How a 16th Century Explorer's Sailing Ship Works

[@animagraffs]

VIDEO CORRECTIONS: Feel free to add your corrections to this thread, but be patient with each other and viewers as we learn together!

[@animagraffs]

0:29 - It's Swedish ship Vasa, not Dutch.

[@NathanDudani]

Cannon is both the singular and plural, not cannons

[@The-Caged-King]

Any reason for the lack of background music?

[@Drummingwolverine]

7:58 Forecastle is pronounced “fo’c’sle” because over time we got lazy with pronouncing the whole nautical term (like boatswain -> bosun, coxswain -> coxin)

[@animagraffs]

@@Drummingwolverine I knew the "fo'c'sle" comment was coming, and put an answer to it in the video, it's just later on.

[@SteveBoobJobs]

Love how everything has a specific name except 'thick stuff'

[@pyridonfaltis9761]

Don't forget the "white stuff" (6:25)

[@thomasw178]

Language is fun. That actually is a specific name, though. The evolved meaning of stuff as a generic conglomerate of things came later.

[@martybgood62]

That made me laugh!

[@PlatinumHustle]

that was my nickname with all my ex’s

[@Jianju69]

Even today, in hobby circles, there's a group of epoxy clays we call "green stuff".

[@Twas-RightHere]

38:01 My god, I had the biggest "Ah ha!" moment here. So THAT'S why ship speeds are measured in "knots"'!!! That and the origin of the phrase "learning the ropes". I'm so glad I watched this video.

[@Catatonic2789]

Stempost and Sternpost finally explained the term "Stem to stern" to me, that one bothered me forever I always thought it should be "Bow to stern" or something like that.

[@Stravant]

Other sailing terminology in English: * Pipe down * Cut of their jib * Keel over * Taken aback * Loose cannon * By and large * The bitter end * Under the weather * Square meal * Sound it out * and many more Feels like half of all English expressions have their origins in sailing.

[@TheEvertw]

He didn't explain it, but the definition of a Fathom, the measurement for depths, was the distance from hand to hand between two outstretched arms. The depth was simply measured by the number of times a rope can be hauled in using an overhand technique where the right hand pulls the rope through the left hand until both arms are stretched out, when the left hand pinched the rope and holds it, until the right hand can come over and take it over at the place it was pinched.

[@TheEvertw]

@@Stravant Same for the Dutch language, also a nation with a very long and proud naval tradition.

[@robertszynal4745]

I've heard people say they're going to "hit the head" meaning to go to the toilet, so even that is still around. Incredible how much has lasted from that era.

[@maddogwillie1019]

The labor and craftsmanship to make a ship with the tools at the time is amazing

[@nordoceltic7225]

I mean it helps to remember this is the "USS New Jersey" of its day. A no holds barred, no expense spared, best they could have managed military warship. It represents all the knowledge and resources of an entire Empire, and all the past history of its people and every other culture's technology they adopted, coming together to create an object to project their power out over the seas. A good example is how the mast was mounted, the ribbing, and the layout of the keel are all very similar to how old Norse Longboats were constructed. So its a clear evolution of ship building know how. Still wildly impressive given what they had to work with at the time.

[@SpaceCowboy-u7j]

Wooden ships are more impressive to me than modern ships made of iron and steel.

[@nicolepelchat3283]

I’m in genuine awe of the technology and knowledge. I’ve seen tall ships and all the ropes and things but never really stopped to think about how they really worked. This is a marvel.

[@EmreCanKorkmaz]

Indeed. Those ships were the frontier of technic at the time, comparable to the spacefaring tech of today.

[@MW_Asura]

@@nordoceltic7225 You mean the Portuguese and Spanish? Also what you mean " best they could have managed military warship"? Lol, English ships were second rate at best compared to Portuguese and Spanish ships of the time. "It represents all the knowledge and resources of an entire Empire" - England wasn't even beginning to be an empire at this time mate. I don't know what you're on about

[@uchuuhikoutai]

This is what television should have been. Thank you

[@bholdr----0]

Yeah, no kidding! There are quite a few KZbin channels that produce content that is far superior to anything that used to be on the History Channel, Discovery Channel, TLC, and even on the networks... Some are even better than most of PBS or the BBC! (Though I'll always have a soft spot for 'The wild world of sports' 'Nova', and 'Wild america', and other shows that I grew up with... Just off of the top of my head, I can think of a dozen channels that are superior to almost anything that used to be on broadcast TV! (Like this one, and Real Engineering, V-Sauce, This old Tony, and so on... Cheers!

[@joemama370]

I dropped out in grade 8, never to go back. Here I am 43, and locked right in. The teacher, not the material, is the only difference. Couldn't pay me to go out into the water, still captivated.

