the final report : sea trials 1992-4, conference papers 1998 /
edited by Boris Rankov ; with contributions by Ronald Bockius ... [et al.]
1st ed
Oakville, CT :
David Brown Book Co.,
c2012
x, 243 p. :
ill. ;
31 cm
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction and summaries / Boris Rankov. Part 1. The 1992 and 1994 sea trials and other excursions. The 1992 sea trials of Olympias. Olympias 1992 trial report / Paul Lipke with John Howarth, Ford Weiskittel and Meph Wyeth -- The 1993 visit to London. Olympias on the Thames, 1993 / Boris Rankov -- The 1994 sea trials of Olympias. Report of the 1994 sea trials of the trireme Olympias / Timothy Shaw -- The slow trireme experience in Olympias in 1994 / Andrew Taylor -- The 2004 Olympics at Athens. Olympias at the Olympics, 2004 / Boris Rankov -- Part 2. Proposals for a revised design. Preface to the proposals for a revised design / Timothy Shaw -- From the Golden Horn to Heraclea : duration of the passage in calm weather / Timothy Shaw -- The performance of ancient triremes in wind and waves / Timothy Shaw -- Towards a revised design of a Greek trireme of the fourth century BC : advantages of a long stroke / Timothy Shaw -- The proposed design of any second reconstruction / John Coates -- Part 3. Critiques of Olympias : for and against. As seen by a passer-by / René Burlet -- Comments on Olympias / Edwin Gifford -- Comments on Olympias / Seán McGrail -- The reconstructed trireme Olympias and her critics / Anthony J. Papalas -- Beyond Olympias : an outsider's view / André W. Sleeswyk -- An unauthentic reconstruction / Alec Tilley --
Part 4. The operation and performance of ancient triremes. Slipping and launching. On slipping and launching triremes from the Peiraeus shipsheds and from beaches / John Coates -- Performance under sail. Olympias under sail, and other performance matters : a practical seaman's perspective / Douglas Lindsay -- Performance under oar. On the speed of ancient oared ships : the crossing of L. Aemilius Paullus from Brindisi to Corfu in 168 BC / Boris Rankov -- Xenophon on the speed of triremes / Herman Wallinga -- Triereis under oar and sail / Ian Whitehead -- Performance under oar and the human engine. Human mechanical power sustainable in rowing a ship for long periods of time / John Coates -- Paleo-bioenergetics : clues to the maximum sustainable speed of a trireme under oar / Harry Rossiter and Brian Whipp -- Part 5. Aspects of trireme construction and maintenance. Uniformity or multiplicity? On Vitruvius' interscalmium / Ronald Bockius -- The effect of bilge water on displacement, vertical centre of gravity and metacentric height of Olympias in the trial condition / John Coates -- Trireme life span and leakage : a wood technologist's perspective / Paul Lipke with John Coates -- Triremes and shipworm / Paul Lipke -- Cordone, Contracordone and Hypozomata / André W. Sleeswyk -- Part 6. Recent research. Collision damage in triremes / Robin Oldfield -- The dimensions of the ancient trireme : a reconsideration of the evidence / Boris Rankov -- Battle manoeuvres for fast triremes / Andrew Taylor
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"This is the final publication of the Olympias project, which saw the building of a 170-oared Athenian trireme of the fourth century BC and its operation in five series of sea-trials. The first three sea-trials have already been published in separate volumes. The rest of the volume is devoted to papers presenting more recent research on the trireme"--Provided by publisher