А говорят что евреи - это не мореходный народ

[eric_tse]

Hear my story then, that you may have no further leisure for your mocking wit, and I will tell you first of all how our crew was made up. Our skipper was fain of death owing to his bankrupt condition; then besides him we had twelve sailors, thirteen in all! More than half of them, including the skipper, were Jews - a graceless race and fully convinced of the piety of sending to Hades as many Greeks as possible

Из писем Синесиуса Киренийского, 4 век н.э.
http://www.livius.org/su-sz/synesius/synesius_letter_004a.html

Всем кто по английски читает настоятельно советую ффтыкать - о том как еврейский шкипер соблюдал шабат на море, это песня :)