[@jesseflores9087]

History channel used to be like this

[@Iosis07]

But TV is all about storage wars and similar garbage.

[@garylawson5381]

As an old model ship builder, I have to say I am impressed. To say this video is informative, is a gross understatement.

[@zoeybella234]

The level of detail and graphics has blown my mind. This is impressive.

[@baska-]

The size of ships pre-industrial revolution is absolutely incredible.

[@dumwyteguy]

True, 16th century ships were not large compared to modern aircraft carriers and cruising yachts but the HMS Victory is pretty frigging huge bro

[@theexchipmunk]

@@dumwyteguy Yeah, it also does not come across well in videos and pictures how impressive the Victory actually is. Having visited it before, when it was still was completely viewable and not cordoned off in a lot of places for it´s large scale restauration, it´s so damn huge. But even ships from the 16th-17th century are really damn large in person. If you ever are in the Netherlands, they got the recreation of the Batavia, which was a ship designed and build originally in the 1600´s. And it too is surprisingly massive in person.

[@elmo2you]

@@theexchipmunk I've never seen the HMS Victory, but I've been on the Batavia several times, while they were building it. In some ways it looked even more massive than after its completion, but I'm not sure if that was because of being still a teen or because the still incomplete structure made it easier to see some things in proportion to each other. Either way, it was impressive without a doubt. What still stays with me to this day, is the smell of the tarred rope for sealing the hull (breewtouw). I still love that smokey smell like nothing else. Maybe also because that in turn reminded me of how people used to tar smaller wooden ships (punters) near Giethoorn in the Weerribben, where I grew up as a child. Even though I no longer live there (or even in Holland for that matter), the old craftsmanship of wooden shipbuilding is an art form I start appreciating ever more so, the older I get. Although I realize it mostly in hindsight, the amount of ingenuity and practicality that went into building traditional (even smaller) wooden boats, is quite astonishing.

[@bconni2]

and what's mind blowing is how the tiny kingdom of Portugal took the lead in the age of exploration. don't forget, the Portuguese in the 15th century innovated almost every major technological advancement in maritime exploration and naval warfare that other Europeans duplicated. the standard European ship design for 300 years was modeled after the 15th century Portuguese carracks. over the centuries other European ship builders and mariners made specific modifications to their ships, but the standard design originated in Portugal.

[@1utube01]

The ships of China under Zheng He (sp?) were enormous, though, to transport people and goods.

[@homuraakemi493]

And just imagine, every nail, plank, rope, every little thing, all hand made with raw human and animal power and skill. Its mind boggling 😮

[@jeffsmith2022]

It's all they knew...

[@mytoll6529]

The world is still that way we make everything we see. Even if machines built it someone had to build the machine.

[@allenschmitz9644]

@@homuraakemi493 even the 'ship'worms had to make there own holes.

[@Farweasel]

@@allenschmitz9644 Well THAT sounds slightly rude I must say

[@grandrapids57]

and people say we only have high tech today... well try DESIGNING and then building that ship!

[@MinedMaker]

0:29 The Vasa ship (if it's the one I think it is) was Swedish, not Dutch. Don't really change anything, just thought I should mention it.

[@animagraffs]

Added to the pinned CORRECTIONS thread, thank you. Feel free to comment there as other corrections arise, so the folks in this thread can calm their nerves a little. lol. I respect solid research as always, so we can't let these details go unnoticed!

[@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo]

It was built by Dutch experts.

[@MinedMaker]

@@animagraffs I loved the video, everything about it was great. The way you talked about the navigational instruments and the daily routine of a navigator really made me feel like I was onboard the ship for real. It was a big part of what made the whole thing work.

[@peerschulz2029]

@@CliffCardi and he uses compleatly different types of ships for a "generalized model". Mary Rose was a carrack, Mayflower a fluty, Golden Hind a raider-style galleon and Vasa a great-galleon. All these are different types of ships with different building techniques, layouts and riggings. This is like going "My model combines a truck, a tank and a train for a general land-vehicle of the 20th century."

[@hansmalm2801]

@@animagraffs The ship builder in charge was Dutch though. But it's definitely a Swedish ship, built in Sweden of Swedish oak.

[@RandomWombleP]

One impressive thing about ship building centuries ago which was vaguely touched on is how trees would be deliberately encouraged to grow in specific ways, over multiple generations, to provide wood that fit the shapes required for ship building (and other uses). How often these days are people planning for not just their children but their children's children's children (great grandchildren) or more to reap the rewards of their actions.

[@Stickyburrs]

Fascinating- The history of trees and shipbuilding could be a 2 hr. video on its own. Thanks

[@funwithmagnus8570]

Many people voting don't have children so that's what creates a lot of long term problems. I have 3 young kids and I'm trying to build a future for my grandkids but everyone else around votes for the destruction of my life style.

