Who crews the boats? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Alfirin · 10-24-2008, 04:24 PM

I asked this question as part of another thread, but did not really get a good answer. When boats leave from the Grey Havens for the blessed lands do they have formal crews or do those going to the West crew the boats themselves? The boat that leaves at the end of ROTK is carrying Elrond, Galdriel, Gandalf, Frodo and Bilbo. That's five people, two of whom, being hobbits (who don't really travel on the water) are proably not particualry good sailors. That's and awfully small group of people to crew what, in pretty much every picture I've ever seen, is take to be a reasonably good size boat. so are there other elves there who work as the actual boat crew or are five really all you need to sail, come to think of it is much actual sailing invoved or once the straigh path is reached does the boat just automatically follow it?

10-24-2008, 04:24 PM	#1
Alfirin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 435	Who crews the boats? I asked this question as part of another thread, but did not really get a good answer. When boats leave from the Grey Havens for the blessed lands do they have formal crews or do those going to the West crew the boats themselves? The boat that leaves at the end of ROTK is carrying Elrond, Galdriel, Gandalf, Frodo and Bilbo. That's five people, two of whom, being hobbits (who don't really travel on the water) are proably not particualry good sailors. That's and awfully small group of people to crew what, in pretty much every picture I've ever seen, is take to be a reasonably good size boat. so are there other elves there who work as the actual boat crew or are five really all you need to sail, come to think of it is much actual sailing invoved or once the straigh path is reached does the boat just automatically follow it?