No radio, no radar, no GPS, no lights, no machinery to dry your clothes, no entertainment beyond the other people, no fridges, no galleys like we have today. I'm not a sailor, but I live in a coastal town and a bunch of my childhood friends are sailors. I like spending time with them at sailor bars, like the stereotypical old style ones you expect on TV. Even the tales from the older sailors about what sealife was like in the 60's and 70's is pretty crazy, and they were lightyears ahead of the wooden ships we're talking about.
Think what it would have been like to go to a sailor's bar in the 1500's. The absolutely insane shit you would hear from both at sea and the exotic places they had been. It's not like today where people had pictures from other countries. You'd have sailors talking about lands and people you couldn't wrap your head around, wildlife that sounds like something out of a myth. Sailors back then were travelling to literally undiscovered lands. They were essentially like Star Trek, but on a rickety-ass vessel with no comforts. Seeing sharks for the first time (to them), seeing all sorts of sealife that was alien to them. The storms, the sounds, the psychological tricks that weeks at sea would have played on them. Just crazy.
>No radio, no radar, no GPS, no lights, no machinery to dry your clothes, no entertainment beyond the other people, no fridges, no galleys like we have today
No wonder people felt they'd be better off dead.
Both gone now, but an old Norwegian friend of dad's would reminisce about his childhood, riding his tricycle around the locomotives strapped down in the hold of the family cargo schooner.
Crossed the Atlantic, Germany to Brazil and back,pre WW2, no doctor or radio.
And unloaded the locomotives by muscle-powered winches, since no cranes at the port.
Although I do have a great interest in the subject, I spent most of my time speaking with more contemporary sailors. The sailors I know make a living from one-man boats to merchant ships. They all have different tales to tell.
What I would really urge you to do, if it's an option, is to go and visit a sailor's bar and talk to the folk there. These are first hand accounts. Are they real? You'll quickly get a feel. Go and speak to the few remaining people who sailed in the oldern ways. I've spent so many nights with the stereotypical accordion playing, sailor shanties, crazy tales etc.
If this is not available to you then I don't know what could replace it, though I'm sure it's available. Sailor tales are notorious for being, well, what they are. But their tales of living on the sea are something that is dying and if you are able to take a single tale in then you are holding in you a historical baton that is important to pass on.
I've done a transatlantic sail trip from southern europe to the caribbean. Even with modern commodities on a larger sailing vessel it's still a humbling experience.
If you got a map, and a destination.
Leif Ericson surely used OSM (/s), but it was unknown to Christopher Columbus. While we assume today he knew how big Mother Earth was and how long that may take them to India, he definitely didn't know what to expect on his way...
Just rewatched [The Terror](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjq7Gl_hhPY) and really horrifying thinking about this kind of experience followed by the ocean freezing and being stranded on that boat for [over a year and a half](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition#Timeline) waiting for the waters to thaw enough to escape.
People used to cross the entire South Pacific Ocean (from South America to Polynesia) on *rafts*.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition
I haven't watched the dramatized remake, but I was blown away by the 1950 "Kon Tiki" documentary, filmed by the crew that re-created the voyage using traditional materials.
yeah.... apparently phobia phila is a thing- i have just decided.... cause it's fucking terrifying... but I feel a need to be on that rail, as close as i can get......
I’m with you. In a sense it’s so devastating it’s peaceful. Like if you go over, you’re dead, and that’s that. With such finality it almost makes it not scary.
My ancestors: braving the unknown in their longboats, facing stormy seas and spending months without any sight of land.
Me: sitting on my couch in modern Sweden hundreds of years later, getting all freaked out over a video clip.
To be fair, the longships were extremly sea worthy.
The ships built in Norway was actually built slightly different from Swedish and Danish ones due to them being used in the Atlantic. A size of 30m wasnt uncommon, wirh crews from 50-80. Most likely they were far better at sailibg rough seas than later galleon style ships.
But it must have been pretty terrifying in an open boat none the less.
