I've crossed the Atlantic three times on small fiberglass sailing boats. Through clear, doldrums, storm, and hurricane. I couldn't even remotely imagine The perils that sailors in this age would have to go through.
@@kimfleury Unfortunately Canada doesn't have any proper Maritime Academies that I'm aware of, so I'll have to get into the field in a more roundabout way.
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
My navy friends joke that they can at least sleep in dry places unlike army. Sleeping on mattress of dirt with a helmet/rucksack/ as pillow and spare rain jacket as covers, fun.
@@HaloFTW55 That is correct. In the Army we used to mock Navy folks for it, saying we'd gladly trade their issues for the mud, rain and slit trenches we put up with. Fun to look back on now and laugh about it, but at the time.... yeah, not so much!
Different navy (Royal) but same issues. Sleep when you can, wherever you can, and the amount of ‘mystery meals’ were often... maybe I didn’t sleep in a lot of mud n rain, but mud does not roll or yaw!
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.
Hopefully lots of the youtube comments get preserved for centuries and historians of the future could indulge their curiousity on as many 21st century people as they want. It is annoying to see history lost.
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.
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.
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.
Is hard to believe it, I watched these videos as they came out two years ago. Now would you believe it, I work and sail on the Friends Good Will as a deck hand! She is a beautiful ship to sail on! Shout out to townsends for putting her on my radar
oh wow-- my mom was one of the founders of the Michigan Maritime Museum, back in the 70s! i have a print hanging in this room of an 18th century map of the Great Lakes that came from the museum back in the day. very cool to see a bit of my family history pop up on one of my favorite channels! :D
More than anything I really just want to tell you guys that the amount of versatility you have in your production is amazing. You're not like the usual RUclips channel in 2020 that's one-trick-pony formatted repetitive content. It's always something different and it's always good.
For those who are interested in boat building, there is a You Tube channel called Acorn to Arabella. They are two guys in western Massachusetts who are building a boat on land owned by the grandfather of one, using wood from trees he planted. They use modern tools, but also show some old shipbuilding techniques.
I haven't had whiskey in two months, finally got some, i drink about a pint every year, nothing major, if you are worried. I also got some new inks in, and was using my quill pen to sample them before I put them in my pens of choice, cheap but fun pens, Jinhao Lamy knock offs. But anyway, this wonderful video, the descriptions, your narrating, the scenes, I felt a connection to the past, and greatly appreciate you more than you will ever know. Hard times, Sir, hard times. You have a great day, and thank you very much.
I absolutely love South Haven. I was unaware of a ship like this being there. My wife and I are trying to plan a trip for our 32nd anniversary, and we may very well head north to do so. I'm sure you had the time of your life on that vessel.
I've just found out this channel about a week ago. Today I finally became a member. History has always been my great love, specially day to day things. This couldn't been better, i'm watching all the videos backwards untill the very first one. Amazing! Greetings from Portugal.
As a U.S. Navy veteran. Anything about historical ships is something I love. If you haven't done it yet a video about sailing with Captain John Paul Jones would be awesome
Oh, my gosh! The food, 😆 EW! It’s so interesting to learn of the perils and circumstances these men faced ! This video is awesome ! Once again, you all are wonderful! Thank you ☺️
Very interesting content, Jon! Love the sailing ship. Always! Clear weather, good health and pleasant sailing to all the Townsend family and crew regardless of their endeavors.
Having camped and sailed 'on the rough' this is nostalgic, but not a way of life I yearn for or romanticize about. A great way to spend a few months, but it would be miserable as a lifelong occupation. :) I'm still working on.my novel (circa 1770) based on an ancestor and your videos on that era are invaluable. Thank you. :)
Jon, don't forget the Battle of Lake Erie in September 1813. I believe it has been cancelled for 2020, but there is usually a commemoration held each year on South Bass Island, Ohio. It includes an historical camp out, tall ships, re-enacted battles on land and sea, and words with wreath laying at the monument. That being Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial National Monument. The Canadians show up, but it isn't the Americans who always win. You should consider coming and camping out. Virginia in northern Ohio. "We have met the enemy, and they are ours....". O.H.Perry.
