David Bianculli

Yeah. One of those is actually John Byron, who later is the grandfather of Lord Byron, the poet. The way you describe it, one of the more dangerous jobs on board was climbing the main mast. Can you describe how harrowing that is?

Yeah. One of those is actually John Byron, who later is the grandfather of Lord Byron, the poet. The way you describe it, one of the more dangerous jobs on board was climbing the main mast. Can you describe how harrowing that is?

Yeah. One of those is actually John Byron, who later is the grandfather of Lord Byron, the poet. The way you describe it, one of the more dangerous jobs on board was climbing the main mast. Can you describe how harrowing that is?

Yeah, it's harrowing. So you mentioned Jahan Byram, for example, this midshipman who is 16 years old when the voyage sets sail. And he has to learn, you know... how to work and operate on a ship. And one of the tasks he has to do is to climb these masts that can rise as much as 100 feet. They would have to climb along these ropes that hold up the mast on the exterior and scurry up them.

Yeah, it's harrowing. So you mentioned Jahan Byram, for example, this midshipman who is 16 years old when the voyage sets sail. And he has to learn, you know... how to work and operate on a ship. And one of the tasks he has to do is to climb these masts that can rise as much as 100 feet. They would have to climb along these ropes that hold up the mast on the exterior and scurry up them.

Yeah, it's harrowing. So you mentioned Jahan Byram, for example, this midshipman who is 16 years old when the voyage sets sail. And he has to learn, you know... how to work and operate on a ship. And one of the tasks he has to do is to climb these masts that can rise as much as 100 feet. They would have to climb along these ropes that hold up the mast on the exterior and scurry up them.

It wasn't like ships today where you could kind of work the seals from down on the deck. You had to go up and then climb up and climb up. Sometimes when you were climbing, your back was nearly parallel to the deck and the sea. Right, because the ship is moving.

It wasn't like ships today where you could kind of work the seals from down on the deck. You had to go up and then climb up and climb up. Sometimes when you were climbing, your back was nearly parallel to the deck and the sea. Right, because the ship is moving.

It wasn't like ships today where you could kind of work the seals from down on the deck. You had to go up and then climb up and climb up. Sometimes when you were climbing, your back was nearly parallel to the deck and the sea. Right, because the ship is moving.

This is not a static pole. The ship is rocking back and forth.

This is not a static pole. The ship is rocking back and forth.

This is not a static pole. The ship is rocking back and forth.

No, and it's important to mention that there will come a time on this voyage where not only are they rocking back and forth, they have to do this in hurricanes and typhoons. So they are swinging as if they were spiders clinging on as the ship rocks close to 45 degrees to one side and then 45 degrees to the other. I have to ask you what the toilet situation was like.

No, and it's important to mention that there will come a time on this voyage where not only are they rocking back and forth, they have to do this in hurricanes and typhoons. So they are swinging as if they were spiders clinging on as the ship rocks close to 45 degrees to one side and then 45 degrees to the other. I have to ask you what the toilet situation was like.

No, and it's important to mention that there will come a time on this voyage where not only are they rocking back and forth, they have to do this in hurricanes and typhoons. So they are swinging as if they were spiders clinging on as the ship rocks close to 45 degrees to one side and then 45 degrees to the other. I have to ask you what the toilet situation was like.

Well, everything on a ship had its own name, and the toilet was known as the head. It was basically a hole in the water, and it would just kind of shoot through and down into the sea.

Well, everything on a ship had its own name, and the toilet was known as the head. It was basically a hole in the water, and it would just kind of shoot through and down into the sea.

Well, everything on a ship had its own name, and the toilet was known as the head. It was basically a hole in the water, and it would just kind of shoot through and down into the sea.

But in storms, for the average seaman, when it became so rough, and it would when they were going around Cape Horn, the seas were coming over the entire bow of the ship, washing some of the heads away and making it impossible to use them.

But in storms, for the average seaman, when it became so rough, and it would when they were going around Cape Horn, the seas were coming over the entire bow of the ship, washing some of the heads away and making it impossible to use them.