CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@DavidBridger ooh thanks for sharing both of those things! I didn’t know why they had stopped the Ceiba. It's such a beautiful ship, I hope they can get back on track.

I didn't know about the Tally Ho. I'll look for it!

@DavidBridger awesome. Personally, I think it's a fantastic thing to write about. I love reading stories with far-reach yet low-tech transportation (zeppelins instead of airplanes, sail ships, etc).

For a while, I was engrossed watching videos of the attempt to build the Ceiba cargo sailship in Costa Rica. Sadly it seems they were not able to get it finnished.

@DavidBridger
Depending on the type of catastrophe, I'd be surprised that no one was trying to scavenge old electric engines and solar panels, at least for a while. But I don't know enough about engines to see the points of failure that could make such scavenging possible. Maybe after 200 years most things were broken beyond repair.

Based on my sparse knowledge of current sailing cargo ships, one consideration for your story line is: what happened to the trees during the catastrophe and the subsequent 200 years. Do trees remained and, after 200 years, healthy forest recovered? Or were most trees cut down as people tried to heat themselves just after the catastrophe? Maybe some areas had forests, others didn’t? Just thinking on the care that shipbuilders put in selecting the tree for the mast.

@adardis
I had been looking into runbox as an alternative. Would you mind sharing what type of difficulties do you find?

@jnl