Research

[huinare]

Trying to get clearer on the geography of Eriador, particularly Arthedain, was not something I thought I'd be doing with a chunk of my morning.

And ships.  I can't just say they were on a ship*, dammit, I have to figure out which kind of ship and how it worked.  Today I learnt that there's no good reason to put them on a lateen rigged ship, pretty as that would be.
*And yes, this was originally typoed rather hilariously in my mania.

Comments

[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

Oooooooh, I see! You're correct about the use of lateen-rigged sails. Mea culpa for the misinterpretation. That said, square-rigged sailing vessels for the open sea often had fore and aft lateen-rigged sails ("mizzens"). So you could still have your lateen-rigged sails! ;^)

[huinare.livejournal.com]

The internet is a fertile breeding-ground for misinterpretation, no worries.

Ah yes technically I could, cool! It's...not actually that important though as I only mention the sails once. You'd think this ship was actually a big deal from the time I put into figuring it out, but that's just me being anal retentive. And finding a good reason to spend time looking up ships, which is something I ought to have done ages ago.