Detail of Interior

View looking from stern to stem at a portion of the ship.   In the upper left quadrant note the horizontal beam supported by an upright.  This is the maststep that in turn supported the square rigging.  I don't think to many ancient "maststeps" have been found.  Also, please note the well–preserved planking of the ship, the ribbing and the central keel.

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The vessel is approximately 41 feet long and 13 feet wide.  It had a load capacity of about 15 tons.  The ship sailed under a square rig and its maststep (the wooden horizontal beam that holds the mast in place) was found intact!  The ship was probably manned by a crew of 4-6 mariners.

In 1985 a shipwreck dating to the fifth century BC was discovered off the coast of Kibbutz Ma'agan Mikhael (Michael).