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{{vehicle
|image=Wandersail by Ryland Malcom.jpg
|type={{cat tag|watercraft|Ship}}
|captain=[[Derethil]]
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[The WayStormlight of KingsArchive]]
}}
The '''''{{for|Wandersail''''' was a possibly fictional(1174 ship on )|the worldThaylen ofmerchant [[Roshar]].vessel}}
The '''''Wandersail''''' is a legendary ship on [[Roshar]].
 
It was captained by [[Derethil]], who had itthe ship built to travel through [[Highstormhighstorm]]s. It wasThe nearlyship destroyed,sailed shipwreckedinto onthe anopen islandocean in an attempt to find the middleorigin of the ocean ([[UvaraVoidbringers]]),. byIt awas giantshipwrecked whirlpoolon wherea ''itring isof saidislands in the seamiddle drains''of andthe later it is mentionedocean that itsurrounded wasa fixedgiant inwhirlpool the Uvara shipyards. Eventually"where, Derethilit andis his remaining crew left on the Wandersailsaid, using the momentumocean of the whirlpool to get them away from itdrains".
 
Derethil and his men met a people known as the [[Uvara]], or the People of the Great Abyss. The crew of the ''Wandersail'' were welcomed by the Uvara, and the ship was repaired in their shipyards. Eventually, Derethil and the crew uncovered some disturbing aspects of Uvara society and quickly left the islands on the ''Wandersail'', using the momentum of the whirlpool to get them away from it. They were accompanied by a single Uvara woman named [[Nafti]].{{book ref|sa1|57}}
The story of Derethil and the Wandersail was told to [[Kaladin]] by [[Hoid]].{{book ref|sa1|57}}
 
== Historicity ==
The story of Derethil and the ''Wandersail'' is told to [[Kaladin]] by [[Hoid]]. Hoid answers cryptically when Kaladin questions the story's authenticity,{{book ref|sa1|57}} and it may contain some elements of truth.{{wob ref|1163}}
 
The tale is known in [[Thaylenah]], as [[Vstim]] gifts a [[Wandersail (1174 ship)|newly built ship]] named after the ''Wandersail'' to his former apprentice [[Rysn Ftori]]. Rysn considers the story of the original ''Wandersail'' nothing more than a fanciful myth, while Vstim believes in the message of the story, if not the specifics.{{book ref|ob|i|13}}
 
{{image|Wandersail by Jessica Liu.jpg|side=center|width=1250px|<center>[[Wit]] telling [[Kaladin]] the story of the ''Wandersail''</center>}}
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