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Originally Posted by Icelander
This would seem to allow the building of penteconters or even more advanced models of war galleys in quite a short time.
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I suspect there's a limit to the number of men you can use on a given size of ship. Also, there's the question of the availability of seasoned timber. That doesn't matter much for ships that are expected to be expended in a current conflict, but it is important in peacetime shipbuilding, because seasoning takes months to years, depending on the kind of wood.