Fantastic video. The nautical history and knowledge of the pirates was vast, as well as other specialties. People like to imagine pirates as poor, dumb, crooks who were dying of curvy, but when we read about them they are quite smart and hardy cultured people just living in their times trying to get along or find freedom from the tyranny of the King ruled lands. Let us remember them more fondly for their culture and history than hyper violent dirty criminals they are stereotyped as.
Bust out the sextant. My father taught me how to celestially navigate as a teen before my first long term open ocean voyage. I still break it out. But now we have a nice flatscreen with GPS like on a plane. A little icon of our vessel just creeping along. Auto, my little autopilot working away. Lol
Adore everything about your videos. Themes, artwork and language used. Keep up the Great work and Thank you so much for another masterpiece video 🌟👑👌 P.S. was waiting eagerly whole week for this one.. knowing how important navigation was for the pirates..
A wise Old Salt once told me that you can teach a 6 year old how to sail in a day, but seamanship (navigation and all the rest) takes a lifetime to master.
I'm not sure to what extent but they certainly had superstitions related to the sky. For example the phrase "red sky at night sailors delight, red sky at morning sailors take warning" was used as a way to predict the weather. I'd imagine that some sailors would have taken events, such as shooting stars or eclipses, as harbingers of various things. Just like today some would have been more superstitious than others and, as pirate crews were typically quite diverse, various beliefs and superstitions would have been prevalent among them.
Awesome its a nice overcast morning, good for just kicking back and listening to stories about pirates 🏴☠
Lots of info and good video.
Fantastic video. The nautical history and knowledge of the pirates was vast, as well as other specialties. People like to imagine pirates as poor, dumb, crooks who were dying of curvy, but when we read about them they are quite smart and hardy cultured people just living in their times trying to get along or find freedom from the tyranny of the King ruled lands. Let us remember them more fondly for their culture and history than hyper violent dirty criminals they are stereotyped as.
Bust out the sextant. My father taught me how to celestially navigate as a teen before my first long term open ocean voyage. I still break it out. But now we have a nice flatscreen with GPS like on a plane. A little icon of our vessel just creeping along. Auto, my little autopilot working away. Lol
Always great to know for emergencies!
If the content keeps coming, the likes and subscribers will increase. Soon we will get you up there mate
Thanks Jim!
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How accurate was black sails to actual history?
So damned glad you're back, man.
It's International Speak Like A Pirate Day on Tuesday 19 September 🏴
I hate outlaws and any sort of i justice, but i must say that your videos have a huge historical value.
Adore everything about your videos. Themes, artwork and language used. Keep up the Great work and Thank you so much for another masterpiece video 🌟👑👌 P.S. was waiting eagerly whole week for this one.. knowing how important navigation was for the pirates..
Thanks!!
A wise Old Salt once told me that you can teach a 6 year old how to sail in a day, but seamanship (navigation and all the rest) takes a lifetime to master.
How? Very carefully I'd guess ... accurate charts were often state secrets and so very valuable.
Can you make a video about the pirate haven ranter bay?
I’ll try to get to it in the future
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Did sailors in this time have superstitions about the stars they used to navigate?
I'm not sure to what extent but they certainly had superstitions related to the sky. For example the phrase "red sky at night sailors delight, red sky at morning sailors take warning" was used as a way to predict the weather. I'd imagine that some sailors would have taken events, such as shooting stars or eclipses, as harbingers of various things.
Just like today some would have been more superstitious than others and, as pirate crews were typically quite diverse, various beliefs and superstitions would have been prevalent among them.