Tag: fifteenth century ships

Lower naval gazing…

February 10, 2013

I went below!

Apropos of the last post on Notorious, the caravel…

We attended the Wooden Boat Festival and I went aboard this amazing replica.

Lack of space is the most intense sensation – I had thought caravels were so much bigger.

February 8, 2013

At the marina the other day, in the little coastal village of Triabunna, looked up and saw rigging that seemed so anachronistic.

Being drawn to all things medieval, had to blink twice thinking mind was slipping as I write Gisborne: Book of Knights.