> >If just 5k
> >sailors died (which is probably low given that a fleet of 100 triremes
> >might have as many as 15-20,000 people)
>
> Based on your numbers, I'd have to conclude that the triremes
> wouldn't be rowed by Rightarmers. You'd want them above decks as
> crew. Maybe 5 per trireme? The rowers could be recruited from Nochet.
> (Yes they need training, but Athens managed to get a navy built in a
> rather short time when the Persians were on the way.)
Which is why I am curious Simon's take. Maybe the Rightarm Islanders
are the captains, the pilots and the priests for the navy?
Jeff