Re: Kaimanawa Wall once again...

From: Yuri Kuchinsky (yuku_at_trends.ca)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 20:09:05 -0400

pwilson wrote:
>
> In article <1gjh8uc.rqtsjm1ggd7psN%applepaintedmyth@xtra.co.nz>,
> applepaintedmyth@xtra.co.nz says...
> >
> >Yuri Kuchinsky <yuku@trends.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> > For instance, I
> >> > didn't know that Heyerdahl's raft had to be towed 50 miles through and
> >> > beyond the currents otherwise it couldn't have achieved its journey.
> >> > Yeehaaaaah.
> >
> >> This is supposed to mean something?
> >> Heyerdahl's skills as a sailor are not being rated. He,
> >> himself, admitted that he knew nothing about how to sail
> >> those rafts when he started out. So what?
> >
> >Yes, it means a hell of a lot. It means the raft could never have
> >covered even the first fraction of the journey without being towed.
> >[...] You knew precisely what I meant -- the raft
> >couldn't achieve its journey without a tow. But what do you do, you come
> >back with someting totally irrelevant about Heyerdahl's skills.
>
> Heyerdahl's skills as a sailor are definitely a crucial part of this issue.
> Kon-Tiki was Heyerdahl's first experience with a balsa raft. As he admits, at
> the time of Kon-Tiki's sailing, he had not mastered the use of the guara
> boards, which should have permitted tacking and sailing close to the wind.
>
> However, in 1953 Heyerdahl, along with the archeologists Reed and Skjolsvold,
> conducted experiments with a full-size balsa raft off the coast of Ecuador.
> They found that when properly used, guara boards permitted virtually unlimited
> maneuverability of the balsa raft.
>
> The added circumstantial evidence suggesting the confirmation of open-water
> sailing capabilities by balsa rafts without the need for a motorized tow is
> the presence of pre-contact South American pottery in the Galapagos.

It's perfectly clear that "Reality Please" is just here to
sling mud and to stir trouble.

He's not interested in truth, but only in personal attacks.

Yuri.

Yuri Kuchinsky -=O=- http://www.trends.ca/~yuku

A great many people think they are thinking when they are
merely rearranging their prejudices -=O=- William James

Relevant Pages

  • Norwegians to Re-Create Kon-Tiki Journey
    ... Norwegians to Re-Create Kon-Tiki Journey ... this raft in the ocean," said Olav Heyerdahl, 28, the adventurer's grandson ... Behind him in a dry-dock in Lima's port of Callao loomed the balsa raft ... In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl and his team sailed their primitive raft 5,000 miles ...
    (alt.gathering.rainbow)
  • Re: Kaimanawa Wall once again...
    ... >>covered even the first fraction of the journey without being towed. ... > Kon-Tiki was Heyerdahl's first experience with a balsa raft. ... > However, in 1953 Heyerdahl, along with the archeologists Reed and Skjolsvold, ... > conducted experiments with a full-size balsa raft off the coast of Ecuador. ...
    (sci.archaeology)
  • Re: Kaimanawa Wall once again...
    ... >>covered even the first fraction of the journey without being towed. ... > Kon-Tiki was Heyerdahl's first experience with a balsa raft. ... > However, in 1953 Heyerdahl, along with the archeologists Reed and Skjolsvold, ... > conducted experiments with a full-size balsa raft off the coast of Ecuador. ...
    (sci.anthropology)
  • Re: Kaimanawa Wall once again...
    ... >>covered even the first fraction of the journey without being towed. ... > Kon-Tiki was Heyerdahl's first experience with a balsa raft. ... > conducted experiments with a full-size balsa raft off the coast of Ecuador. ...
    (sci.archaeology)
  • Re: Kaimanawa Wall once again...
    ... Yuri Kuchinsky wrote: ... it means a hell of a lot. ... It means the raft could never have ... >> covered even the first fraction of the journey without being towed. ...
    (sci.anthropology)