Summary of the Trireme controversy, T. Shaw; experimental archaeology, Sean McGrail; evidence from antiquity, J. Morrison; the design of an experimental trireme, John Coates; rigging a reconstructed trireme, Owain Roberts; voyage and speed trials in 1990, T. Shaw; the resistance/speed curve, T. Shaw; rowing Olympias - a matter of skill, Boris Rankov; rowing astern, T. Shaw; the meshing of the oars in Olympias and in a "stretched" design, T. Shaw; carrying troops in trireme, J. Coates; beaching a trireme, J. Coates and T. Shaw; mooring, Ian Whitbread; steering to ram, T. Shaw; the sea trials and the lessons of the reconstruction in retrospect and aims for the future, John Coates.
