#sea travel

[katerinaaqu]

Odysseus’s ship

(Courtesy of the page people.hsc.edu)

Lo and behold the Penteconter a ship that has 50 oarsmen which most likely is a strong candidate on the ships used by the Greeks at the bronze age. (Known from other writings like Argonauts as well)

This type of boat has 50 oars (25 at every side) and a single mast and a sail. The sail was playing auxiliary purpose (the oars were still needed). So the ship was including 50 oarsmen, one navigator and a captain (roughly 53 people per shift) perhaps we can expect a few more people per ship if there is a change of a shift. We also do not count slaves and livestock.

So we expect that Odysseus started the trip from Ithaca to Troy with a crew somewhere between 625-725 people and counting the bare minimum losses at the trip more or less we get to have the people that oar back home. You can imagine also how tired his men were at the final parts of the journey when we expect the oarsmen were not sufficient even to row the boat (if they were less than 50) and they could not change the shifts

Honestly I understand why they wanted to stop at the island of Helios despite the fact Odysseus told them not to.

[ravensarca]

You can put a boat on a ship...

Puedes poner un barco en un barco...

[simplysanders]

This was the opening little cinematic kinda thing I gave my players for the pathfinder 2e campgain Ive been running. Nearly been an entire year now, quite nostalgic to look back at.

[maviyenot]

[kamlesm]

View from above the clouds?

Plane hovering over sky, flying to reach destination. On the way offers amazing views from window. Nowadays window seat is costly? few years back it was not. #airways flight is one of the two ways to travel to Andaman Nicobar Islands, in or out? other is #waterways sea route by ships. Ship journey in sea takes 3 & 4 days to reach Chennai & Kolkata respectively. Though Journey in sea offers…

[ecoharbor]

📍Tellaro, Liguria, Italy 🇮🇹

[kiriacoulismediterranean]

With a total of 26 yacht bases across the Mediterranean we are able to offer unique sailing experiences in numerous destinations. Just pick your favourite! https://www.kiriacoulis.com/charter/destinations

[fairytaleprincessart]

[breathtakingdestinations]

Lagos - Portugal (by Keith Yahl)

[lsleofskye]

A sky full of colors | benmuldersunsets

[allthingseurope]

Capri, Italy (by Will)

[maviyenot]

[ak-nm]

[shadowseekernews]

Boating across the sea in trending lifestyle

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