"Ignoramus27736" wrote in
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http://www.newser.com/story/187195/1...irst-sail.html


Maybe it was designed to satisfy a politician's demands, like this
one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

"Jacobsson stated that he built the ship as directed by Henrik
Hybertsson (long since dead and buried), who in turn had followed the
instructions of the king."