In this drawing the above ship drawing the major element for a ship under sail are clearly shown:
--Mast;
--Yard;
--Forestays;
--Brails;
--Braces;
--Sheets;
--Sail;
and the double steering oars. This ship design probably dates from the fourh century BC or earlier.
Reference:
--A. Cowley (trans.), "Jewish Documents of the Time of Ezra, #26, (translated from the Aramaic)," Bodley's Librarian, 1919.
--Henry B. Culver, Gordon Grant (illus.), "The Book of Old Ships," Dover Publications, New York, 1992 (ISBN 0-486-27332-6 [pbk.])
Respectfully Submitted;
Marcus Audens
There is an excellent discussion of the performance characteristics of the trireme in J. G. Landels' "Engineering in the Ancient World". The revised edition of 2000 includes an appendix that discusses the Olympias, the trireme built and tested by the Trireme Trust.
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I have the book that you mention. Thank you for the reference. I had not gotten to that particular article as yet. My Civil War mapping projects for the seasonal events keep getting in the way. I will review the artcle carefully together with Casson's "The Ancient Mariners," and see if I can't come up with another article for the RPRMilitarium.
Thanks Again!
Respectfully;
Marcus Audens