Re: Cos-B: 30 Years On (Forwarded)

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:56:44 GMT, fairwater@xxxxxxxxx (Derek Lyons) wrote:

>Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>Seriously, wooden ships nearly that big have been built in historical
>>times- though I doubt on short notice by a father and his three sons as
>>the total construction force.
>
>In *theory* they've been built in historical times - but there is no
>real evidence that they were.

And even if they were, they likely used iron bands to keep things
together. I suppose one of Noah's sons might have been into metal :)

Dale
.

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