The CALANOVA Chronicles Chapter 10 - CALANOVA's engine
Posted by The Dory Shop
"The first most obvious question is this. Why sully such a sweet model of a perfect sailing schooner like the Amazing CALANOVA with an internal combustion engine??? Why cut a hole right where you don’t want one to put in a propellor to drag along like a bucket? Ruin the sweet run of water past the rudder? Why, indeed? Is the wind being rationed or rented out elsewhere? Does not the sun and the moon keep these winds stirring over the seas and oceans for the express purpose of soothing the sailing ships soft ambitions? Why jam a chunk of iron down in the bilge? Here it will be doing its damnedest to blow up in a cloud of fire, shrapnel and smoke – and guaranteed to spew oils and fuel over time into the otherwise sweet bilges. This is a certainty..." (Click READ MORE for the rest of the story)