Talk:Trade wind

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Trade winds are found from 0-30 N/S latitude and are not confined to the equatorial region. I think you are inadvertently confusing people with this.

[edit] Throwing food overboard?

I have a lot of difficulty believing that sailors on a long voyage would throw edible meat overboard. I have no source, but if no one objects, I'm going to change this to eating the horses, which is what I've read elsewhere, on the grounds that it's just far more plausible.

kraemer 21:25, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

• I most certainly object. The throwing of horses overboard is well documented - the reason is that they required water, which was at a premium if a ship became becalmed. It has also been posited that a reason for throwing the horses overboard was to lighten the load of the ship, an important factor when winds are at a premium. As to eating the horses, you must appreciate that the meat would become inedible in very short order. With no ability to cool the meat, and without a means to salt or otherwise preserve it, meat would spoil very rapidly in the equatorial environment. I consider this and this to be reliable sources on the matter. Denni ☯ 23:24, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

• Maybe someone could better illustrate the winds with images 125.236.172.71 01:52, 22 January 2007 (UTC)B2Dnz