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  • @ThePiratesPort
    @ThePiratesPort  4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Hope you all enjoy this weeks video! Do you think a life of piracy was worth the risk?

    • @hostoftheseawitch3431
      @hostoftheseawitch3431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In less than a century we shall all be dead; if we keep anything, it's only our memories. As the great Sir Henry Morgan once said, I choose the short life, and the merry one.

    • @dude9318
      @dude9318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nah man i rather work in the land.

    • @dude9318
      @dude9318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hostoftheseawitch3431 i dont think its possible to know when the world would end but i know what your saying we should live life to the fullest in a good way i mean.

    • @beachcracker
      @beachcracker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hell no! But you get a like because you have Jack Rackham's flag to wrap it all up. 😉

    • @gavinvalentino1313
      @gavinvalentino1313 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it's a pitiful sign of the times that this channel begs for approval from strangers while its writers can't seem to use even the most basic elementary-school-level possessive forms of words.
      Butchering basic English language, which is in itself endorsing cultural regression and the dumbing-down of modern society, is a disgusting display of ignorance.
      Screw your channel, amd every bit of its content.

  • @EzraB123
    @EzraB123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    I was in the Navy for 6 years and spent 4 months at sea. It was hard enough, can't imagine what sailors in the 17th and 18th century went through.

    • @stevewixom9311
      @stevewixom9311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      6yrs in the canoe club and only 4mos at sea? Man how did you pull that off?

    • @EzraB123
      @EzraB123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@stevewixom9311 I'm was an FMF Corpsman, spent most of my time with the Marines. I'd take being in Syria over being at sea, lol.

    • @Xiuhcoatl0352
      @Xiuhcoatl0352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@EzraB123 Corpsman, the grunts best friend. Thanks doc!! SFMF 🦅🌎⚓️

    • @mohammadanwar6515
      @mohammadanwar6515 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was hard for you bcoz you have seen comfort of modern world

    • @EzraB123
      @EzraB123 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Xiuhcoatl thank you brother 🇺🇸

  • @drunkweebmarine9492
    @drunkweebmarine9492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I’ve been fascinated by pirates since age 5. I’m 38 now. I’ve been on modern ships that stunk I can only imagine how much worse it would be back then

    • @ThePiratesPort
      @ThePiratesPort  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same here!

    • @drunkweebmarine9492
      @drunkweebmarine9492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ThePiratesPort I love your work! I honestly didn’t know that Blackbeard wasn’t really Teach!

    • @ThePiratesPort
      @ThePiratesPort  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well the credit for that discovery goes to Baylus Brooks but I'm glad you enjoy the content!

  • @tsrhodes7321
    @tsrhodes7321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +673

    Considering that all the negative aspects of pirate life (weevils, bad water, heat, darkness, smell) would also apply to common sailors, I would certainly pick the life of a pirate!

    • @creamythroat
      @creamythroat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      you’d spend 1-2 days living the pirate life and immediately regret your life choices

    • @edwardneilloftheclanmacnei7057
      @edwardneilloftheclanmacnei7057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Not if you had to do it out necessity to survive like my clan did back in those day's

    • @georgeyboy8186
      @georgeyboy8186 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@edwardneilloftheclanmacnei7057 you come from great Viking people

    • @Skbrvrisjsbdvetjtrbejudb
      @Skbrvrisjsbdvetjtrbejudb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@creamythroat do you personally know him/her?

    • @Alex-ui5uu
      @Alex-ui5uu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      considering that I was in the modern Navy.. I really couldn't imagine being a sailor back then. It would have been horrible haha

  • @catzor4795
    @catzor4795 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Such an underrated, high effort channel.

  • @jelkel25
    @jelkel25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    There were a fair few situations where your life expectancy wasn't too great doing perfectly legal stuff in those days anyway so for those people a few years as a pirate was a positive step up in the world. If you'd ended up in indentured servitude or an apprenticeship in a bad situation were two such situations. Once you were away from the British isles the terms of your servitude weren't always adhered to, you could be brutalised, not fed, incarcerated, they might not let you go at the end of your contract, you could be in a place where people were dying of disease constantly. You could just be let go after your servitude with no means of transportation anywhere else, no food or shelter. Ships captains could be brutal and/or incompetent. The political situation could suddenly change leaving you destitute or in serious danger. You could have been robbed, cheated, whatever. Lots of ways of having a seriously bad day then.

