The Estonian Maritime Museum's research says one of the
ancient ships found in archeological excavations in Salme in 2008 was
was so seaworthy that it could have been used as a sailed warship on the
open sea.
"The Maritime Museum believes that the Salme ship number two was
an advanced Viking type of ship whose very good seaworthiness allowed it
to be used as a sailed warship," said marine archaeologist Vello Mäss.
That means that open-sea sailing started in the Baltic Sea region earlier than thought, Saarte Hääl reported, quoting the popular science magazine Imeline Teadus.
Mäss added that the smaller Salme ship that was discovered first was not meant to bear a sail.
