I'm retired Navy, and this translated to modern day, would still be accurate. 2x food poisoning, fought many a fire, slept on ammunition pallets...yep! :D

As a seafarer onboard modern merchant ships, I absolutely love these kind of episodes. 👍⚓

As a citizen of this great country, I demand that the USS Constitution be available for party rental by Jas Townsend & Son Inc. All gunpowder bags are to be replaced with bags of nutmeg.

Hello tall ship daddy

I sailed on the captain Scott; a 3 masted schooner out off Fort William. June 1975. Sailed round the islands and raced round fingles cave. We where give diaries to keep. My biggest regret was at 16 I didn’t realise how important that diary was.

I'm retired CMC ,USN . I am glad to see our history maintained when many today would rather it be whipped away. God bless you all and thank you.

Being a Michigander growing up a block from Lake Huron, I do love these videos. One thing I will note though, however, is that the Great Lakes have their entirely different type of waters from the oceans that the sailor's accounts that you're reading from. The Great Lakes, while massive, are drops in the bucket compared to oceans, and pose entirely different conditions. The Great Lakes pose just as many hazards, but they are different. In the Great Lakes, you've got the chop. The waves are smaller, but much higher in frequency, where as on the ocean, you might have massive waves, but with far less constantly battering you. Still, living in NE Indiana right now, I'd love to take a trip on one of those tall ships sooner or later, or take a tour of the homestead you've got going.

If a ship went from England to Port Royal Jamaica, it would have carried stone from Oxfordshire as ballast, and rum and spices back to England...You find Oxfordshire stone houses on the coast of Jamaica where the old ports used to be...

If you ever travel to Boston, the USS Constitution is a must visit.

Hopefully you brought enough nutmeg on board!

The readings from old journals are always great. You can always get a sense of the personality of the writer.

It has been really neat to see this ship in person. South Haven Michigan is one of my very favorite places. The Maritime Museum is awesome.

The video barely started and I almost could hear your crew singing "Wir lagen vor Madagaskar und hatten die Pest an Bord."

Man, I don’t know anyone who seems to love his job more than you. It really shows in the quality of the product. Keep em coming! Love it.

Just finished baking, now watching this. What could be better. Home made bread, fig jam cuppa tea.

I added the mueum to my travel map. Please keep the suggestions coming

I used to volunteer on that ship, thanks for taking me back!

A former Submariner here. I appreciate these lessons as well. There is nothing better than watching dolphins ride our bow wave as we ride on the surface back into port.

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Hello and welcome to Michigan my friend