Ancient Greek Sail Rigging

[bear]

Ahoy Mates

 

I am building the new Argo kit from Falconet and have questions on how the rigging of these anceint greek warships had their sails rigged. Most important are the sail control and furling lines.  How do the brail lines work, and are there any books that show these details. Thanks

 

Keith

[Jsk]

I'd be surprised if there's anything definitive in regards to the ancient rigging. I suspect your best bet is to study pictures of the Olympias and adapt to a smaller craft. I know I've read Severin's book on the Argo but I don't seem to own it any more. Maybe there are photos of the reproduction about? A quick search uncovered this: https://indigenousboats.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-accurate-was-tim-severins-argo.html .