Ahoy matey! If you like the details of 18th Century shipboard life, as do I, may I suggest Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. Exceptional! I'm the guy who visited you from Virginia a few years ago and you and Ryan were so kind to give us a tour. My home town is just up the coast in Grand Haven, Mich. How on earth did you get a ride on that sloop?!! Of course! You're Jon Townsend!! HAHA.
The most famous ship built where my family is from is the Mary Celeste. Built in Spencer's island, Nova Scotia it was found floating at sea with table set and no crew to be found. The crew that hauled it in for salvage were accused of piracy I believe due to the strange circumstances.
Jon, were coming up on the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower Compact and Plymouth Landing!! Wondering if you'll be devoting an episode to it. Would be cool to see you on the Mayflower!
Sailingggggg... sailing a historical ship in historical clothing.... Life goals right there. I missed the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum's reenactment event last summer by a week :(
What a life! I have read numerous books on the sailors in the various war ships during the 1812 and other periods and thought what a hard life. Listening to your tales of the merchantmen during the time is just as grueling. I would have thought they'd fare better but I guess not. Sure glad I was aboard the USS Nimitz as the food and conditions were much more livable.
The only things that have truly changed for seafarers, I'm a U.S. Navy Vet, is the means of propulsion, and the build of the ship's. Day to day life underway, is much the same really. It's a bond that ties us to those who came before.
I work, correction, worked overseas offshore Africa on converted oil tankers. These vessels stayed in place offshore mored to the sea bottom miles from land. There they pumped and refunded seawater, sand and anything else from oil then stored onboard. About twice a week another ship would come behind us to take on product sailing for processing plants all over the world. We to had challenging moments as these old wooden ships. We had a fire aboard ship once that attacked the knockout drum to the flare. The other offshore facilities kept pumping when they should have shut themselves in. Everyone waited for the big explosion. Nobody worried though. Once it goes the explosion would be so large that it literally would suck all the oxygen out of the air for a thousand yards around the ship. Fortunately we managed to preform an emergency shutdown and foam out the fire. So I know about close calls offshore. Getting sick offshore was a worry. You would talk with someone in the morning and by that afternoon they had them on the flight back to the beach. We had entire shifts coming down with the flu. Once on the beach they had them in Hospital. For some reason I never did get sick. More then likely I had already had exposure to that strain while in Nigeria a few months earlier. Needless to say my workload increased to 20 hour days for a week solid. Made good money.
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...
I LOVE the source journal voiceover, coupled with your modern adventure! May the stars guide you true, your stores not go rancid, and the vessel bring you safely to port!
My Grandfather was a Merchant Marine in the early part of the last century . I'm sure he experienced some the thrills and hardships of transatlantic travel . Really enjoy these videos .
Townsend's big old smile near the end of video after his finished reading from the diary. That is pure enjoyment, I hope you can get your own ship some day.
We are amazed at the plethora of ships on the bottom of Lake Ontario & Erie. Historians say there exists more shipwrecks in the Great Lakes than the Atlantic Ocean.
As seafarers sought safe harbors in a storm, I look forward to a respite from an increasingly crazy world by retreating for a time into the latest post from the Townsends!
I spent 6 years serving in the U.S. Coast Guard. My best duty that entire time were the 6 months I got to spend working on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle. Awesome experience.
I visited her in the 80s during operation sail in NYC...I was working south street seaport next to where she was tied up on display...I visited her on my meal break. The OOD taught me how to salute the flag and him and ask for permission to come on board since I was in uniform... he didn't have a problem with me bringing my service revolver on board which was nice of him...:-)
Finally I can go to sea and not get seasick. I just watch Jon doing it instead! YAY! How wonderful are your adventures Jon, and those of that poor 18th century seaman. Thank you for bringing his trials and tribulations to us today, it makes my own seem paltry in comparison. Will you be singing us a few 18th century sea shanties next?
Not sure if Dr. Seuss would have liked the story (err.. probably would have) but bet he would have loved Townsends socks ;-D! Great tale that make you really appreciate how much easier modern life is..
