I’ve gone on many impassioned monologues about the absolute ferocity and courage of the humans who sailed across oceans on wind powered boats. Those men and their accomplishments are remarkable beyond what I can describe.
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People still do it. There are YouTube channels by dudes in one man sailing boats going from Alaska to Hawaii
Which is insane in its own right. But the guys doing it with no complete maps of the world, nothing digital, no radios or safety measures at all, usually at war with other countries and at war with pirates. They were just so badass and insane. One of my favorite periods of history is the human exploration of earth by sea. Ever read Shogun?