Re: The Vinland Map Find Or Fraud?

"Vaughan Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> "Eric Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 09:22:06 -0000, "Vaughan Sanders"
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> > >Thanks Soren, she's a beauty.
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> > >Did you know, that Martin Carver who lead the last dig at Sutton
Hoo
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> > >one of the crew of the Edda (1988 Osberg burial replica). She
capzied
> > >and sank when they attempted to tack.
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> > I didn't know about hat. Were they tacking or actually gibing?
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> > Eric Stevens
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> Tacking
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> Jamie
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I would assume a single mast square rigger would be easy to *gybe* or
even jibe,  but might gibe or jibe at being tacked :-)).

I would think to tack, you would have to let the sail backwind as she
came up to the eye of the wind, to keep enough headway to get her
around.
The timing and skill of the sail handling would be critical in a tack,
the sail has to be sheeted in hard from one side to the other, a lot of
movement with a lot that can go wrong. In a gybe you are going downwind
and the sail movement would be very small from tack to tack, also the
speed of the boat would give extra stability.

Jamie