Makes me think of the Horatio Hornblower series which I used to read aloud to my navy Commander husband to help him fall asleep at night. I would do all the voices and loved how most of the nautical terms have remained the same.
I am a big fan of all of the work you do with living history, but most specifically I've always been fascinated with sailors and sailing (both navy and merchant) and I am genuinely interested in the books you have read and might recommend reading to get a good holistic knowledge of general practices and vessels in the 18th and 19th centuries. I very much enjoy what you reference in your videos, and its given me a bit of a curiosity for more.
It might a later timeframe than you wish to cover, you might want to go to the Maritime museum in Erie, Pennsylvania. The Brig Niagara from the War of 1912 is located there when it is not on tour.
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Ha, shame this video wasn't released sooner. My family's vacation was in Saugatuck, MI and less then two weeks ago we visited South Haven. Might of visited the ship if we had known. Small world.
It is basic seamanship to assume anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and prepare for it. Thus, it either does not go wrong, or it does not go wrong so badly.
Along the New England coast, and several other areas as well, you can find Windjammer cruises. They sail for a week or so. Camden, Maine has a lot of them, and there are a couple that are just day sails. Look around! You'll find some.
As a seafarer onboard modern merchant ships, I absolutely love these kind of episodes. 👍⚓
Chief! Love your videos; As someone hoping to join the merchant marine, you've been a wealth of knowledge for me! Cheers from Canada
@@unknown_user8449 are you applying to the Maritime Academies?
I've crossed the Atlantic three times on small fiberglass sailing boats. Through clear, doldrums, storm, and hurricane. I couldn't even remotely imagine The perils that sailors in this age would have to go through.
Chief!! Always nice to see creators I like watching each other.
@@kimfleury Unfortunately Canada doesn't have any proper Maritime Academies that I'm aware of, so I'll have to get into the field in a more roundabout way.
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
first lesson in the navy, learn to sleep anywhere.
@@kennethschlegel870 My first lesson in the Navy was that missile I slept next to was my girlfriend. Always kiss the girlfriend goodnight.
My navy friends joke that they can at least sleep in dry places unlike army.
Sleeping on mattress of dirt with a helmet/rucksack/ as pillow and spare rain jacket as covers, fun.
@@HaloFTW55 That is correct. In the Army we used to mock Navy folks for it, saying we'd gladly trade their issues for the mud, rain and slit trenches we put up with. Fun to look back on now and laugh about it, but at the time.... yeah, not so much!
Different navy (Royal) but same issues. Sleep when you can, wherever you can, and the amount of ‘mystery meals’ were often... maybe I didn’t sleep in a lot of mud n rain, but mud does not roll or yaw!
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.
Seriously amazing👏🏼
The readings from old journals are always great. You can always get a sense of the personality of the writer.
Hopefully lots of the youtube comments get preserved for centuries and historians of the future could indulge their curiousity on as many 21st century people as they want. It is annoying to see history lost.
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.
I live not too far from South Haven, haven't been to the maritime museum and I long to go
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.
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.
The video barely started and I almost could hear your crew singing "Wir lagen vor Madagaskar und hatten die Pest an Bord."
Next, they will lagen vor Indonesia, to get more nutmeg.
And imma broken man on the halifax peers the last of barrets privateers
Just finished baking, now watching this. What could be better. Home made bread, fig jam cuppa tea.
miss Mary H Dream wish I could bake here, it’s just been too hot lately. #jealous
@@make.and.believe oh I'm sure you can still enjoy bought baked goods. Well God bless you and keep you safe 💕
2:34 "The barrels of pork consisted of pig heads with iron rings still in their noses..." Well at least they won't suffer from the common anemia...
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.
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.
Hello and welcome to Michigan my friend
I added the mueum to my travel map. Please keep the suggestions coming
You won't be disappointed!
Check out CAMM, the Council of American Maritime Museums.
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.
Bravo zulu...fair winds and following seas Command Master Chief...
@@sethkimmel7312 to you as well mate.