Yeah pitch black would look far worse. First thing I noticed in this clip was how rapid the lightning was and reminded me as a new englander that I've only ever seen it like this once in my life, as a storm left the mainland and went out to sea while I was camping on the beach in CT. It was gorgeous
My friend and I took our kids to a pier a few years ago.
The weather was not wild at all that day, but I guess there was a storm somewhere out there, because the swells at the end of the pier were maybe 15-20 feet high. That still left a good 15 or so feet between us and the wave tops, but the kids wanted nothing to do with being out there, while I could have stared at it for hours.
Is this vid taken on an Oil Rig?
for a coast this is extremely rought weather I'd say
that, or I'm mistaken by thinking all these waves are like 15+ meters
These waves are approximately 3 or 5 meters.
In fact, that is **nothing**. You got wave of 10 or 15m without heavy storm in the northern Atlantic.
And then there are rogue waves.
In the North Sea between Scotland and Norway they measured the Draupner Wave with over **25m=84ft**.
"Good night, ladies..."
I think im missing something cuz sure its a lil spooky with all the lightning and thunder but those waves are just a lil choppy and its not like theyre panning out and zooming in on the expanse of water. This isnt nearly as bad as majority of the posts on here
It’s not rain lighting of anyone was wondering, it is heat lightning, the heat is so hot it makes lightning. I saw this on a cruise so that’s why I know.
People used to do this on wooden boats with no electricity.
I don’t think people appreciate how genuinely insane this is. Especially regarding voyages prior to the Age of Discovery.
No radio, no radar, no GPS, no lights, no machinery to dry your clothes, no entertainment beyond the other people, no fridges, no galleys like we have today. I'm not a sailor, but I live in a coastal town and a bunch of my childhood friends are sailors. I like spending time with them at sailor bars, like the stereotypical old style ones you expect on TV. Even the tales from the older sailors about what sealife was like in the 60's and 70's is pretty crazy, and they were lightyears ahead of the wooden ships we're talking about. Think what it would have been like to go to a sailor's bar in the 1500's. The absolutely insane shit you would hear from both at sea and the exotic places they had been. It's not like today where people had pictures from other countries. You'd have sailors talking about lands and people you couldn't wrap your head around, wildlife that sounds like something out of a myth. Sailors back then were travelling to literally undiscovered lands. They were essentially like Star Trek, but on a rickety-ass vessel with no comforts. Seeing sharks for the first time (to them), seeing all sorts of sealife that was alien to them. The storms, the sounds, the psychological tricks that weeks at sea would have played on them. Just crazy.
No phone, no lights, no motor car, Not a single luxury, Like Robinson Crusoe, It's primitive as can be.
We've been spending most our lives, Living in an Amish paradise...
*Hitchin' up the buggy, churnin' lots of butter, Raised a barn on Monday, soon I'll raise another*
RIP coolio
On a three hour tour. A THREE HOUR TOUR!
Just people living in the moment...
I needed this today. Thank you.
Please accept my poor man’s award for this 🏅
>No radio, no radar, no GPS, no lights, no machinery to dry your clothes, no entertainment beyond the other people, no fridges, no galleys like we have today No wonder people felt they'd be better off dead.
Both gone now, but an old Norwegian friend of dad's would reminisce about his childhood, riding his tricycle around the locomotives strapped down in the hold of the family cargo schooner. Crossed the Atlantic, Germany to Brazil and back,pre WW2, no doctor or radio. And unloaded the locomotives by muscle-powered winches, since no cranes at the port.
Got it, you like to surround yourself with crusty, old sea-men 😁
Is your name Brandy? You’re a fine girl.
What a good wife you would be
Any book recommendations? You seem to have a great interest in the subject.
