Windward Sailing in Antiquity: The Elephant in the Room
The study of windward sailing in antiquity is subject to discord, misunderstandings and misinterpretations. This paper attempts to broaden the understanding of windward sailing by revisiting the theoretical basis of windward sailing, performing a critical review of previous works, reconstructing his...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2023
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| In: |
The international journal of nautical archaeology
Year: 2023, Volume: 52, Issue: 1, Pages: 179-194 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B العصور القديمة B arqueología experimental B seamanship B البحر الأبيض المتوسط B 地中海 B square sail B فن الملاحة البحرية B 迎风航行 B 航海術 B 迎風航行 B الإبحار في مُواجهة الرياح B 實驗考古學 B Antiquity B Navegación en contra del viento (ceñir al viento) B Windward sailing B 方帆 B marinería B vela cuadra B Antigüedad B الشراع المربع B 实验考古学 B experimental archaeology B Mediterranean B 航海术 B 古代 B Mediterráneo |
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| Summary: | The study of windward sailing in antiquity is subject to discord, misunderstandings and misinterpretations. This paper attempts to broaden the understanding of windward sailing by revisiting the theoretical basis of windward sailing, performing a critical review of previous works, reconstructing historic passages with new methods to re-evaluate them being considered as unfavourable wind passages, and considering the ancient mariner’s limits of windward sailing. It is suggested that ancient ships had less windward capability than commonly perceived, and that the limits of the ancient mariners were more restrictive than ships’ technological windward capabilities, highlighting the necessity to consider practical windward capabilities. |
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| ISSN: | 1095-9270 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal of nautical archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/10572414.2023.2186688 |