David Bianculli

That is true. Scurvy killed more seamen than, you know, all the other potential dangers that ship, you know, tempests and other diseases combined. And as the squadron and the wager were sailing around Cape Horn at a point when the ships are just being bandied about like these rowboats in these gigantic seas, and they need every person to persevere, they begin to suffer from scurvy.

That is true. Scurvy killed more seamen than, you know, all the other potential dangers that ship, you know, tempests and other diseases combined. And as the squadron and the wager were sailing around Cape Horn at a point when the ships are just being bandied about like these rowboats in these gigantic seas, and they need every person to persevere, they begin to suffer from scurvy.

That is true. Scurvy killed more seamen than, you know, all the other potential dangers that ship, you know, tempests and other diseases combined. And as the squadron and the wager were sailing around Cape Horn at a point when the ships are just being bandied about like these rowboats in these gigantic seas, and they need every person to persevere, they begin to suffer from scurvy.

and they don't know what causes it, but their hair begins to fall out, their teeth fall out, and as some seamen say, the disease got into their brains and they went raving mad.

and they don't know what causes it, but their hair begins to fall out, their teeth fall out, and as some seamen say, the disease got into their brains and they went raving mad.

and they don't know what causes it, but their hair begins to fall out, their teeth fall out, and as some seamen say, the disease got into their brains and they went raving mad.

Okay, so the ships are making their attempt to round Cape Horn. How did it go?

Okay, so the ships are making their attempt to round Cape Horn. How did it go?

Okay, so the ships are making their attempt to round Cape Horn. How did it go?

Oh, not so well. They lack men. At one point, I think at one of the more extraordinary moments, they can't even fly their sails because they keep blowing out. But if they take down all the sails, they can't control the ship. So they...

Oh, not so well. They lack men. At one point, I think at one of the more extraordinary moments, they can't even fly their sails because they keep blowing out. But if they take down all the sails, they can't control the ship. So they...

Oh, not so well. They lack men. At one point, I think at one of the more extraordinary moments, they can't even fly their sails because they keep blowing out. But if they take down all the sails, they can't control the ship. So they...

One of the commanders orders his men to climb the mast during this storm while the ships are rocking violently and to use their bodies as these threadbare sails so that the captain can help turn the ship. So imagine this. You have... These men and boys standing a hundred feet in the air, their bodies concave as a gale force wind blows against them.

One of the commanders orders his men to climb the mast during this storm while the ships are rocking violently and to use their bodies as these threadbare sails so that the captain can help turn the ship. So imagine this. You have... These men and boys standing a hundred feet in the air, their bodies concave as a gale force wind blows against them.

One of the commanders orders his men to climb the mast during this storm while the ships are rocking violently and to use their bodies as these threadbare sails so that the captain can help turn the ship. So imagine this. You have... These men and boys standing a hundred feet in the air, their bodies concave as a gale force wind blows against them.

And the captain was able to turn the ship around, but one of the men was lost and fell into the sea and the others could see him desperately swimming after the ship futilely.

And the captain was able to turn the ship around, but one of the men was lost and fell into the sea and the others could see him desperately swimming after the ship futilely.

And the captain was able to turn the ship around, but one of the men was lost and fell into the sea and the others could see him desperately swimming after the ship futilely.

Yeah, that's an amazing part of the story. So he doesn't want to use sails because the winds are so strong. But so he just needs a little bit of power and control. And so that's why he has these sailors go up there and act as sails.

Yeah, that's an amazing part of the story. So he doesn't want to use sails because the winds are so strong. But so he just needs a little bit of power and control. And so that's why he has these sailors go up there and act as sails.