How did wooden boats make it across the ocean?

Question

I just watched a video of a big military boat going over HUGE waves. How the hell did we send wooden boats across the ocean without them being completely destroyed?

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Answer 1

Aside from the technology of making boats….they tried to time their sailing to avoid storms, and unlucky storms could (and did) sink a great many ships. The ocean isn’t _always_ huge waves.