Copyright (c) 1995 Tracy Ratcliff I'm trying to design a Viking longship under Vehicles 1st ed. The following looks reasonable according to the information I can find at home, but unfortunately the stuff I have has nice pictures but is sparse on hard numbers. Comments, please. cost mass vol TL2 std med 3350 33500 16750 flotation 3350 - fine hydrodynamics 6700 502.5 oarlocks * 36 180 - - oars * 36 * 1 man 360 360 - TL2 sail (2100 ft^2) 42000 2100 210 TL4- std exp 20 pts 3000 6000 89090 25210 712.5 cargo 58540 2637.5 performance (40 crew * 300 lbs)+25210 (18.6 tons) 10 (oars) 14 (sails) (max load) (41.9 tons) 10 (oars) 12 (sails) w/20 mph wind Tracy Ratcliff NBCS(1.9.1) B3 h f t w-- cd g-(++) (k?) s++ http://oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu/personal/tratclif.html [see my GURPS page] "When in doubt, deny all terms and definitions." -- Calvin