[@sarahsmith840]

@@funwithmagnus8570 The ones preventing us from solving the problems usually have grandkids.

[@orekingcatan8142]

Makes me think about the sad tree grower when the industrial revolution made all of his perfectly grown, ship-building trees obsolete.

[@thearizonaranger7376]

Like how the Swedish Navy planted a ton of trees in the early 1800s for shipbuilding, and by the time they were ready for use in the 1970s there was no use for them.

[@nicodemusation]

The incredible complexity of these vessels is something to admire. It's easy to forget considering how automatic all of these processes have become with modern ships. The detailed craftsmanship by the builders, and the skill required to operate everything in such conditions is just remarkable. Also remarkable is the video itself! Amazing rendering with easy to understand animations. Loved the commentary and the intentional bits of extra information about parts of the ship and other things. Very well done. Can't imagine how long it took to make this. 👌

[@jaspeeerj]

Jake, I watched this video and immediately sent it to my grandpa as I knew he would love it. He’s turning 90 in a few weeks and lives on the other side of the world to me. Despite his age he is as sharp as ever. He said your video is amazing and that he has visited a few old ships without realising what went into building them and the very complicated control of sails and navigation. So thank you for making this and giving me something to connect with him. Your 90+ fan base just grew by 1.

[@yugen]

I also thought of my grandpa when I saw this. He would have been 84 now. I still have a model ship that was his, a Spanish Galleon. I know he would have loved this video, so glad you're able to share it with your grandpa!

[@lambertodgr8]

Great video .I was still using these navigation methods 10 years ago I preferred them to Gps which has some limitations and errors

[@SebSN-y3f]

Thank you for sharing. All the best for your grandpa and your family!

[@Louis-e6q]

My dad is 88 ys old and he would love to see this also ❤

[@shapesnatch1341]

This is coming in super handy for the fantasy book I'm writing. I just needed a general overview of how these types of ships worked👍

[@animagraffs]

It's honestly my fav thing when writers say they watch my work to do research. I love it.

[@shapesnatch1341]

@@SharpObserver1A Yes, I know that. It included what I needed to know

[@furrycow9263]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@SharpObserver1AWhole treatises that are so large you could use them as a weapon have been written about sailing. You do understand this is just an overview and the scope of the video is limited? It’s also clearly more focused on the components of the ship rather than the techniques of sailing.

[@rampaginwalrus]

@@SharpObserver1A you should consult a doctor about your correctile dysfunction

[@stevenclark1243]

@@rampaginwalrus Well played

[@birmoth1]

"Your majesty, we bring you spoils from the new world- The American pickup truck! There it is stowed on deck..."

[@Davey-Boyd]

"Very nice my trusted servant. Now find something useful, that actually fits on our roads".

[@UncleJoeLITE]

Likely s\he was underwhelmed 😂

[@dannyarcher6370]

@@UncleJoeLITE Would've been Elizabeth who identified as female as far as I am aware.

[@greytooth898]

@Davey-Boyd or maybe y’all should build some bigger roads 😄

[@Davey-Boyd]

@@greytooth898 We would have to knock down all the castles though ....

[@LanceT.]

Wow, I don't know if I'm more impressed by how much work they put into building, maintaining, and sailing these ships or how much work you put into creating this presentation. Well done!

[@Angenga]

I'm honestly just at a loss for words to describe the gratitude I have for you making this video so informative, easy to follow, entertaining and above all slick. Well done, sir.

[@mrlik7916]

I live in England and as part of a school trip when we were 10 we got taken onboard the golden hinde for a tour. I remember the tour guide telling us all about the god-awful living conditions; no room to sleep, rats, weevil hardtack, etc. At the end he asked us all 'so who wants to be a sailor and go around the world?' about two people put their hands up, he then said 'who wants to be a sailor, go around the world and get rich from all the treasure' naturally everyone put their hands up... 'well too late because the first lot got it all and now there's none left!' Stuck with me ever since

[@jomicoud10_62]

😅👍

[@juanvillar435]

Que pena que el pirata Drake fuera el numero 19 en hacerlo 😂 18 españoles lo hicieron antes y le enseñaron el camino!! Sigue participando

[@TheAnimeist]

That's great lesson. Thank you for sharing.

[@SilverDragonZZL]

Might also want to elaborate the 'get rich' part. The locals might not just hand over their wealth without some sort of exploitation or enslavement.