  • @chrisazure1624
    @chrisazure1624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Not as a pirate, but life at sea can be read about in: Two Years Before the Mast: memoir by Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1840.

    • @mountainmandale1587
      @mountainmandale1587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Absolutely a great book and it is true about life at sea at the time.

    • @aldosigmann419
      @aldosigmann419 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I remember reading it in comic book form as a kid - 'Classics Illustrated' as i recall...a good introduction !

    • @jh-ij4by
      @jh-ij4by ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thank you for sharing with us

    • @alfrede.newman6626
      @alfrede.newman6626 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Replying to a year old comment here.. 😅
      I just finished the book 👍.. although I skipped a lot of parts because of the style of language.
      It still was addictive seeing a first hand account of how things were back then.
      The part where they were semi lost rounding the cape, and he had to climb the rigging to beat the ice off of the sails..... wow

  • @lilboitocrazyclair2553
    @lilboitocrazyclair2553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Short life fun times

  • @davidsteagall9147
    @davidsteagall9147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Dude half way through this video I got a strong urge to play ac black flag. I hope my adhd does not interrupt this enthusiasm I have rn

  • @baylusbrooks
    @baylusbrooks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    The story about how "Grog" got its name is interesting, too. It was named for the "grogram" coat always worn by Capt. Edward Vernon, who had the responsible habit of watering down the rum reserves on the Royal Navy ships he commanded. Note that Capt. Vernon was stationed at Jamaica for several years and prob. knew the Thache family, who were fairly affluent folks!

    • @har8397
      @har8397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Grog was made by rumming water as a disinfectant.... not watering rum down

    • @andrewstackpool4911
      @andrewstackpool4911 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Read Admiral Vernon

  • @Puppy_Puppington
    @Puppy_Puppington 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was awesome. Straight to the point and quick yet efficient. Thank you!!!

  • @peterdixon7673
    @peterdixon7673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    It was worth it probably. Being a sailor was an unpopular profession, so one of the typical recruiting practices was the press gang. Press gangs would find men of suitable age and "press them" into serving as a crew member. Life would be so miserable that pirates could openly recruit new sailors from the crews of the ships they attacked. Ships didn't regularly fight back against pirates, mainly because morale would've been so bad that the captain would be mutinied if he tried.

  • @marytica123
    @marytica123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    YO-HO, YO-HO - A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME !" Life for anyone in that era was pretty miserable - unless you happened to be born into the aristocracy. Piracy - even with it's downsides - must have been viewed as an exciting, profitable option by many men. The fact that pirates often recruited sailors from ships they attacked is proof that a lot of honest men "jumped ship" !

    • @ciemny9410
      @ciemny9410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I actually read somewhere that most people had better life on pirate ships than on port royal navy. Pirates actually could vote for their captain but in port royal navy most people were slaves

    • @andreapttsn
      @andreapttsn 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ciemny9410 Aristocracy had their own problems. Constant worries of uprisings, wars, loosing their positions and even life. The higher you are the more people want to take your place.

  • @GaryHGames
    @GaryHGames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Very well made video. Makes you wonder, if there are degrees of quality of ship life for pirates, which pirate ship had the highest quality? Who do you think was the best captain to sail under?

    • @haarld2347
      @haarld2347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The story goes that Bartholomew was living luxurious and loved tea. I don't know how his crew had it, but it would be a bet!

  • @samuelludescher6978
    @samuelludescher6978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Amazing content. You can tell you did your research, and you're a great narrator. As an author, thank you so much for this hard work.

    • @ThePiratesPort
      @ThePiratesPort  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.

    • @ohlelujahp6571
      @ohlelujahp6571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This channel is great . Cheers to you my guy

    • @ThePiratesPort
      @ThePiratesPort  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks!

  • @operator0017
    @operator0017 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Yes! The trade-up is totally worth it! Especially the shorter life part!

    • @jankjason
      @jankjason ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As much as I would prefer a shorter life, in a pirates case it might be too short, could probably die in 20s or 30s.

  • @blairbeauchemin
    @blairbeauchemin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Pirates life for me! Great video

  • @jadenephrite
    @jadenephrite 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Regarding 3:29, the toilet on a ship is called "the head", because it was located at the bow of the ship.

