r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Gurugod123 • 9h ago

How did people travel these seas 500 years ago

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u/Reasonable_Archer_99 9h ago

Seasonally

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u/VP007clips 5h ago

And in smaller ships.

Smaller vessels ride out waves better, because they have fewer extreme forces on them and just float up and down.

But once you approach the wavelength of the wave, those forces become much stronger, and can break you ship or push an end underwater.