In the 19th century, sailing vessels of all shapes and sizes plied these waters, importing and exporting coal, grain, limestone and timber.

His thesis - that the ancients were perfectly able to tackle vast distances in small sailing vessels - almost single-handedly changed the way we look at pre-history.

The trimarans are among the world's fastest sailing vessels.

They were able to berth over 300 sailing vessels simultaneously, but by 1971 they closed, no longer able to accommodate modern shipping.

This was for safety reasons, to avoid the risk of fire to wooden-hulled sailing vessels then using the other docks.