Catboat: Its not a message, it’s a warning from 1880!

No Pussy Cat, The New England Catboat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
I happened across this brilliantly ’funny’ account of sailing the classic New England Catboat, in the New York Times May 25th 1880! The message comes down the years loud and clear; this pussy cat will bite you. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50C10FF3D541B7A93C7AB178ED85F448884F9

 

About Stonborough

John Stonborough specialises in media relations, providing an authoritative and discreet media management service to corporate and private clients world-wide. He also broadcasts, lectures and writes about handling the hostile media and media regulation. He is known for observing "An interview is no time for an original thought." He is the great-nephew of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. His working career began as a London policeman and then as a reporter for the Daily Mail, BBC Radio 4, Thames Television and Channel 4 TV. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. He is married and lives in London, England. www.stonborough.com
This entry was posted in General and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>