‘Is that the boat?’ Albrecht stammers, and points with a finger down at a little heap of disorder in the water-the Te Rapunga without masts, and with all her gear piled on deck. ⁣⁣
‘Is…that…the Te Rapunga, the boat we’re going to sail in? In the photo she looked much bigger.’⁣⁣
‘Bigger?’ I answer quickly, secretly taken aback a little myself. ‘Isn’t she big enough? Thirty-two feet long, and look at that beam-eleven feet. You just wait till you go below. You will be astonished at how much room she has…’⁣⁣
-Quest, George Dibbern