  • @uaa_uag_uga5774
    @uaa_uag_uga5774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Hey, i liked the video, it was interesting to watch.
    I think it depends on each person, but the pirates probably didnt have much future in normal society anyways. This way they could enjoy their short life rather than living in poverty in some ditch and probably dying early anyways.

    • @ThePiratesPort
      @ThePiratesPort  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm glad you liked the video!

    • @hostoftheseawitch3431
      @hostoftheseawitch3431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In many areas, you had a chance of being pressed into naval service regardless, so your choice may end up being as simple as "do I follow the rules or not?"

    • @underscoreellipsesdothyphe1563
      @underscoreellipsesdothyphe1563 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pirates were just criminals of the day, ie robbing, hijacking, slavery etc Romanticisation of Pirates is what most people do. In reality they killed each other.
      Avast ye matey, walk the plank and be sent ye into Davey Jones' Locker!
      Is not acctually how pirates talked, iirc it's from Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island that popularised the 'pirate speak'

  • @bovasi
    @bovasi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very interesting and well presented.

  • @bethc8747
    @bethc8747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was everything I've been wanting to know! Thanks!

  • @PeninsulaPaintingProjects
    @PeninsulaPaintingProjects 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love this channel. I've just watched the lost pirate kingdom on Netflix. I was like my man already told me all of this

    • @ThePiratesPort
      @ThePiratesPort  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I’m glad you like the videos! Most of that show is heavily fictionalized or just outright wrong. Within the first 60 seconds they quote the Golden Age of Piracy began after the 1715 plate fleet wreck. Maybe one day I’ll do a video covering what they messed up.

    • @tinaperez7393
      @tinaperez7393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ThePiratesPort that would be a great idea. Thanks and thanks for the videos.

  • @stevewixom9311
    @stevewixom9311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was a really good video. it covered alot of ground and didn't waste alot of time doing it

  • @missMagbeth
    @missMagbeth ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great research, so interesting!

  • @ntvypr4820
    @ntvypr4820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can hardly ever watch any video about life prior to 1960 without being preoccupied with heat, smells and cleanliness. Being born in the 1960s and growing up in the South, I am addicted to cleanliness and air conditioning. I look at some soldier in a movie from the civil war just someone living life in the summer in the 1890s and wonder HOW they EVER got anything done wearing a thick, heavy DARK uniform on a day when it was 110 in the shade!? Or sleep at night, 85 degrees, not a breath of breeze. NO A/C! This video confirmed all my suspicions and hypothesis about shipboard life in the days of sail. And told me a few things I didn't know, so Kudos!

    • @marytica123
      @marytica123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Back then, people were accustomed to more natural hardships. We grew up in South Florida during the 1950's, before A/C for homes was widespread, and learned to sleep with windows wide open and old box fans cranked up high (no ceiling fans either !)..

    • @ntvypr4820
      @ntvypr4820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marytica123 Oh, I know. Our houses in the 60's had the ceiling fans but we used the AC. Though WE had AC in the 60's (my father said he'd decided early in life that if he could afford it we WOULD have AC!) almost everyone around us did NOT here in Central Louisiana. When I slept over at friends houses or we visited family (where my dad was raised) 150 miles south below Lafayette, La., we would stay over and often there was not even a FAN. Just open windows and crickets. Woke up in soaked sheets next morning. I asked my dad (Born in 1920) and mom how they lived in the beastly heat back then and they both said much as you did, they just DID. Really no other choice. But later in my late teens I did like my dad had done and made my own 1979 declaration in the middle of a winter ICE STORM: when I grew up I'd have a GENERATOR. It took to the late 90's for them to be affordable but I got one the first hurricane that bothered us this far north of the coast. Good luck to you!

    • @joejakubec9708
      @joejakubec9708 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They got it done because they WERE men. People today and like you can't understand that because today are soft as butter. As a Viet Nam vet I'm thankful that you weren't with me.

  • @jfalconredskins
    @jfalconredskins 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very well made video. Great voice, images and info. Loved it!

  • @marqueswilliams345
    @marqueswilliams345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Okay I’m subscribing now lol 😂

  • @richx5064
    @richx5064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Subscribed. Great idea for a channel.
    I like the video about famous pirates. Hope to see more if this.

  • @vinjane3526
    @vinjane3526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Worth it!

  • @teedeww5049
    @teedeww5049 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cant even imagine fighting sea monsters, sea emperors, opposing the marine admirals, training your inner haki, eating devil fruits. Wait

  • @SlavaUkraini85
    @SlavaUkraini85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love this channel! yarrr!

