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PeterH
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Re: Scandinavian skin boats -Landstrom
Nov 24, 2005, 22:19
Yes I agree that the leafy branch idea seems weak, but if you read the text on the page that I copied, he writes that it was common practice in Finland when he was a boy.

Evidence of early sail? Landstrom illustrates pre-dynastic reed or papyrus boats from Egypt They were propelled by paddles but some had a tiny fabric or leather sail hoisted on short poles. By 3000 BC, they had much more substantial boats with a large sail supported by a bipod mast. Ships of the Mediterranean were well into very early sail, but the earliest evidence of sail in northern Europe (apart from Roman of course) comes from 8th century Gotland picture stones. Big gap there!
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