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Yes! Mau Piailug was one of the last of the traditional Polynesian navigators. He feared that the sacred knowledge would disappear, and shared it with the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Their success helped revive Polynesian navigation, and convince certain Western anthropologists that Polynesians were master sailors, and not simply lucky drifters.

It was based on a synthesis of observations of wave patterns, stars, clouds, bird movements, etc. Quoting one source, "It’s been said that the navigator could always be distinguished among his companions on a canoe by his bloodshot eyes" because the navigator has no chance to sleep deeply during a voyage. Even while asleep, one of the stories about Mau was how the canoe started to go off course, causing the pitch and timing of the waves to shift. He woke up to issue the course correction.

The same would be true of the Norse voyages. I recall a description of how the Norse had different names for part of the sea between Iceland and Norway, based on the difference in the waves. So it is possible to get some sense of location even without stars or ground.
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I had a boss who was something like 6th or 7th generation Floridian. She said that as a kid, she and other girls her age dreamed of being a mermaid for the show, and would stick their heads in a sink full of water to practice holding their breath.
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It says the panels can put out "up to 3,000 watts". That's about 4 horsepower, so far less than the 107 hp that that motor can draw. I think the only way to avoid charging stations (or charging at the camp site) is if you're willing to drive for only one day out of month. I think the Greenmatters site overhyped things. The Dethleffs site says "Wissend, dass der heutige Stand der Technik noch nicht den Anforderungen an einen Antrieb eines Reisemobils entspricht." - "Be aware that the current state of the art does not yet meet the requirements for a drive of a motorhome." It looks like the goal for them is to understand what is possible.
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There are no clips, so I tracked a few down. Jagger in "Ned Kelly", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mksJyq7Z-mQ . Dylan as "Alias" in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, https://youtu.be/gILYTdqqCo0?t=57 , and his film score is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unXiwYHSsNw . Aaron Spelling in Gunsmoke at https://youtu.be/tDxIG6gUems?t=59 . Harrison Ford in The Virginian, at https://youtu.be/Pjc7OuqJDns?list=PLiVwUeON-va4d3TMGTmq2tjMC3MAzaUeQ&t=256 . Bob Denver in Dusty's Trail, at https://youtu.be/t_FfBM9Uwwo?t=16 . Sammy Davis, Jr. in The Rifleman at https://youtu.be/6GVeSd6NZ3o?t=67 .
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