Whereabouts: Ioan Gruffudd

In our last Ioan "Whereabouts," the Horatio Hornblower hottie and Royal Academy alum was set to star in a biopic of the Wind in the Willows author. A quick glance at his IMDB page reveals... nothing much. He appears to be playing the dad in some children's adventure movie. This is a travesty. Someone (A&E?!), somewhere (BBC?!), please step in and give our dreamboat (pun intended) Welshman the juicy role he deserves. He should at least be guest starring on Doctor Who! --Kim

Something Doesn't Jibe: Question from a Reader about Sailing in Horatio Hornblower

Romancing the Tome reader Mike writes in: "Anyone know who did the actual sailing in the filming of this series? I'm curious why sails were often slack and flapping, when they could have as easily been trimmed."

If anyone knows the answer, please leave it in the comments. Thanks in advance for your help! --Kim

P.S. Also, A&E, if you're reading this: Check out our petition and Bring back Horatio Hornblower!