On Jul 30, 9:44 am, Jack Linthicum
wrote:
The 15th Century BCE fresco of the Ship Parade at the West House in
the excavated town of Akrotiri on the island of Thera (now Santorini)
depicts one of the ships under sail. I have seen several academic
examinations of this ship and none of them really read like they were
done by sailors. I have crewed on boats in the Philipines, Hawaii and
the Chesapeake but always with the same 19th Century Bermuda sloop
rig.

This ship/boat carries a sail between two booms, which has been
demonstrated to use brails to shorten sail and has been postulated to
be able to cant the sail to replicate part of a lateen rig.

You may have to hit the "enlarge" feature for the ship, which is just
to the right of the middle of the picture.http://mmtaylor.net/Holiday2000/Lege...ineFresco/mari...
Modelhttp://www.travel-to-crete.com/photo.php?photo_id=8

I would appreciate any evaluation of this sail plan, c. 15 C BCE, or
refernces to studies on this subject.

Replica of a 13th C BCE ship.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1659519/posts