Eddie, My recollection is that the boats that the berbers used were coastal vessels, not really suitable for deep water sailing. Phil Edgar A. Howard wrote: >Volks, > > With the war and all the constant news there have been > some interesting points. A few truly knowledgable people > make it on TV. My favorite was the Islamic historian. > > He says that Berbers (pronounced barber) were raiding the > Irish and Scotish as late as the 17th Century. Recall Pres. > Jefferson sent the U.S. Navy to the Berbery coast to clean > out the pirates raiding shipping in the Meditarenian. This is > of interest because of my theory that Melungeons and > "Black Irish" are Berbers. Berbers are mountainous tribes > men of North Africa. An ancient people converted to Islam > by the raiding Arabs. > > My first suspecion was that Berbers were the slaves on > Spanish and Portegense traveling to the New World. Some > people of Melungeon descent say their parents said they > were Black Irish. Black Irish believe they are descendants > of sailor of the Spanish Armana wrecked off the Ireland > coast. But they could be descendants of Berber sailor > instead. It's all just a theory based on some facts. >-eddie > > > > >Some people try to be someone they are not. >I do not even try to be who I am. > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#5 It is YOUR responsibility to know how to SUBSCRIBE & UNSUBSCRIBE. It is done >by computer. Put the word SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message with nothing >else. The address is sw_va-l-request@rootsweb.com . or -d- for DIGEST mode. >All this is in the Welcome statement I ask you to save. -sysop > > > >