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Taking a small crew, Brendan set out around the year 545 on a small round-bottom boat called a currach that was sealed with leather and had a square sail. An 8th-century account of the journey was recorded in The Voyage of St. Brendan and it describes various stops along the way that appear to correspond to places such as the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland, and even describes icebergs.
The possibility of such a feat was researched in 1976 by historian Tim Severin, who crafted an identical boat from the description given and took along with him a few companions. He made stops similar to those he believed St. Brendan could have made and eventually reached Peckford Island, Newfoundland. Severin’s research proved that a cross-Atlantic voyage was possible during the 6th century using primitive technology.
ageing hammer wrote:Taking a small crew, Brendan set out around the year 545 on a small round-bottom boat called a currach that was sealed with leather and had a square sail. An 8th-century account of the journey was recorded in The Voyage of St. Brendan and it describes various stops along the way that appear to correspond to places such as the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland, and even describes icebergs.
The possibility of such a feat was researched in 1976 by historian Tim Severin, who crafted an identical boat from the description given and took along with him a few companions. He made stops similar to those he believed St. Brendan could have made and eventually reached Peckford Island, Newfoundland. Severin’s research proved that a cross-Atlantic voyage was possible during the 6th century using primitive technology.
Just googled one of them boats ..that would be some feat ,if true.
The difference being that the guy in 1976 knew where he was going.
I assume St Brendan just set sail and hoped for the best.
If he did actually make it, its no wonder they canonised him.
mushy wrote:The difference being that the guy in 1976 knew where he was going.
I assume St Brendan just set sail and hoped for the best.
If he did actually make it, its no wonder they canonised him.
ageing hammer wrote:Taking a small crew, Brendan set out around the year 545 on a small round-bottom boat called a currach that was sealed with leather and had a square sail. An 8th-century account of the journey was recorded in The Voyage of St. Brendan and it describes various stops along the way that appear to correspond to places such as the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland, and even describes icebergs.
The possibility of such a feat was researched in 1976 by historian Tim Severin, who crafted an identical boat from the description given and took along with him a few companions. He made stops similar to those he believed St. Brendan could have made and eventually reached Peckford Island, Newfoundland. Severin’s research proved that a cross-Atlantic voyage was possible during the 6th century using primitive technology.
There isn't actually any hard proof that he made it there apparently (lots of speculation and supposition), whereas Erik The Red started settlements in North America which have been verified by archaeological finds.
I was sat in the garden early yesterday morning and was watching a snail sprint across the lawn and it got me wondering - if you scaled a snail up to the size of a human, would it travel faster than a human could walk?
southbrishammer wrote:I'm sure there was a joke back in the day about putting three shirts on a lion, but I'm buggered if I can remember it. Can anyone help?
That's a typo, the joke is about three lions on a shirt and the laughing will start Monday night at 7pm
Mind you I have tipped your lot to do rather well in the world cup thread
Have been told it's the body regularly shedding red blood platelets. Bit similar to why your slash is often yellow. However, someone on here recently gave a different explanation but I can't recall it or what thread it was on. (probably this one).
Asked a similar question before... if a burger has 14g of fat and I cook it on a George foreman grill does the burger I end up eating having less than 14g of fat?
We_are_BML wrote:Asked a similar question before... if a burger has 14g of fat and I cook it on a George foreman grill does the burger I end up eating having less than 14g of fat?
Yes, some of the fat will render and drip off onto the work surface, taking all the flavour with it.