At least one of the two caravels left Spain rigged with all Lateen sails. After arriving in the Canaries, Columbus had it re-rigged as a square rigger. The long yards of the Lateen rig, combined with the constant rolling of a long, ocean, downwind passage, just doesn't mix well. Steering was mostly done with the sails.
When I was a young lad I had three models of Columbus's ships. This was very interesting! Thank You so much for all the fantastic videos, you guys!!!!!
Thank you, Tony and Hazel for taking us on the tour of the Columbus ship museum. So much history to be seen in that part of the world. Have a wonderful holiday season.
Thanks Tony, interesting video about Columbus. What you called the Poopdeck is called the rear Castle, the “Poop” deck was in front of the front Castle, because it was down wind💩😷It is called Castles , because that is where they would fight from with bow and arrows and guns
Another good video, and interesting location with the Columbus stuff. The observations about the steering position and how did they see where they were heading, etc., captured my thoughts. The boats are similar to Cabot's ship "Matthew" of 1497, and there are two replicas, one in Bristol and one in Canada. The" Matthew" is similar to most of the ships around in that period with raised bow section and high aft decks. Rudder steering, and tiller operation, and with something called a whipstaff attached to the end of the tiller, and poking up through the poop deck. Lots of info on the Internet, but nothing specific about if such may have been used on the Columbus boats. No doubt there is someone out there with a better understanding of the development on the steering gear in the Middle Ages. There is also mention of a person called the "Conn" who seems to be some one on deck given direction orders, etc.
The steering man was called the helmsman. He didn’t need to see as the navigator gave him instructions like “1 degree to port.” Aye aye sir 1 degree to port it is.
Scurvy comes from eating too much sugar/carbohydrates. Thus, you need lots of vitamin C to counter the negative effects of insulin. If they'd eaten only fish and nothing else, they would have been fine because there is no need for large amounts of vitamin C in that case. As always +1
At least one of the two caravels left Spain rigged with all Lateen sails. After arriving in the Canaries, Columbus had it re-rigged as a square rigger.
The long yards of the Lateen rig, combined with the constant rolling of a long, ocean, downwind passage, just doesn't mix well.
Steering was mostly done with the sails.
Picture post card opening scenes. Interesting scenic tour.
When I was a young lad I had three models of Columbus's ships. This was very interesting! Thank You so much for all the fantastic videos, you guys!!!!!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it 😃😃
Thank you, Tony and Hazel for taking us on the tour of the Columbus ship museum. So much history to be seen in that part of the world. Have a wonderful holiday season.
Thanks Matt. Yes, there’s a lot of good stuff in this part of the world.
Have a great holiday season yourself!
Thoroughly enjoyed it. More....😊
Thank you 😃😃
Good one Tony and I noticed that it looked like you almost had these places to yourselves, as you said.
Thanks Bruce. Yes, it was really quite empty there! 😃😎
I always enjoy your video 👌
Thanks Tony, interesting video about Columbus.
What you called the Poopdeck is called the rear Castle, the “Poop” deck was in front of the front Castle, because it was down wind💩😷It is called Castles , because that is where they would fight from with bow and arrows and guns
Thanks Henk. Good info 😃😃
Enjoyed that. Thank you.
Thanks Dan 😀
What a fantastic Video! ❤❤ HAPPY THANKSGIVING ✝️ 🙏 ❤️ 🦃
Thanks Melinda. Hope you’re having a great weekend 👍😎
Enjoyed
Thanks Peter 😃
Thanksgiving day here in the US and a great video from Tony 's adventure. Cheers Tony
Thanks Tom 😃
Those Huelva beaches played an "important" role during WW2, Operation Mincemeat
Another good video, and interesting location with the Columbus stuff. The observations about the steering position and how did they see where they were heading, etc., captured my thoughts. The boats are similar to Cabot's ship "Matthew" of 1497, and there are two replicas, one in Bristol and one in Canada. The" Matthew" is similar to most of the ships around in that period with raised bow section and high aft decks. Rudder steering, and tiller operation, and with something called a whipstaff attached to the end of the tiller, and poking up through the poop deck. Lots of info on the Internet, but nothing specific about if such may have been used on the Columbus boats. No doubt there is someone out there with a better understanding of the development on the steering gear in the Middle Ages. There is also mention of a person called the "Conn" who seems to be some one on deck given direction orders, etc.
Good info. Thanks Edward 👍😃
The steering man was called the helmsman. He didn’t need to see as the navigator gave him instructions like “1 degree to port.” Aye aye sir 1 degree to port it is.
Good point, Gregg. He certainly steered to a compass, but that’s still not easy in a rolling ship with no wider vision or star to steer to.
I was hoping you would do the second trip when they were open to show us
We really wanted to see the boats, Tim. Had to go back! 👍😃
The first village that knew of the discovery of America was Baiona (Spain). The other returning boat arrived to Lisbon a couple of days later.
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The rigging is similar to yours?
No mate. Mine is inspired by Chinese vessels 👍
The lateen rig was still in use on small boats sailing on the Nile last time I was there
Scurvy comes from eating too much sugar/carbohydrates. Thus, you need lots of vitamin C to counter the negative effects of insulin. If they'd eaten only fish and nothing else, they would have been fine because there is no need for large amounts of vitamin C in that case. As always +1
I think it wasn't until James Cook in the 18th century that it was discovered the importance of vitamin C against scurvy.
Thanks Harry. Interesting!