[@t.c.bramblett617]

@@juanvillar435 Yea Drake just stole his from the Spanish who already stole it lol

[@joku02]

This went into more detail than any historical documentaries have ever done! I applaud you!!! AMazing video and quality

[@BoopSnoot]

Its sad the disclaimer put at the end, demonizing European explorers and minimizing their technological accomplishments in being the first to circumnavigate the globe and dominate the seas so tremendously eclipsing other cultures and civilizations technologically. They deserve absolute full credit for the age of sail.

[@sridharpalla2534]

no words can describe the details, complexity, difficulties, lifestyle, and ingenious solutions our ancestors' sailers came up with but this video did. For your time, effort, and the voice - thank you. KZbin channels come and go over the years. This channel is immortal.

[@Farweasel]

Do make your mind up sir 😋

[@fumanpoo4725]

Free beer!

[@omerulahmet9407]

I am really amazed by your work. when I was watching this I felt like I was in a very special ship engineering seminar. Please keep up the good work and take care.

[@songoftheostrich]

This video is an absolutely astonishing work of not only 3d modeling, but also of research and presentation. I can’t imagine how many hours went into producing this. I really appreciate it and would love to see more historical technology videos.

[@goobfilmcast4239]

As a kid I used to draw my own versions of these age of sail ships…..this video is a miracle

[@ABIELYASHARAHLA]

“Teach the new guy the ropes.” Now I understand where that came from.

[@coleman6131]

And how speed is measured in "knots"? Knowledge that seems obvious once you learn it, but has eluded me my whole life.

[@MihaiRUdeRO]

@@coleman6131 was about to comment the same thing regarding knots... It's even funnier that airplanes also measure speed in knots

[@jonbowman7686]

@@MihaiRUdeRO wait you don't toss knotted rope out your Cessna to gauge airspeed?

[@AttilaAsztalos]

@@coleman6131 next stop: where "Mark Twain" comes from...

[@MihaiRUdeRO]

@@jonbowman7686 I thought throwing kotted rope out the cessna was the job of the cabin boy?

[@s3_build]

We stop working in the studio whenever Animagraffs uploads.

[@sedled2829]

@@s3_build real recognize real

[@dietcoke759]

We stop taking calls at my fire station

[@Bacinator334]

I stopped operating mid surgery and even ordered door dash into the room

[@TitanAceKomp]

@@dietcoke759 We stop going bathroom and shit on bed 💀

[@ryvyr]

My digestive system takes a break to watch the latest video with me, and I need to manually breathe~

[@keiross]

I love the detail, pace and total lack of dramatic music or other bs. Thanks so much.

[@rudyschwab7709]

"All of the rigging for the ship demystified" .... My head is still spinning!

[@markwiygul6356]

great model! One constructive comment is that those 15-19th century ships had lots of juvenile boys on board in those years, the midshipmen and cabin boys. I visited the USS Cairo Museum (civil war iron clad destroyed and sunk at Vicksburg in the Mississippi River) and the museum had a picture salvaged from the sunken ship that the captain kept, of "1st Class Boy George Yost" age 14, which is on their online site too. They were small men on those ships not only because they were smaller men back then, but also because those ships were filled with juveniles. The "Midshipmen" were from officers families and were officers in training, as boys, but the other cabin boys were frequently "juvenile delinquents" who were serving time as punishment, and not expected to rise to officer status.

[@nordoceltic7225]

