> Currents then took parts as far as the Maldives/Sri Lanka, IIRC
replySome bits ended up on a beach of the Réunion island, closer to Madagascar than Sri Lanka. I am not disagreeing, it’s just that the whole story is fascinating. It’s easy to think "well, it just crashed into the sea so of course some bits would show up on a beach" until you look at the Indian Ocean with a proper projection and figure the scale.
Floating is a powerful physical configuration! You get currents plus windspeed. If you're in to this sort of thing, I can recommend The Seacraft of Prehistory, We: The Navigators, and Archaeology of the Boat approximately in that order.
replyAre you making the same point as the person you said "err, no" to, or are you correcting the inconsequential details while not addressing their main point?
replyNo. literalAardvark's main statement, "[It] crashed in the Pacific," was incorrect. contingencies's comment corrected that.
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