The Grunts All at Sea by Philip Ardagh

Author:Philip Ardagh [Philip Ardagh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857630728
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Published: 2013-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

She grabbed a walking stick leaning against the hut wall to support herself. She saw Sunny looking at the fish-shaped handle.

“Scrimshaw,” she said. “Carved whalebone.”

Poor whale, thought Sunny.

Ma Brackenbury led them with impressive speed to the tip of the harbour and there, moored to the outer wall – the sea side – with two of the thickest ropes Sunny had ever seen, was a large, wooden boat.

It’s difficult for me to describe the size of the boat because I’m not very good with feet and inches or metres. I think boats might be described in tonnage anyway. What I can say is that it was pretty big.

“Clinker built,” said Ma Brackenbury.

“What does that mean?” asked Sunny.

“The wooden boards she’s made of overlap,” she said, pointing to the hull. (People often refer to boats as “her” or “she”.)

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