16th Century expedition ship

[@paulputnam2305]

Thanks Tom for this very informative video. Great job!

[@janerkenbrack3373]

Thanks, Tom. I spent my young man days as a merchant sailor, and was always fascinated by the men who sailed before me. In my day there was just enough marlinespike seamanship left to make me feel the connection to those olden days.

[@johnwaga3702]

A great video.

[@AA-4cx250b]

Bloody brilliant Tom! Sends shivers down my back bone. I hope you know how much you and Roz are appreciated.

[@reloadncharge9907]

Enjoyed this upload, very interesting! Always look forward to your videos….thanks, Andrew

[@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns]

Thanks for saying Hi Andrew. It really makes difference to us. Cheers Tom

[@msf60khz]

Thank you, Tom, for a fascinating video. I crewed on the HM Bark Endeavour in 2002 and remember the Captain o' Tops.

[@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner]

Masterpiece.

[@michaellippmann4474]

Thank you Tom...been following you for years in print and now on You Tube, always informative and entertaining... Cheers Mike 🇨🇦

[@philipwright7186]

It struck me that perhaps a contributing factor to the ability of these people to achieve such feats is that they had no distractions. Also life was tough and knowledge was gained slowly. You can't help but have a deep respect for what they achieved, pretty much always against the odds. Thanks for sharing.

[@zeilgenot]

Nice Tom, thank you. Welcome in the beautiful Holland! Merry X-mas Harry

[@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns]

Ahoy Harry! Great to hear you. We had one day in Harlingen on our way home to the UK from Denmark and the boat last autumn. Hope to catch up one day. Tom

[@SavingMaverick55]

Reminds me of Mayflower II.

[@coolnautics1260]

Wonderfull❤❤

[@KingsleyGallagher]

Great video 📹 quality ☘️

[@joesmith1142]

Tom, the only thing I dislike about your videos is they are way too short. I could have listened to an hour or two of you going on about this ship.

[@Goldfinger140]

I‘m only a minute 3, but you are absolutely right!

[@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns]

Sorry chaps. it's kind of you to say you'd like more. The trouble is, it takes ages to put these things together and Roz and I have day jobs writing, sailing, consulting, working on our navigation app AngelNav and, and, and... We love doing the videos though, so I'm pleased you are enjoying them, short though they are. Please don't despair of us! Tom

[@iainhunneybell]

⁠We all appreciate the time and effort this all takes @@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns. It’s just ‘the yarns’ and your sharing of knowledge is so compulsive, at least for some of us. Thank you for this and others ❤

[@Goldfinger140]

What a fine replica. Not one of these touristy things. Interesting how few iron parts are used. The dead eyes are out of reach from the deck. But before my inner eye I see a guy hanging above the cold water, the ship going as high to the wind as she possible could so that the lee shroud becomes loose, and the guy is pulling the hemp ropes tight…. Thanks for presenting this piece of history. There is a dutch audiobook (Audible) of the journal of Barents and van Heemskerk of their journey to Nova Zemblaya and back. Maybe there is an english version somewhere. Absolutely worth it!

[@darrinmartin8247]

I watched the "voyage of the Matthew" on PBS back in the '90s, that was great. I'm reading your celestial navigation book right now, and it's quite good. Love all your videos.

[@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns]

Thanks.Glad it all helps. Tom

[@grahamrowe6278]

Thanks Tom... Always appreciate your work here. Might there to a part 2?

[@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns]

Sorry Graham. No part 2 I fear. That's all we managed to film and we are now back in the UK with the vessel far away in Harlingen. I'm delighted you enjoy what we try to do. Nice to make contact. Tom

[@grahamrowe6278]

@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns Shame, shame..! No matter Tom. I look forward to any content you offer. Good health and opportunities next year!!

[@jeffreysearle2996]

Shout out to the camera woman

[@rogersimmons8788]

Said the camerawoman! 😊

[@ferry6497]

A little adjustment; Willem Barentz died on Nova Zembla , not in Svalbard,where they tried to survive a winter. The ship was lost and from the remaining wood they built a shelter called “ het behouden huys “,meaning something like’ the save home’ . The reason for this trip was to find a shorter Assange to CHINA via the North East route.

[@ferry6497]

Harlingen is my hometown by the way and I see the ship every day,also follies the building of it , interested for the matter as a shipwright myself.

[@ferry6497]

*followed

[@ferry6497]

*passage instead of Assange 😊

[@ryder6070]

Thanks dude! This is of particular interest to me...I'm a sailor @ anchor in Alaska been out for a month or so...take care maan! Ingrid 38

[@ferry6497]

@ Ingrid 38 is a lovely boat! No worries with that one. If Barentz had an Ingrid he would probably have survived !😂

[@prepperdan]

My ancestors came in on the cunliffe ship in the early 1700s from dossenheim Germany to Charleston according to the historical record

[@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns]

Very interesting. I believe the Cunliffe was a Liverpool-owned ship and my information is also that she served the colonies in the Carolina Sounds. This is the only other reference I have heard, so thanks for that. My family farmed on the Fylde district just north of LIverpool many generations ago so it all adds up.

[@prepperdan]

​​@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarnsyep we have the original document that references the cunliffe and our four or so family members that arrived in Charleston. But i said dossenheim in error as dossenheim is landlocked so they sailed from another city to Charleston

[@sonofadutchman9315]

There’s a lot of similarities between white swan and the “ little dove” Duyfken. Duyfken is currently based at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney NSW. Worth a look if you’re ever over here..

[@RonGroenestein]

Dear Tom, please don't make the sailing abilities too bad in your stories. With the replica ship Halve Maen (Half Moon), similar to Witte Swaen, we proved that these ships could sail to windward about 70 degrees, including drift. In any kind of sea state at anchor on a lee shore, all sailing vessels will have a problem and will be stuck at anchor being unable to sail away. There must have been good reasons to send this size of ships with this type of rig out on expeditions, one of them being excellent sailing capabilities. Hard to imagine, but they were excellent sailing vessels.

[@RosCunliffe]

@@RonGroenestein Thanks for the comment. Some expansion is certainly in order. Things change radically in a heavy sea with the ship under short sail when leeway increases and pointing falls off. Anchoring on a Lee shore was only a last-ditch survival option because, as you rightly say, a square rigger particularly would need a lot of sea room to get properly under way. Hence the old saying, ‘Anchor and hope.’

[@edl617]

I always wonder how a schooner rig would have been received in the 16th century

[@akcarlos]

they had Caravels around the time which had fore and aft sails like a schooner but the hull shape would have made a huge difference. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravel

[@kroumbatchvarov-archaeologist]

Well, let's put it this way: the first thing Columbus did was to switch from fore and aft to square rig. After the 7 Years War, when Lieutenant James Cook was given a schooner to chart the newly acquired territories after France lost North America. The first thing he asked permission to do was to re-rig the vessel as a brig as he needed maneuverability and speed. The correspondence exists. This is about as clear-cut as you can get in the relative advantages of the two rigs. Schooners were cheaper to operate as they required smaller crews. All exploration vessels, however, were square-rigged.

[@mainesail3097]

TOM--PLEASE get your audio together-very low volume-so a waste of time to watch

[@RosCunliffe]

@@mainesail3097 I’m really sorry you have a problem with my sound. This vid has had several thousand views with only your complaint about audio. I use professional Senheiser mics and I can’t do more . I check the levels on the edit and if I raise it any more it’s too much.