I'll respectfully address that while sure people where not fed as well as modern people, this myth that they were all 5 foot tall and 110 pounds from horrific malnutrition kind of needs to go away. European men still averaged 5 foot 6, to 6 foot 2, had a healthy weight between 150 and 200 pounds. I think there is a tendency to get thrown off by found artifacts that somehow people of the past were tiny because most surviving equipment was was the stuff that was gently used, like children's gear that would only have been in use a year or two. The adults stuff was just simply used up and quickly replaced, and when a man retired, if his gear was still in good condition it would be given to his sons who in turn used it up and disposed of it when it finally failed. I think the MOST telling example of people's average size back then is walking though a historic building. They are still comfortable for us modern folk, even the tall ones. This means there were enough tall men that motivated building something to certain size. Quite a stark difference between that and a 6'3" modern man traveling to Japan where they constantly encounter all kinds of building features that just out-rightly too small for them, and even more so in historic Japanese buildings. And there is also a tendency to remember that people in the military, aka people with jobs, tended to be well fed at least when they were not on long and extended deployments. So the "but they were malnourished" doesn't hold water. This is DOUBLY true if they were titled in any way. Even the lowest of the gentry could easily afford all the food they wanted to eat and them some, often with many luxury foods in the mix. Its estimated even the peasants manged like 2500 to 5000 calories a day depending on how demanding their jobs were. It might have been plain food seasoned only with salt and herbs, but it was hearty food all the same. Pretty much everybody but the most destitute of poor ate meat daily, lots of whole grain breads, and heaps of fresh vegetables often home grown in their own gardens. While this addresses the late 1500's the earlier era Suits of armor were a great example of this. Many people (my past self included) marvel at how how tiny many of the surviving suits are in museums today, not understanding those suits, they were made for the preteen and teenage sons of rich families where the armor was very lightly used if it was even used at all. And so when Junior outgrew his mostly ceremonial armor, it was stashed in the family collections and thus survived the ages. One of the reasons for such a lavie expense (a suit of plate armor was estimated to cost the equivalent of something like $3 million in today's money) was noble sons might actually take to the field as young as 14 years old, and what self-respecting father wouldn't spend whatever it took to make sure his son came back alive? Meanwhile the much lager, fully adult knights took their equipment out to the field, and frankly, ruined it through hard use. But bangs up, broken and beaten, that armor was still made of valuable steel, so its believed most of the adult kit and equipment was recycled into new items, which is why so few examples exist. Of those examples it quickly becomes clear that they are sized for men of sizes that are very common in today's men. Swords too are actually a great example of this. Historically military issue swords only became high quality in the Napoleonic era where the offer's saber was more used for pointing than any kind of fighting. Prior to that is often remarked how cude and roughly fitted historical sword were. But it makes sense when one realizes a sword actually used for all its worth in real combat is lucky to survive even 1 battle without snapping for suffering horrific edge damage, let alone 2 or 3 battles. And as such the swords were forged to be, and treated as disposable objects to be recycled after only a few uses. Which is why once the gun, and the early revolvers, drove the sword to becoming a dress and ceremonial object to be actually used at last resort, we suddenly have gobs and gobs of surviving examples and the quality and workmanship dramatically improved.

[@1uckedout]

@@nordoceltic7225 Are they really estimating height based on artifacts and equipment? Are skeletal remains not the biggest influencing factor for size estimations? There are also written accounts, both official and unofficial, used as evidence. I think gear is low on the list of clues historians look at to determine height/size.

[@AaronHahnStudios]

Thank you for Not adding any annoying music that interferes with listing to the important information.

[@Animagraffs-ht5ly]

The war of the music rages on. Other commenters don't like the silence. I've tried adding a little white noise between audio edits in another video and someone hated that. lol. I shall one day nail it, and then, I shall die an old, contented man.

[@strikeeaglechase1582]

@@Animagraffs-ht5ly I came down here just to figure out why there wasn't any music lol, I much prefer it with the music, does youtube give you access to the multiple audio track feature? That could be a solution

[@zawiszaczarnysulima3700]

Holly...people are now splitting hairs over the music, or lack there of. I like to have music with the video! I don't like to have music with the video! I tell you what: if you need music with a video that does not have it, how about if you take this little mouse, point it at this little house called Spotify, and click on something? Now you have your music with the video, and people who do not want to have music with the video can enjoy a musicless narrative. Deal?

[@detroitpolak9904]

@@Animagraffs-ht5ly I’m fine with the music. When it is playing, it doesn’t drown out the narration and being louder when no narration is fine. Plus, it seems time-period appropriate. It’s not like you’re playing Welcome To The Jungle. Although, playing Bismarck by Sabaton for the Bismarck might be pretty cool.

[@beardedlonewolf7695]

Some classical music in the background would be better imo, but granted it's better nothing than some weird music that doesn't fit lol

[@joachimmacdonald2702]

a small technical point, but the buntlines, clewlines and martinets are not used to set the sail but to furl it - they all pull the sail up and inboard towards the yard, and when the sail is set should be loose. the braces, sheets, tacks and bowlines are used to set the sail.

[@animagraffs]

I did say "to let the sail down", however, I don't doubt I could be even clearer on their nuances, and I thank you for this clear description, especially if they're loose(er) or not as depicted once the sail is set.

[@paddyglenny]

I take my hat off to the creator(s) of this presentation. Must have taken hundreds of hours work. A superb job!

[@nikolausbenz5637]

The gently clear voice going into the creative detail of how a sailing ship evolved is truly astonishing and very educational.

[@markairman8041]

Rarely do I experience something on KZbin that rises to the ranks of supreme. Animagraffs drawings are among the best anywhere. Thank you for making these.

[@jirislavicek9954]

I agree, this is outstanding piece of work! 👍

[@bathvader]

You are amazing. Your research, your animations, your sharing of knowledge. You are an example of how technology can be used to educate. Since I was a kid I’ve been obsessed with cutaway models of ships but never found anything as detailed and well-researched as this, condensed into a decent length. Thank you!

[@ImeanFFS]

Genuinely one of the best channels on KZbin. Meticulous, slow paced, beautiful, detailed. Just the perfect brain food!

