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Old 06-04-2018, 09:55 PM   #11
Flyndaran
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Default Re: The Bermuda Depths....

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Originally Posted by Bruno View Post
The key thing is in what shape did they arrive, and if they ever survived the journey back (and in what shape).

Having a ship get driven across the North Atlantic all the way to Newfoundland (the closest point if you're coming from northern Europe) is probably possible, but it's not very plausible that it survives that kind of storm intact, and it's likely to have been in October or November - which means arriving/wrecking on the shores of Canada unexpectedly, with no supplies for a long term expedition, probably with a mostly-wrecked ship and less crew than you started with... just in time for winter.

Landing on Newfoundland in particular would be harsh because finding good wood to repair your ship would be tricky. And the storms are horrible.
That would make for an interesting "what if?" book if not game. The lone survivor of a pre-Columbian shipwreck trying to survive among the natives.
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