a 30' Pilot wasn't it? We make do with 29'8" and 4 up!

 

[Zagato]

Yes plenty of room with quarter berths, settee births and V berths, having two small children helped but they often had a fifth passenger - as said maybe not big enough for some used to sailing around fixed double beds