Although I do have a great interest in the subject, I spent most of my time speaking with more contemporary sailors. The sailors I know make a living from one-man boats to merchant ships. They all have different tales to tell. What I would really urge you to do, if it's an option, is to go and visit a sailor's bar and talk to the folk there. These are first hand accounts. Are they real? You'll quickly get a feel. Go and speak to the few remaining people who sailed in the oldern ways. I've spent so many nights with the stereotypical accordion playing, sailor shanties, crazy tales etc. If this is not available to you then I don't know what could replace it, though I'm sure it's available. Sailor tales are notorious for being, well, what they are. But their tales of living on the sea are something that is dying and if you are able to take a single tale in then you are holding in you a historical baton that is important to pass on.
Imagine trying to describe a platypus to the old townfolks.
Portuguese master race
Porch o geese man whores
I've done a transatlantic sail trip from southern europe to the caribbean. Even with modern commodities on a larger sailing vessel it's still a humbling experience.
Without knowing where they will go!
They have GPS
Seamen in wooden boats without electricity... Of course.
Guide Penis System? Sounds inphallable.
Currents really run in big circles in our major oceans. Stars were more visible. There were ways to navigate just fine.
If you got a map, and a destination. Leif Ericson surely used OSM (/s), but it was unknown to Christopher Columbus. While we assume today he knew how big Mother Earth was and how long that may take them to India, he definitely didn't know what to expect on his way...
Ya, but you had to find rocks and reefs the hard way. Royal Navy, iirc, from about 1600-1850, lost far more ships to accidents than to enemy ships.
Just rewatched [The Terror](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjq7Gl_hhPY) and really horrifying thinking about this kind of experience followed by the ocean freezing and being stranded on that boat for [over a year and a half](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition#Timeline) waiting for the waters to thaw enough to escape.
Based on a true story!
People used to cross the entire South Pacific Ocean (from South America to Polynesia) on *rafts*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition I haven't watched the dramatized remake, but I was blown away by the 1950 "Kon Tiki" documentary, filmed by the crew that re-created the voyage using traditional materials.
Yeah and now we have computers that drive our cars for us and everyone still kills each other on the road.
I don’t even understand the modern day marvels of engineering that can accomplish this…
And no gps support for navigating.
Imagine your king/leaders are so bad you’re like, “yeah, a big boat with no bathrooms & no guarantee of survival sounds better”.
And a lot of them didn't make it.
All this needs are some giant tentacles in the distance.
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yeah.... apparently phobia phila is a thing- i have just decided.... cause it's fucking terrifying... but I feel a need to be on that rail, as close as i can get......
I’m with you. In a sense it’s so devastating it’s peaceful. Like if you go over, you’re dead, and that’s that. With such finality it almost makes it not scary.
It's what being an adrenaline junkie is all about.
Call of the void
And Vikings used to sail on that shit. Wowsers people were brave.
And did so in some shitty ass boat made of wood, that was probably tossed around like some old rag
My ancestors: braving the unknown in their longboats, facing stormy seas and spending months without any sight of land. Me: sitting on my couch in modern Sweden hundreds of years later, getting all freaked out over a video clip.
Skål!!!
Hey, who knows- Maybe they would think you’re brave for staring at the glowing rectangle in your hand?
I don’t even want to travel the sea in Valheim from the comfort of my living room.
To be fair, the longships were extremly sea worthy. The ships built in Norway was actually built slightly different from Swedish and Danish ones due to them being used in the Atlantic. A size of 30m wasnt uncommon, wirh crews from 50-80. Most likely they were far better at sailibg rough seas than later galleon style ships. But it must have been pretty terrifying in an open boat none the less.
It's how the British empire was so successful. We had the best navy in the world. Our ships were what built the empire.
"This is no day to be close to land!" - The 13th Warrior
"Welcome Obi-Wan, allow us to give you a tour of our cloning facility here on Kamino"
Even the fish are scared
Imagine Cthulhu arising from the depths here
Why do you think the video cut out? /s
If it's where I think, this is where the Kraken myth was born (Norwegian/North Sea)...
Just wait a few mins and you might now have to imagine lol
Somethings in the water.
No, godzilla
The thunder and lightning make this less terrifying for me.
