A SHIP THAT DRINKS. KEEL SWORDS ON THE BOW ALLOW THE BOAT TO SAIL INTO THE WIND. |
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KEELBOARDS ON THE BOW ALLOW THE BOAT TO SAIL
INTO THE WIND.
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“A ship that drinks” is viewed sceptically by shipping historians, who hold that water absorption would sink the ship before completing its journey across the Atlantic. Thor Heyerdahl may have already supplied the counter-evidence 30 years ago on the South Atlantic route, but experts attribute the ship not sinking to the floating properties of papyrus. It must therefore be irrefutably proven, once and for all, that this difficult North Route from the New World into the Mediterranean was traveled in prehistoric times! Dominique Goerlitz found the key while studying prehistoric cliff photos (drawings) from Upper Egypt. The ancient artists portrayed reed boats with conspicuous “lines” on the bow and stern which Goerlitz boldy interpreted as keelboards. These keelboards on the bow move the lateral plan under water, far enough in front of the mast to allow a boat to sail into the wind. |
For over 15 years, Goerlitz has collected and analyzed prehistoric images of ships, assessing them for their serviceability in scientific experiments. This painstaking research resulted in an idea for a new ship, the Abora III, to be built strictly according to these prehistoric models. The Abora III is named after a divine power of the Canary Islands, born at the moment the sky and sea merge at sunset, protector of these ancient people in their lives and travels. Amazingly, in Egypt, the word Abo-Ra means “Father of the Sun God Ra”. Goerlitz could not have chosen a more appropriate name for his most important expedition.
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The positions
of pre-Egyptian leeboards were calculated exactly according to their
positions and positively tested in Kiel University’s flow channel. |
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