  • @tinaperez7393
    @tinaperez7393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Off topic, but I drink prune juice sometimes in a mug or glass while brushing up on pirate lore because I like it 😁 but also because I always imagine that's what Madeira wine would look and taste like. I've never had it myself but would like to try the different varieties some day. I'm not much of a drinker, otherwise I might go for rum or a hot toddy. 😜 Don't want to end up like Capn Flint, Billy Bones, Henry Morgan, etc. etc.
    - if the pirate life didn't getcha, "the rum" seemed to (or the rum aspect of the pirate life).

    • @MagralhoPT
      @MagralhoPT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Madeira wine tastes a lot like a fruity port or sherry 😉

    • @tinaperez7393
      @tinaperez7393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MagralhoPT thanks!

  • @Renwoxing13
    @Renwoxing13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Pirates were also the only free men in the world. ( free poor men, men from small peasant families )
    They got to live life as free or more free then the majority of humanity, and didn’t have lo live like a boot locker

    • @williamshaw8106
      @williamshaw8106 ปีที่แล้ว

      🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

  • @THEKING-tt5rp
    @THEKING-tt5rp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    love those paintings

  • @shaneazpilicueta9146
    @shaneazpilicueta9146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video

  • @surfjat15
    @surfjat15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “a short life and a merry one” i like that

  • @dixieboy5689
    @dixieboy5689 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I grow up , I want to be a pirate. Argggghhh !!

  • @captainharlock3998
    @captainharlock3998 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a great video! Thank you!

  • @john-carlosynostroza
    @john-carlosynostroza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No fat video. Nice job!

  • @themissingpeace7956
    @themissingpeace7956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    We have to realize that we are very fortunate to live in this era where you have so many technologies that they didn't have in the past. Refrigeration, cars, toilets (instead of outhouses) fast food, air planes to travel, electricity, AC... But then again, comfort breeds lazyness and entitlement, and if all electronics go out, we're pretty much screwed. So there's also a downside to technology.

    • @cwr8618
      @cwr8618 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s insane how well most people have it nowadays

  • @GarrettRB3
    @GarrettRB3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    compared to being a sailor fora merchant ship, YES. Great videos here!

    • @tinaperez7393
      @tinaperez7393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dear God. I always think that too. How trade even got through to its markets is a wonder to me. Being a merchant ship, might as well have had a target on your back.

  • @fredjackson8408
    @fredjackson8408 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im gonna build my home office to look like the living quarters of a pirate captain. Such a dank vibe.

  •  3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why u got no likes man u do ur best love ur videos man

  • @sk8legendz
    @sk8legendz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "A merry life and a short one; that's all the optimism I can muster"

  • @tinaperez7393
    @tinaperez7393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Oh, a pirate's life is a wonderful life
    A-rovin' over the sea
    Give me a career as a buccaneer
    It's the life of a pirate for me
    Oh, the life of a pirate for me!*
    JK. I would've tried to work at a tavern, bakery or inn. Making food and drink to sell to all the landlubbers and seafarers in a port town. That's the best I can think of for a decent and stable quality of life in that scary, unhygienic, disease ridden and dangerous time period. Speaking of hygiene, maybe the taverns wouldn't be so great and the bakery would be the better deal.
    * From Disney's Peter Pan, folks! (for those that don't recognize it, which for this crowd, are probably very few). 😁

  • @mr.mcgurt2679
    @mr.mcgurt2679 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pirate for life, totally worth it.

  • @OOOUZ
    @OOOUZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I vouch for this video as i am 16 century pirate myself 🐙

  • @campnothing9129
    @campnothing9129 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just go to an outpost and get fruit from the barrels, you can go the merchants guild and buy a storage crate and basically jack the whole island.

  • @BlueOx2277
    @BlueOx2277 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yooooooooo!
    The life of a pirate for me!!!

  • @That1GuyLouie
    @That1GuyLouie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am not a pirate, but I long to be,
    Sailing by the stars across the seven seas,
    Living with no earthly cares, my mates and me-
    The envy of all worldly men, who are not free.

  • @perseuslove1335
    @perseuslove1335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Today’s standards, maybe. Who the heck wants to live a long life miserable and poor? A short life and a merry one is still a very relevant line of thinking today I feel like.