[@JayRock907]

Whats even more fascinating is the fact that we navigated and landed on the moon using the same techniques that the astrolabe does, navigating while using the stars' positions. thanks for this video!

[@mdmjeremiah]

From now on anytime someone says to me that people hundreds of years ago were not intelligent or any similar statement I will point them directly to this video. This was astonishing and humbling. Great work!

[@coffeeisgood102]

The level of engineering and technical skills to build one of these is just astounding. Some very great minds at work on those ships.

[@Fitzwewels]

This is the best video you've ever produced. Every second, I kept wondering when I'd be disappointed by the end of the video, and then there was MORE! Incredible work. This made my day.

[@donniemontoya9300]

I always seem to forget just how many components to the masts and sails there are and how many parts of it are adjustable. They are incredibly complex and flexible peices of technology.

[@miguelpanta]

those ships are so well designed it blows me away. the video is simply amazing reg. the level of detail, which went in there, and the editing/animation. wow.

[@tomgeorgearts]

It is just unbelievable how complex these vessels were. I know nothing about this subject but I am just in awe at the people who designed and built them; and also those that operated them - in all kinds of weather, fixing and maintaining them too, through arduous journeys that lasted years, with no comforts at all! (except the captain). Their know-how and toughness was incredible. Thanks for this enjoyable video. It's a reminder of what humans can achieve, physically and mentally.

[@keldonlemon]

Uh oh. I was about to work on something but then Animagraffs uploaded. Looks like I'll get to it in 41:08

[@jessesteeltown]

or 20:34 if you like your free time lol

[@deadfrontdm]

I recently made a career move into 3D animation and it’s the most rewarding job I’ve ever had. Your work is incredible on so many levels. Truly inspiring. Thank you!

[@JABTV2008]

This animation is truly a work of art. No question. Beautiful and enlightening.

[@herds22]

Outstanding vid! I would love to see how the studding sails were rigged and deployed, if you haven't made a vid on that yet.

[@MAVENdeNYC]

This is the video I've been seeking for years. The engineering is astounding. I enjoy the way things are both isolated and superimposed to get a grasp of where certain things are located in space, and the names of the pieces are given, especially the name of one piece in its current period as well as its later name. Much thanks! Very appreciated.

[@mymobile5014]

This is an example of human ingenuity. Animagraffs will have a place in history eventually.

[@AttilaAsztalos]

Come on, I already fully consider it an INSTITUTION...

[@DankNoodles420]

I highly doubt it.

[@mildly_miffed_man1414]

@@DankNoodles420they may eventually have a place and be remembered, while you will never be.

[@Hawk7886]

Everything on youtube will be lost one day

[@theoptimisticmetalhead7787]

Man this makes me excited to hopefully see 15th, 17th, and 19th century sailing vessels too!

[@TheEvertw]

Kudos for getting so much naval and shipwright terminology right. That in itself took quite a bit of research, I am sure.

[@animagraffs]

I'm motivated to get things right as much as I can! I'm also motivated by the never-ending total roast that'll happen from every expert in the world after I publish, when I miss little details. Fair enough, far be it from me to complain about folks like me who like details. lol.

[@bekindandmerciful5145]

The ingenioty and craftmasnhip required to build this is just incredible

[@fabfran4104]

Brilliant explanation. As a historian I now understand how these incredible ships work and the genius needed to sail them.

[@BTarpley805]

THIS will be a wonderful compliment to the fighting ship video! 💕 1:20 and there it is! 🤣

[@kozatas]

Another work of art from Animagraff! Lots of engineering and physics are going on in these beautiful ships. For the first time in my life, the word "knots" as a speed indicator made sense.

[@petermacris8260]

4:35 I was not ready for this

[@Maj_Problem]

@@petermacris8260 Thicc stuff

[@FloydofOz]

And Breast hooks fortify

[@andrewdoyle4741]

They ran out of ideas for names

[@Razor2401]

But you were ready for white stuff? 😂

[@jcb5782]

I love the complexity of the running rigging. The rigging is not neatly separated by mast, but uses other masts for tension and ties unto other pieces of rigging like it’s all dancing together. This also really puts into perspective why loosing a mast could be such a catastrophe. A ship such as this one here would have been absolutely dead in the water. Amazing video man, thanks!

[@GamePlayShare]

Thanks for the video. I always wanted to see how those ships worked.

[@bluejay693]

Thank you SO much for making this video!! I'm as big a fan of 18th and 17th century sailing as the next guy but this is an era I've always been so curious about and it gets so much less love. The detail in this video straight down to the fasteners and joinery is exactly what I enjoy learning about, thank you!!!

