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    Posted: 10 Feb 13 at 12:10am
Amazing fact no.555
Go to Google translator, set Latin to English and put in 'Gnav' and see what you get. Ah those Romans  had great club racing.
 
Found this out while researching for my Opus Velificatio.
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Originally posted by Strangler

Amazing fact no.555
 
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They had the same problem of too may classes too, viz: the Navis, , Lunter, Cymba, Lembus, Cumber, Moneris, Ratis and Lintriculus just to name a few. They used to use the Portus Adurni impedimentum tabula to sort out the results until the Visigoths protested. Wink
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And in the Nave-ambrosia series of BC56 there was a bit of an issue when new fangled cotton was used to reinforce what were otherwise woolen sails.

Mind you the NAve Ambrosia was sailed in relatively balmly temperaures!
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