Cor-a-cle (kawr-uh-kuhl) noun

Origin:
Welsh corwgi, corwg; akin to Irish curragh boat;
-a small, round boat of interwoven strips of wood, covered with animal skin or canvas

According to legend, in the 6th Century Brendan the Navigator left Ireland in a tiny coracle, and on an epic voyage of discovery eventually reached America, long before Columbus.

Whether fact or fiction, his sense of adventure really appeals to us.