[@forlorndream1400]

Try to imagine all the different professions and trades that were required, along with all the raw materials, to put a ship like this to sea. Then you needed highly educated men to navigate and manage the ship, along with skilled men to handle her. Not to mention taking all this into a fight. Ships then, as now, represented a massive investment and were a massive show of force and power. Even a ship as small as this could wreak havoc on coastal towns and villages as well as decimate other, less advanced, navies. Now imagine all of this multiplied by a thousand when you consider a ship of the line from the Napoleonic era. They really were beautiful and devastating machines.

[@daroniussubdeviant3869]

that video was a work of art in it's self.

[@okasur1]

Im 64 and this is one of the best videos I've seen in my life.

[@Funktionalisti]

Ever since I was a wee nipper in the 70s, I've been fascinated by sea & ships. This documentary is (by a considerable margin) the best description of a sailing ship I have ever encountered. You even made the rigging understandable: pure magic. Absolutely marvellous work, sir! More, please.

[@yugytomm]

Amazing and beautiful! The research and modeling had to take a crazy amount of time. Thank you very much for your hard work! I love sailing ships and I am seriously grateful for the opportunity to see such a spectacular, detailed model.

[@danielmorris7648]

God I love every single thing about your animations it scratches a itch in my brain like nothing else

[@Radials]

I just watched Master and Commander the other day and now this upload! What an encore!! Very nicely done!

[@ColoradoStreaming]

If you like the era check out a book called, "Two Years Before the Mast" its a firsthand account of a merchant sailor along the California coast a few years before the gold rush. Its actually surreal how he describes California as an empty and desolate place.

[@northwoods-fn4lc]

Such an awesome conglomeration of old technology and engineering. Can't imagine how hard of a life it would be to actually crew one of these vessels across the ocean though.

[@Calebscott360]

At the end of this video, I’ve been set speechless. The simplicity, yet genius, of almost the entire crude technology behind these ships is mind blowing. From the traverse board, to the rigging. It’s amazing that, with such little technology, humans were able to sail the globe. It really puts a new light onto how far we’ve come as a collective.

[@bconni2]

don't forget, the Portuguese in the 15th century innovated almost every major technological advancement in maritime exploration and naval warfare that other Europeans duplicated. the standard European ship design for 300 years was modeled after the 15th century Portuguese carracks. over the centuries other European ship builders and mariners made specific modifications to their ships, but the standard design originated in Portugal.

[@itsmemakz]

I cant believe video's like this are free to watch, amazing content and modeling!

[@MinedMaker]

This channel is big and yet still criminally under-subscribed. Everything they do is top tier KZbin quality.

[@animagraffs]

You just described the location of the "best stuff" every time it's found. Right under the cusp, findable, not too obscure, build solid, but also not too popular, loud, or cliche'd. Nice.

[@Automobiliana]

@@animagraffs Great description. Of everything really

[@john-or9cf]

Had a business trip to Denmark a few decades ago and toured a Danish 18th century warship. Huge masts and tons of rocks for ballast. How the sailors managed to survive a voyage is incredible.

[@stephenlayland2889]

I still keep five volumes of the Hornblower saga on the shelf, a narrative two centuries further along. My mind was engaged by the contrasts. No reef points. On this ship, they do not reduce the area of the sail, but spill wind from one side or the other. Or they literally shorten the sail, then take in on the bowlines? A sail could also furled through the middle -- this was called, ims, "goose-winging" in those days. Crystalline production values. Once more, I am amazed at the effort a skilled professional is willing to offer at large.

[@mattiperala811]

These ship videos are so interesting!

[@nomusic2282]

I love your vids, you're the successor of Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections

[@thorautreg9238]

These videos of old ships are really interesting! It would be cool to see other ships from the middle ages and whatnot, aswell as things such as castles if you you're interested in that :)

[@SpaceRaptorJesusJedi]

This channel is like the KZbin equivalent of DK books I had as a child, and im loving it

[@michaelryan709]

Watching your explanation of how they navigated was interesting. I spent several years working on digital nautical charts, and seeing how far things have come is awe-inspiring.

[@kevinbyrne4538]

GORGEOUS ANIMATION. You do beautiful work.

[@BSGSV]

Those sailors ran those ships around the world with decks literally covered in rope connected to so many sails. And today, we struggle to keep one string of Christmas lights from tangling.

[@IstasPumaNevada]

To be completely fair, those ropes don't have a light poking out at 90 degrees every 15cm or so. :D

[@AttilaAsztalos]

@@IstasPumaNevada Now I have this absurd mental picture of a bunch a sailors fighting on the deck to untangle a huge coil of lights in a heavy gale on rough seas, while the skipper shouts "hoist the solar panel!!!"

[@mccom7862]

Well I clicked this looking for somthing to listen to while getting ready for work. Did not expect to watch this whole thing, but dang… that’s impressive work. How cool!!