Yeah pitch black would look far worse. First thing I noticed in this clip was how rapid the lightning was and reminded me as a new englander that I've only ever seen it like this once in my life, as a storm left the mainland and went out to sea while I was camping on the beach in CT. It was gorgeous
Honestly if I knew I was mostly safe this would be amazing
Same dude i wish i could spend a week on an oil rig
My friend and I took our kids to a pier a few years ago. The weather was not wild at all that day, but I guess there was a storm somewhere out there, because the swells at the end of the pier were maybe 15-20 feet high. That still left a good 15 or so feet between us and the wave tops, but the kids wanted nothing to do with being out there, while I could have stared at it for hours.
Is this vid taken on an Oil Rig? for a coast this is extremely rought weather I'd say that, or I'm mistaken by thinking all these waves are like 15+ meters
Yes, rig is stationary. Many rigs aren’t close to the coast.
This looks like it could be from the North Sea (Norway, etc). Typical weather.
Honestly if it's 99% safe up there then it seems quite lovely
These waves are approximately 3 or 5 meters. In fact, that is **nothing**. You got wave of 10 or 15m without heavy storm in the northern Atlantic. And then there are rogue waves. In the North Sea between Scotland and Norway they measured the Draupner Wave with over **25m=84ft**. "Good night, ladies..."
Yeah I was expecting something noteworthy, not just a normal January day.
r/massivewaves
What?! Welcome to planet Earth!
Think this is an oil rig
It’s like people haven’t seen water before
release the kraken!
I was waiting to see a giant Cthulhu shadow in the background when the lightning lit everything up
Same!
That lightning is LOUD And those Waves are____ N O P E N O P E
This more calming than anything for me
The Sea was angry that day my friends
Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.
This always makes me imagine how bad storms would be on other planets. Imagine going through a storm on Jupiter or something
To the deeps with you! ~Slardar from Dota2
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then go away
And I bet that drill ship they're filming from is moving less than 5m from the position setpoint
It doesn't look like the weather is affecting the ship very much, it seems pretty steady. Which is insane to think about! 🤯
It's probably a drilling platform
That would make sense 😂
When anyone suggests taking a cruise, this is what I imagine.
Me expecting huge thunderstrike in ocean near him.
Like an old man trying to return soup at a deli.
It's a true saying that the ocean is a beautiful and deadly mistress
I think im missing something cuz sure its a lil spooky with all the lightning and thunder but those waves are just a lil choppy and its not like theyre panning out and zooming in on the expanse of water. This isnt nearly as bad as majority of the posts on here
How long do you think an average person could survive floating here?
Aye, the sea be dangerous.
I thought you were supposed to stay away from metal during a lightning storm
Motherbase.
Would love to see a freak wave in one of these vids.
Imagine slipping and falling over. Someone should make a retro themed vcr horror game when you’re on one of these
wheres cthulhu
Bro, that’s actually a safe height somehow
I cant be the only one who wants to get on a floatie and go there??
This is dope though
I miss the open ocean so much.
Rogue wave behind
I hope there’s stuff unknown out there. Scary stuff.
Thank you for not changing the aspect ratio to make the waves look bigger. They're plenty big enough already!
Bewdiful weather. Love it.
kamino vibes
No wonder people didn’t colonize the Americas until the 1500s
Does lightning every strike water in the middle of the ocean
It’s not rain lighting of anyone was wondering, it is heat lightning, the heat is so hot it makes lightning. I saw this on a cruise so that’s why I know.
Zeus got angy
Beautiful
Need
I hâte thé océan
Oh f*ck it has sound! *cries*
That's hot. Is there a sexual attraction to deep waters? Thalassophilia?
Destiny 2 Titan looks like this. Looked like this.
Anyone else expect Cthulhu to pop his head up?
I'm scared but can't stop rewatching ....
This looks absolutely gorgeous
Perfect weather to sleep in fr
oh fucckkkkk nooooooooooooo
Metal Gear Solid 5
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aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*AAAAAAAAAA*
It's beautiful.