But you now also understand why their ships were so highly sought after and why “being known for the best ships” really fucking meant something. I never understood that part of history until I recently went to an art museum and saw how the greeks and Roman’s were creating art that looked like it was printed out of the highest quality ink jet printer while the Spaniards were miles behind even hundreds of years later. It really makes you understand why trade routes were so important and just how much better some cultures did their “thing” than others.
Makes you realise why they often settled in the new place rather than go back and risk the journey twice. Some of those guys did multiple long journeys and somehow navigated their way back home, crazy!
Alright, I get it. I'm a full-grown man with a little girls mind seeing a spider or whatever little girls are afraid of. As a full grown man I'm not afraid of spiders but that is absolutely terrifying and honestly I can't imagine being the people before maps when the world more than maybe 100 miles was mystery. Going out and seeing that! Those were men, I'm a giant fucking pussy and if there is an after life I have to meet these men.
Give me purgatory, or nothingness. We all look like loosers now
Not necessarily… sailors would tie themselves to the ship for the inevitable overboarding and then pull their way back up. The downside was that you were almost certainly dead if the ship capsized.
Still you better have some good luck and lungs. You gone be under water for about 10-20 seconds while the ocean decides to water board you, and hope you don’t hit something while underwater, then survive hypothermia
Hahaha I’m not saying it was osha approved! But you have a better chance of getting back on the ship in 1 piece than going overboard in a storm like that.
Haha, I guess you’re right, also, me personally , if I go overboard in a storm like this, imma just accept it as my time to go 😂 the amount of effort it will take to survive this, mmm yea I’m good
I sailed a 3 master through the tail of a tropical storm. Steel ships cut through the waves as you can see. Wooden ship float like a cork - and you'd better hope none of your shipmates suffer from seasickness, but there's no judging where it's gunna land in seas like this!
Ships like these go through the waves/storm, wooden ships go over if you see a bad storm you deviate not head straight toward. These is a bot post cause this video is years old and you are all bot reactions
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u/Im_Ur_Huckleberry77 2d ago
This looks intense... but imagine 400 years ago going across the Atlantic on a wooden ship not knowing when you'd be on land again.