: I just started a thread on this a few days ago on the Baidarka mailing list.
: Got the book on Saturday and found a large video rental store that had the
: Tim Severin documentary EPIC VOYAGES OF HISTORY BRENDAN VOYAGE, put out by
: Films For the Humnities and Sciences. Great book (going back to reading it
: now) and cool film.

: Best part of the film is where the boat is punctured by a large chunk of ice.
: One guy is shown hanging over the side stitching on a patch with hands
: immersed in icy water, with someone on the inside passing the needle back
: out. They state that if this had been a wooden or fiberglass boat they

Thanks for making me aware of The Brendan Voyage. I just purchased it from half.com for $1.23. It took about 1 minute with the speedy checkout.

John