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This is a listing of boats from the ''Swallows and Amazons series'' of books by Arthur Ransome. Arthur Ransome based many of the boats on real ones that he knew or had owned. ==Sailing dinghies== *Swallow: A Morecambe Bay sailing dinghy with a small keel and a brown sail, based on a Ransome's own sailing dinghy also called ''Swallow''. The fictional ''Swallow'' was owned by the Jacksons of Holly Howe. She features in four of the books.〔(The Boats of Swallows and Amazons by Stuart Wier )〕 *Amazon: A sailing dinghy with an iron centreboard and a white sail, supposedly based on the ''Mavis'' owned by the Altounyan family, who were models for the Walker family. The ''Amazon'' was owned by the Blackett family. She features in four of the books.〔 *Titmouse: A sailing dinghy owned by Tom Dudgeon in ''Coot Club'' and ''The Big Six''. *Death and Glory: A converted ship's lifeboat used by the sons of Norfolk boatbuilders in ''Coot Club'' and ''The Big Six''. *Flash: A racing dinghy owned by Mr Farland and crewed by Port and Starboard in ''Coot Club''. She is based on a class of Norfolk racing dinghies. *Wizard and Firefly: Sailing dinghies used by the Swallows and Amazons while exploring ''Secret Water''. *Scarab: A sailing dinghy similar to the Amazon which was built for the Ds in ''The Picts and the Martyrs''. She has a centreboard and a red sail. It is based on Ransome's own sailing dinghy, ''Coch-y-bonddhu'', which replaced the ''Swallow''.〔(Coch-y-bondhuu/Scarab display )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of boats in Arthur Ransome books」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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