European-types in both Siberia and Iberia gillberj "It was noted the tool making of the Clovis people was very similar to tools being made in...
Vikingnorth, I like it. Dog teams, skin boats, skilled men, hardy women, and Arctic-like Ice; a combination that is entirely possible. And one...
Sorry, Brian. But still, thanks for posting it. It is very on topic. LMo
Russ, Here's the outline of the boat I envision. 1. A rigid structure to hold everything together. Plastic bottle hulls are attached below....
Brian Congratulations. And it looks good, too. It looks like a frame and skin filled with bottles; like Plastiki did and they made an ocean...
Whitepointer23 And if you don't pressurize them they collapse too easily. There is an optimum presure here. Also someone posted that the...
Vikingnorth I laughed at the Atlantic Ice crossing theory when I first heard it. Absurd! Impossible! But as the discussion progressed. I...
HakimKlunker Yes, shape and strength are related. Plus part of the overall strength of a 2-liter bottle is the internal pressure of the...
Vikingnorth Did Iberians have adequate boats during the ice age? Or before? Are there any depictions of their boats? Otherwise, the...
North Atlantic Ice Trek Pericles The land of the Inuit is not a frozen wasteland. It is so fertile, that there are times of the year it teems...
Frozen N, Atlantic The sea ice and the glaciers did not stop at the narrowest part of the Atlantic. On the west glaciation extended south to...
A success Whitepointer23 Your sugestion about geocloth reinforced polyurethane membrane is good. It has the flexibility I suspect is needed....
Windover Village As arkward as it is to admit, I am out classed by both of you. _________________ Windover Village is about the same age as...
hoyt Doves fly in the day, but did Noak have to park the ark in the dark? [Yours is better.] LMo
We can and should design several soda-bottle boats HakimKlunker Strength, seaworthiness, and durability are vital if this project is to...
And when he approached the project, it was always a little arkward. LMo
troy2000 I agree. Windover is so early, it predates Celts, Picts, Norse and Native American Tribes, and their proto-cultures by an amount of...
Plastic Bug A soda bottle boat? Russ, I've been infected with the plastic bottle bug! Help! I can't stop. You have not said how you are going...
Windover Village Viking north The Beothuck Canoe has high sides for a very necessary purpose. In my more adventerous days, I used to launch...
The Hulls A soda bottle boat hull is simply a collection of small parts, like those plastic blocks from Denmark. I think stuffing a hull-shape...