    • @zachrengifo932
      @zachrengifo932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Right. The advancement of medicine allowed us to live way past our expiration day

  • @BeelzebubBeelzebub
    @BeelzebubBeelzebub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Most dangerous job right there! Also, this how certain families vanished from history!

  • @jamesfauth3394
    @jamesfauth3394 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very informative thanks

  • @LexTheLionLocc
    @LexTheLionLocc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a shitty poor life but when I think about what it was like back then before we got comfy, man I still feel shitty but I understand how much better I still have it. #Yohoyohoapirateslifeforme

  • @marccarter1350
    @marccarter1350 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Blackbeard, Aka Edward Teach hailed from my home city of Bristol. Rich pirate port back in the day

  • @risboturbide9396
    @risboturbide9396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video 🍻🍻

  • @mr.roaddogwade7107
    @mr.roaddogwade7107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. I always dreamed myself more a Viking than Pirate. I think only the head Vikings lived well though. Lol.. At that time yea worth it.

  • @adam_p99
    @adam_p99 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve got an early 1800’s grog barrel that was used the Royal Navy. They had daily rations. I swear it still smells of rum

  • @Kenny-o6i
    @Kenny-o6i 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I wanna be a pirate!

    • @donclarence3644
      @donclarence3644 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You want to murder, rape, and torture innocent people?

  • @ChampaBayBeast
    @ChampaBayBeast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yoo Hoo Yoo Hoooo
    A PIRATES LIFE FOR ME!
    BUC-CAN-EERS! GO BUCS!

  • @donshy4403
    @donshy4403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well having been a pirate in a past life I really enjoyed it😂

  • @dutchman7216
    @dutchman7216 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I guess it would depend on the circumstance whether it was worth it or not.

  • @Maximracine1776
    @Maximracine1776 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting video

  • @AclypseOfReason
    @AclypseOfReason 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As someone who has worked in hot physical environments, deodorant only does so much. If you have ever worked physical jobs you’ll only smell yourself over other people’s smells. You will stink just as much as what’s around you.
    Garbage men get pretty used to the smell after a while. It is amazing how humans can adapt to terrible situations.

    • @ThePiratesPort
      @ThePiratesPort  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I worked as a roofer the summer after i graduated highschool so I absolutely know what you mean.

    • @tinaperez7393
      @tinaperez7393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ThePiratesPortwithout looking it up for this comment, I remember reading about Ziryab (spelling?) the famous musician in Cordoba during the Moorish rule of southern Spain. Apparently he was a trend setter in lots of ways including inventing deodorant. But whatever it was they used, it sounds like it didn't make it's way to the new world centuries later or that stuff just wasn't available there / then, etc. I guess I'm just pointing out that it has been invented and even possibly so already in other regions and eras of world history too, little known and or lost to time.

  • @mickmacy6161
    @mickmacy6161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    From pooping to sleeping, it would be a tough life.

  • @Ravishrex1
    @Ravishrex1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Discovered a great channel here.

  • @j.z.5678
    @j.z.5678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shiver me Timbers

  • @solosailorsv8065
    @solosailorsv8065 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Twice-daily Grog rations were given to Royal Navy sailors until 1970. It was only then that the British Parliament had enough of it and declared that the last Grog ration was to be handed out on the 30th of July that same year. -A day that is now known as Black Tot Day.
    One part sour, two parts sweet, three parts strong, and four parts weak. That was the original rule of thumb for Navy Grog in the British Navy. Hereby, sour means lime/lemon juice, sweet refers to sugar, strong stands for Rum, and weak for water. Royal Navy rum was usually about 95 proof

    • @ThePiratesPort
      @ThePiratesPort  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Grog didn't come around until 1740 after the golden age of piracy was over. It wasn't 3 parts rum to 4 parts water either. Originally it was just water-to-rum ratio of 4:1 but adding sugar and limes was left up to the individual sailors to give it a better taste.

    • @BertramGroverWeeks
      @BertramGroverWeeks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThePiratesPort How would lemon and limes be preserved? Just kept in a cool damp place in the ship for as long as they last?

    • @ThePiratesPort
      @ThePiratesPort  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably they'd have been kept in a sailors possessions if they bothered to bring any. Pirates weren't quartered on their ships and they usually weren't out to sea for very long.

