A plot hole

Unfortunately I've created a problem for myself in specifying first of all that the Requin made port at Stavanger (in order to allow Erik to reach Christine by land without having to cross the mountains) and then that Erik simply allowed his self-destruct device to detonate unattended, rather than deliberately acting to sabotage the ship -- neither of which details were included in the original plot summary! The result is that the shipwreck must presumably have taken place at a fairly low latitude and not that far off the coast of Norway( Read more... )