Is hard to believe it, I watched these videos as they came out two years ago. Now would you believe it, I work and sail on the Friends Good Will as a deck hand! She is a beautiful ship to sail on! Shout out to townsends for putting her on my radar
Jon, thanks for taking us along with you! Always a great adventure.
oh wow-- my mom was one of the founders of the Michigan Maritime Museum, back in the 70s! i have a print hanging in this room of an 18th century map of the Great Lakes that came from the museum back in the day. very cool to see a bit of my family history pop up on one of my favorite channels! :D
More than anything I really just want to tell you guys that the amount of versatility you have in your production is amazing. You're not like the usual RUclips channel in 2020 that's one-trick-pony formatted repetitive content. It's always something different and it's always good.
For those who are interested in boat building, there is a You Tube channel called Acorn to Arabella. They are two guys in western Massachusetts who are building a boat on land owned by the grandfather of one, using wood from trees he planted. They use modern tools, but also show some old shipbuilding techniques.
This brings me back to a childhood spent enjoying "Voyage of the Mimi." Always dreamed of an ocean voyage aboard a tall-ship.
The cinematography is stunning! It really added to the story being told.
I love your channel, Jon. I must also say, that it takes a real man to wear wicked witch stockings and still look rugged and seafaring.
I adore these primary sources, there really is nothing like hearing from the time period. Also, your outfits are on-point for this video!
The friends is such a pretty ship. Thank you for making these videos and letting me see her again.
You are so lucky. I would give anything to experience something like this. Thank you for sharing this.
I haven't had whiskey in two months, finally got some, i drink about a pint every year, nothing major, if you are worried. I also got some new inks in, and was using my quill pen to sample them before I put them in my pens of choice, cheap but fun pens, Jinhao Lamy knock offs. But anyway, this wonderful video, the descriptions, your narrating, the scenes, I felt a connection to the past, and greatly appreciate you more than you will ever know. Hard times, Sir, hard times. You have a great day, and thank you very much.
I absolutely love South Haven. I was unaware of a ship like this being there. My wife and I are trying to plan a trip for our 32nd anniversary, and we may very well head north to do so. I'm sure you had the time of your life on that vessel.
I've just found out this channel about a week ago. Today I finally became a member. History has always been my great love, specially day to day things. This couldn't been better, i'm watching all the videos backwards untill the very first one. Amazing! Greetings from Portugal.
Thank you so much! Glad you are enjoying the channel!
This channel is a blessing. You guys work so hard to bring us quality content, much thanks!
Seems like a really fun trip!
As a U.S. Navy veteran. Anything about historical ships is something I love. If you haven't done it yet a video about sailing with Captain John Paul Jones would be awesome
Oh, my gosh! The food, 😆 EW! It’s so interesting to learn of the perils and circumstances these men faced ! This video is awesome ! Once again, you all are wonderful! Thank you ☺️
Very interesting content, Jon! Love the sailing ship. Always!
Clear weather, good health and pleasant sailing to all the Townsend family and crew regardless of their endeavors.
Hopefully you brought enough nutmeg on board!
There's never enough!!!
He was allotted 6 pounds of salted meat and bread, but no beer, spirits, candles, or nutmeg! 😱
They had a second tall ship trailing behind that one to carry the necessary amount of nutmeg.
Well if I’m ever in a Michigan, I know who to pressgang into my pirate crew. Thanks Townsends👍
Having camped and sailed 'on the rough' this is nostalgic, but not a way of life I yearn for or romanticize about. A great way to spend a few months, but it would be miserable as a lifelong occupation. :) I'm still working on.my novel (circa 1770) based on an ancestor and your videos on that era are invaluable. Thank you. :)
Jon, don't forget the Battle of Lake Erie in September 1813. I believe it has been cancelled for 2020, but there is usually a commemoration held each year on South Bass Island, Ohio. It includes an historical camp out, tall ships, re-enacted battles on land and sea, and words with wreath laying at the monument. That being Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial National Monument. The Canadians show up, but it isn't the Americans who always win. You should consider coming and camping out. Virginia in northern Ohio.
"We have met the enemy, and they are ours....". O.H.Perry.
been aboard the Tall ship Elissa in Galveston and also the El Galeon from Spain, love your fancy black and white tights
beautiful videography
Thank you so much!
