I've gotten a real kick out of seeing how old-school seafaring ideas still echo in modern boating. On a recent trip I booked through https://www.boatcrowd.com/yacht-charter-st-barths, I kept noticing how many design quirks on today's yachts come straight from ancient solutions. If you ever want a hands-on feel for how far things have come, hopping on a charter like that makes the history stuff click in a fun way.