Jewel of Muscat
Videos, photos and information on the reconstruction of a 9th-century Arab ship, and its historic voyage from Oman to Singapore.
In a storm, does the ship sail using the storm sail or are the winds in those conditions too harsh?
The Jewel followed normal procedures during the storm. To preserve the sails from damage, as the wind speeds increase, the crew at first used the storm sails. When the wind increased to 43 knots, they took down all the sails and ran under bare poles (i.e. no sail at all, until conditions improve). This is by far the safest thing to do.