tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post5139065352151008461..comments2024-03-13T08:16:23.560-07:00Comments on Indigenous Boats: How Accurate Was Tim Severin's ARGO?Bob Holtzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-41117184161398455982021-04-23T08:06:15.078-07:002021-04-23T08:06:15.078-07:00Hello Peter, Jon (and any other Argonauts!)
I'...Hello Peter, Jon (and any other Argonauts!)<br />I'll keep this short as several years have passed since this post was live but I'd very much like to have the benefit of your experiences aboard Argo. I would have loved to row on her but was too young, though I did row on Olympias 10 yrs later. <br /><br />I have a novel due out in Nov '21 and am making final edits for the publishing house. Is there any chance you might message me at mark77knowles@gmail.com?<br />Yours in hope!<br />MarkMark Knowleshttp://www.markknowles.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-16430330259866371042017-11-02T07:45:31.509-07:002017-11-02T07:45:31.509-07:00From another Argo Argonaut. It can be interpreted ...From another Argo Argonaut. It can be interpreted that the Jason Voyage(s) is a compilation of 3 or more voyages otherwise there is indeed a tortuous return route in Appolonius' writings. Peter WAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-9529488563858113242015-08-20T16:50:12.314-07:002015-08-20T16:50:12.314-07:00WHOA! A reply from one of the Argonauts - you guys...WHOA! A reply from one of the Argonauts - you guys are legends!! What a trip. Mindbogglingly cool. One thing that interests me - what about the return trip - Severin, in his book, suggests they traveled by land (I think), but the Argonautica suggests otherwise, I believe via rivers, perhaps the Danube. The scenic route back, I take it. Any recent research on that?Robert Sullivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-32527864724245621562014-06-22T14:31:21.959-07:002014-06-22T14:31:21.959-07:00Jon-- That's cool! Please let us have more inf...Jon-- That's cool! Please let us have more info from the celebration. And photos!Bob Holtzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-91644280234608204772014-06-22T09:43:46.219-07:002014-06-22T09:43:46.219-07:00I don't know if you're interested, but thi... I don't know if you're interested, but this year (June 2014) is the 30th anniversary of the Jason Voyage in 1984 (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1212465.The_Jason_Voyage). I was one of the crew, and last October the Georgian National Tourism Administration got in contact with the surviving Argonauts about a week's events celebrating the voyage, which begins on June 29th 2014; we're all heading out there and apparently they're going to name a street in our honour...Jon Clokehttp://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/geography/staff/cloke-j.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-7423728544700679382012-04-19T03:36:46.664-07:002012-04-19T03:36:46.664-07:00I hadn't seen an analysis of his build and it ...I hadn't seen an analysis of his build and it does raise the interesting problem that using an experienced shipwrights can cause. We saw this with the skin boat built in Denmark where the builder reverted to techniques he was familiar with that were not used in antiquity. Of course amateurs suffer from lack of experience with tools, stamina and even strength.<br /><br />I have seen alternatives for the construction of the boat of Odysseus with lashing or pegging and the use of symmetrically split trees for eith side of the hull strakes.<br />The Greeks at Troy did after all find the cords of their boats rotted.Edwinnoreply@blogger.com