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Tim Severin, seafaring recreator of legendary journeys, dies aged 80 We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Tim Severin, seafaring recreator of legendary journeys, dies aged 80 By Richard Sandomir Normal text size Advertisement Tim Severin, a British adventurer who for 40 years meticulously replicated the journeys of real and mythic explorers such as St Brendan the Navigator, Sinbad the Sailor and Marco Polo, died on December 18 at his home in West Cork, Ireland. He was 80. His daughter, Ida Ashworth, said the cause was cancer. In May 1976, Sever...

Tim Severin, Seafarer Who Replicated Explorers’ Journeys, Dies at 80 He and his crew sailed from Ireland to Newfoundland in a 36-foot boat like the one a sixth-century monk is believed to have used to cross the Atlantic. Tim Severin in 1980. He wrote more than 20 books, many of them describing his varied journeys.Credit...McCarthy/Daily Express Hulton Archive, via Getty Images Published Jan. 2, 2021Updated Jan. 4, 2021 Tim Severin, a British adventurer who for 40 years meticulously replicated the journeys of real and mythic explorers like St. Brendan the Navigator, Sinbad the Sailor and ...

Tim Severin & Ireland Were Good for Each Other 29th December 2020 The Brendan currach – "36ft of Cow & Gate" – made for a challenging east-west crossing of the northern North Atlantic in 1976-77 When the Courtmacsherry Harbour Boat Club was founded ten years ago, the late Tim Severin - the neighbourhood's own legendary sea adventurer and explorer of international renown - found himself in several roles at the inaugural gathering. Naturally, he was listed as a Founding Member. But he was an Honorary Member too. He was also Guest of Honour. And he was the CHBC inaugural speaker as well. S...

Tim Severin, Adventurer of Brendan Voyage Fame, Dies Aged 80 19th December 2020 Explorer and writer Tim Severin was a longtime resident of West Cork Credit: Aaron R Linderman/Wikimedia A famed adventurer who crossed the Atlantic by currach in a journey inspired by the story of Brendan the Navigator has died at the age of 80, as RTÉ News reports. Tim Severin set out in 1976 on the epic 7,200km journey in a hand-built currach from Co Kerry, via the Hebrides in Scotland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland to Newfoundland in Canada. It marked the first of a series of recreations of voyag...

Explorer and filmmaker Tim Severin dies aged 80 Tim Severin made headlines around the world in 1976 when he sailed “The Brendan”, a replica eighth century leather-covered boat across the Atlantic to show St Brendan reached America before Columbus. Tim Severin, explorer, historian and writer, has passed away at the age of 80. Picture: Denis Minihane. Fri, 18 Dec, 2020 - 23:04 Eoin English The renowned explorer, author and filmmaker, Tim Severin, has died. He was 80. Born in India, schooled in England, and a resident of West Cork for several years, Severin retraced the journeys of Saint Br...