Just a fellow hoosier saying congrats on doing a great job bringing history into the forefront.
Ahoy matey! If you like the details of 18th Century shipboard life, as do I, may I suggest Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. Exceptional! I'm the guy who visited you from Virginia a few years ago and you and Ryan were so kind to give us a tour. My home town is just up the coast in Grand Haven, Mich. How on earth did you get a ride on that sloop?!! Of course! You're Jon Townsend!! HAHA.
So evocative! It's an incredible reminder how miraculous it was to survive in the past.
What an eye opener. Thanks for your many projects Jon.
The most famous ship built where my family is from is the Mary Celeste. Built in Spencer's island, Nova Scotia it was found floating at sea with table set and no crew to be found. The crew that hauled it in for salvage were accused of piracy I believe due to the strange circumstances.
Jon, were coming up on the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower Compact and Plymouth Landing!! Wondering if you'll be devoting an episode to it. Would be cool to see you on the Mayflower!
Sailingggggg... sailing a historical ship in historical clothing.... Life goals right there. I missed the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum's reenactment event last summer by a week :(
Absolutely adored this episode. Thank you.
What a life! I have read numerous books on the sailors in the various war ships during the 1812 and other periods and thought what a hard life. Listening to your tales of the merchantmen during the time is just as grueling. I would have thought they'd fare better but I guess not. Sure glad I was aboard the USS Nimitz as the food and conditions were much more livable.
Thanks for a fantastic trip to the 18th century! This was a great episode!
I really enjoyed this. Being on the ship made the text really come to life!
Hello tall ship daddy
Hello Nicole
@@OpalBLeigh Right? Lol
Hi unique Nicole! It's nice to see you! How've you been?
:)
I’m so happy Nicole is okay and even happier that Jon replied 😁
@@rosemcguinn5301 Hello Rose (: all is good with me for now
And I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
The camera work and narration was amazing! It's like you took us aboard with you.
I had no idea a place like this existed so close to me. Gonna need to check it out next time I'm up visiting my friendly northern neighbors.
The only things that have truly changed for seafarers, I'm a U.S. Navy Vet, is the means of propulsion, and the build of the ship's. Day to day life underway, is much the same really. It's a bond that ties us to those who came before.
Absolutely wonderful. As always, you knocked it out of the park!
South Haven is the next port North from my hometown of St. Joseph. She's a beautiful ship. Grab a drink at Captain Lou's!
I really enjoyed my trip aboard Friends Goodwill!
Your channel is a fantastic & fun way to learn about our history.
I love the Tall ships. How amazing.
I appreciate these videos so much! I know how much hard work and dedication it takes to do this. Thank you
I work, correction, worked overseas offshore Africa on converted oil tankers. These vessels stayed in place offshore mored to the sea bottom miles from land. There they pumped and refunded seawater, sand and anything else from oil then stored onboard. About twice a week another ship would come behind us to take on product sailing for processing plants all over the world. We to had challenging moments as these old wooden ships. We had a fire aboard ship once that attacked the knockout drum to the flare. The other offshore facilities kept pumping when they should have shut themselves in. Everyone waited for the big explosion. Nobody worried though. Once it goes the explosion would be so large that it literally would suck all the oxygen out of the air for a thousand yards around the ship. Fortunately we managed to preform an emergency shutdown and foam out the fire. So I know about close calls offshore.
Getting sick offshore was a worry. You would talk with someone in the morning and by that afternoon they had them on the flight back to the beach. We had entire shifts coming down with the flu. Once on the beach they had them in Hospital. For some reason I never did get sick. More then likely I had already had exposure to that strain while in Nigeria a few months earlier. Needless to say my workload increased to 20 hour days for a week solid. Made good money.
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...
Your Videos and the informations you digg up are a Treasure!
Greetings from Germany!
Those shellbacks were amazing. I cannot imagine rushing up the rigging with the ship rolling about.
I LOVE the source journal voiceover, coupled with your modern adventure!
May the stars guide you true, your stores not go rancid, and the vessel bring you safely to port!