  • @Grimdock
    @Grimdock 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As long as I can smoke my green and the music is good; I would definitely choose this life in the event of the world ending.

  • @arlenekrese6912
    @arlenekrese6912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I heard they sail ships like mussel cars are driven today!⚓

  • @RedLorryYellowLorry_
    @RedLorryYellowLorry_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video should be named "20 reasons why Piracy was not as cool as you thought"

  • @dloren2010
    @dloren2010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So basically pirates were bad ass!

    • @donclarence3644
      @donclarence3644 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      you count murdering, raping and looting as bad ass?

    • @dloren2010
      @dloren2010 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ simmer down CommentKaren

  • @kavankangi
    @kavankangi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice....

  • @seriousguy2160
    @seriousguy2160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How did they feed the cows and goats at sea?

    • @ThePiratesPort
      @ThePiratesPort  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They would have brought along hay for the animals.

    • @tinaperez7393
      @tinaperez7393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm sure animals aboard would've added nicely to the bilge water.

  • @digge2210
    @digge2210 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome

  • @mikepoteet1443
    @mikepoteet1443 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How lovely!

  • @remcovanvliet3018
    @remcovanvliet3018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So where do I click for the free movies?

  • @triplecclan5719
    @triplecclan5719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Getting info because I’m finding the one peice

  • @jefflancaster4423
    @jefflancaster4423 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You won't know comfort until you have it, you won't appreciate freedom until you lose it . 🏴‍☠️🇺🇸

  • @MrsCraigJrPhiladelphia
    @MrsCraigJrPhiladelphia ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RIP DADDY 🇺🇲🪖😎🐑🔔🏥🩰😇🪞🗝️

  • @cheegum6296
    @cheegum6296 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Short and merry life works for me

  • @eleazg1
    @eleazg1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got that AC4: Black Flag reference from that pic 😂

  • @NathanRW
    @NathanRW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Honest question: Did they really pick out the larva? I would think the bugs provided some much needed protein, and I know that many civilizations ate/eat insects, so I'm surprised that malnurished sailors wouldn't eat them. Maybe the types of bugs (like weevils) aren't safe to eat?

    • @ThePiratesPort
      @ThePiratesPort  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I tend to never say never but, it would have been the norm to pick them out for the most part. Sailors were fed better than most people of the age since they needed the energy to do the work so they wouldn't have been that hard pressed to eat them.

  • @seantyler7401
    @seantyler7401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pirates were the intimate survivalists

  • @srephenmathisen9108
    @srephenmathisen9108 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rum was used to purify water at Sea

  • @garrettroberts7339
    @garrettroberts7339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No mention of scurvy??

    • @ThePiratesPort
      @ThePiratesPort  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Scurvy occurred after months at being at with no vitamin C. Pirates were almost never out to sea that long and there was lots of ways for them to get vitamin C in their diets.

    • @garrettroberts7339
      @garrettroberts7339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ThePiratesPort Thanks for informing me. I didn't know this. I thought it was something they dealt with often.

  • @rashaanfrater4411
    @rashaanfrater4411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Are you sure there is no radio??

  • @Johnconno
    @Johnconno 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Arrrrrrrrrrr!!!

  • @rrohx362
    @rrohx362 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    whats the name of the painting in the thumbnail?

  • @joeerickson516
    @joeerickson516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Wow!"

  • @Bashirbros
    @Bashirbros 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what did they do when they weren't pirating? did they ever take time off? if they're making considerable money, it could make sense that they wouldn't be pressed to constantly work

  • @joeerickson516
    @joeerickson516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Ouch!"

  • @christianpelkey8491
    @christianpelkey8491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    okay so being a pirate does not sound so glorious

  • @firewarrior5828
    @firewarrior5828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mr. Port I'm afraid there's been rumor among the crew....of mutiny

  • @kevinbutler371
    @kevinbutler371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    nice comentary

  • @ghostlyjudge
    @ghostlyjudge 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just makes me wanna be more of pirate

  • @joeerickson516
    @joeerickson516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Sharks!?" 🦈

  • @SlowlyTripping
    @SlowlyTripping 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can’t even imagine being a ship that long.. I bet the smell was ridiculous like hot a$$

  • @elveheim
    @elveheim 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good

  • @dangedolvarmint5469
    @dangedolvarmint5469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You know why preachers won’t go to the theater with pirates?
    Because pirates only watch movies rated arrrrr.