My Grandfather was a Merchant Marine in the early part of the last century . I'm sure he experienced some the thrills and hardships of transatlantic travel . Really enjoy these videos .
Maybe? I think?
Love all Townsends content!
I never knew Michigan has that kind of awesome stuff especially within an hour drive! Thank you John!
Townsend's big old smile near the end of video after his finished reading from the diary. That is pure enjoyment, I hope you can get your own ship some day.
We are amazed at the plethora of ships on the bottom of Lake Ontario & Erie. Historians say there exists more shipwrecks in the Great Lakes than the Atlantic Ocean.
As seafarers sought safe harbors in a storm, I look forward to a respite from an increasingly crazy world by retreating for a time into the latest post from the Townsends!
One of the best/random channels on youtube.
I spent 6 years serving in the U.S. Coast Guard. My best duty that entire time were the 6 months I got to spend working on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle. Awesome experience.
I visited her in the 80s during operation sail in NYC...I was working south street seaport next to where she was tied up on display...I visited her on my meal break. The OOD taught me how to salute the flag and him and ask for permission to come on board since I was in uniform... he didn't have a problem with me bringing my service revolver on board which was nice of him...:-)
Finally I can go to sea and not get seasick. I just watch Jon doing it instead! YAY! How wonderful are your adventures Jon, and those of that poor 18th century seaman. Thank you for bringing his trials and tribulations to us today, it makes my own seem paltry in comparison. Will you be singing us a few 18th century sea shanties next?
Please do more of these! Thanks for the info.
Love these videos! Not so much has changed in regards to today’s Navy!
Not sure if Dr. Seuss would have liked the story (err.. probably would have) but bet he would have loved Townsends socks ;-D! Great tale that make you really appreciate how much easier modern life is..
Makes me think of the Horatio Hornblower series which I used to read aloud to my navy Commander husband to help him fall asleep at night. I would do all the voices and loved how most of the nautical terms have remained the same.
as a michigander, I hope to see more of these!
I am a big fan of all of the work you do with living history, but most specifically I've always been fascinated with sailors and sailing (both navy and merchant) and I am genuinely interested in the books you have read and might recommend reading to get a good holistic knowledge of general practices and vessels in the 18th and 19th centuries. I very much enjoy what you reference in your videos, and its given me a bit of a curiosity for more.
God the last time I watched you, you were cooking some bread. Now you're sailing across the sea. What have I freaking missed?
Yes! More maritime videos! I'd love to see every single squarefoot of this vessel from aft to the very end of that beautiful bowsprit!
Woah I had no idea how dangerous this is thanks for uploading
It might a later timeframe than you wish to cover, you might want to go to the Maritime museum in Erie, Pennsylvania. The Brig Niagara from the War of 1912 is located there when it is not on tour.
John, im sitting here with an Orange sky in california. Enjoy the blue skies for me!!
You're like the Bob Ross of history. You should be in every classroom.
Come do a video tour at Williamsburg or Jamestown. We'd love to see you back!
Dammm people were tough sob's in the old days .
Could watched this segment for hours very cool
Loving the videos, always wondered what they used to keep the fire from burning through, had to be more than just lead I would think
If you ever travel to Boston, the USS Constitution is a must visit.
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I've seen that Ship out on the water in South Haven. Now that I know what it is it will be a must stop destination
Ha, shame this video wasn't released sooner. My family's vacation was in Saugatuck, MI and less then two weeks ago we visited South Haven. Might of visited the ship if we had known. Small world.
It is basic seamanship to assume anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and prepare for it. Thus, it either does not go wrong, or it does not go wrong so badly.
i didnt even know ships like that still exist.
Check out the Friend's Good Will website. Such an awesome experience!
@@townsends thanks for the advice
They do! I spent a working vacation on the Picton Castle, a 179' traditionally rigged Barq. Hemp lines and cotton sails. It was a blast!
Along the New England coast, and several other areas as well, you can find Windjammer cruises. They sail for a week or so. Camden, Maine has a lot of them, and there are a couple that are just day sails. Look around! You'll find some.
@@nancypine9952 thank you for the advice
Absolutely incredible!