[@ObsidianFane]

Lol, we're you late for work?

[@markallen2984]

This is one of the most fascinating and engaging things I have seen on KZbin in an awfully long time. Years ago when visiting the festival of tall ships in Newport Beach, one of the guides stated something that hadn't occurred to me. That these sailing ships were the most advanced pieces of technology in the world at the time they were created. 🤯

[@robertwright4358]

Well done! That was amazing, the illustration, history & construction on this ship is unbelievable. I'm a woodworker and working with oak on this grand magnitude would be quite a feat. These guys back in the 1600's were not only genius's but skilled craftsman given the limited resources they had. Nice job Animagraffs!

[@saikrishnathiwakarrk]

Just wanted to say Thanks , sometimes these thoughts come to mind and we don't try to find it.

[@LorenzoFerrari-d5e]

You've done 16° century warship in this video, a 18° century Line Battleship in another, The ones that remain to complete the History of Surface Big Warships are (in Historical Order): 1) The Greek/Roman Trireme 2) The Venetian Galley 3) The 19° Century Pre Dreadnought Battleship (I'd suggest the Mikasa, since it's the last Pre Dreadnought still around) 4) The Dreadnought type Battleship (I suggest the British Queen Elizabeth Class or the U.S. Standard Type Battleship) 5) The Modern Battleship (I suggest the Bismarck, the Iowa or the Yamato) 6) The Aircraft Carrier

[@Voodoomancer]

first of all, Yesssss second of all: Every video of ships should contain every previous ship for scale, at the start.

[@LorenzoFerrari-d5e]

@@Voodoomancer Totally agreed

[@DABrock-author]

For the dreadnaught type battleship he could use U.S.S. Texas, which, like Mikasa, is the last of her kind still around.

[@LorenzoFerrari-d5e]

@@DABrock-author Also true, but I wanted to variate

[@marcoperoni4735]

Maybe include the Lake Nemi Roman ships, although I don't think much is known about them. 73m long and 24m wide. Big ships for sure.

[@Yaivenov]

That thing looked like a ship's boat when compared to the Victory. 😮

[@alfreddaniels3817]

Wow. Fantastic. Thank you so very much. Mindboggling to realize that a few hundred years after these guys build and sailed these ships we are looking at this computermodelling via You Tube internet. Mind boggling. Thank you again.

[@Magnymbus]

This went into an incredible amount of detail. You started on rigging, and I was like "Man, this is really in depth", and then you went on to navigation and I said out loud. "Holy shit, maps too?!"

[@NoPulseForRussians]

There were three main substances used: white stuff, which was a mixture of whale oil, rosin and brimstone; black stuff, a mixture of tar and pitch; and brown stuff, which was simply brimstone added to black stuff.

[@steveskouson9620]

Jake, I usually point out missing or incorrect info. But, and this is a BIG one, I REALLY like your videos. And, here is a big reason. "Feel free to add your corrections to this thread." I have never seen this on other's videos. Yes, this channel ROCKS! steve

[@Yeet42069]

Absolutely amazing work.

[@daniel-it2lw]

its mental to think every single piece of those ships was custom made for that ship only, the human effort that went into them is amzing

[@slowgold20]

As a theatrical rigger, your detail on the running rigging was greatly satisfying. Our methods are not necessarily descended from sailing, but there are a lot of similarities when you compare the complexities of large sailing ships of this era and the demands of theatrical scene changes.

[@iwuvu5940]

As much as modern ships have more impressive and beautiful engineering, they’re always be something special about the old-school ships with sails

[@lennykravitz4107]

Sails……..

[@Chris349]

@@lennykravitz4107 Or maybe sales? They bought and sold things so they needed salesmen.

[@iwuvu5940]

@@lennykravitz4107 right, sails. Sorry. I edited my comment to fix the typo

[@Shabazza84]

4 liters of beer per sailor per day? I live in the wrong century...

[@dashphonemail]

The beer was only like 2% alcohol, just enough to kill bacteria, and they didn't really get to drink water. So not as good as it might seem

[@imperialofficer6185]

The planks being called thick stuff and white paint - white stuff is so funny to me

[@panupentikainen953]

This video feels like it belongs in every history lesson! Your dedication to creating these detailed recreations is unmatched. It’s incredible to think about how ingenious people were back then, achieving such feats without modern technology. But for its time, in the late 16th century, this ship was cutting-edge technology. They must have felt like they were witnessing the height of technological progress, much like we do today with our own advancements.

[@blue_beephang-glider5417]

Wonderful work 😎👍 I've built two wooden sailboats, one for lakes and the other ocean going. This was 15 years ago and all the names of the parts came back to me while viewing your model. Fantastic research work too.

[@Itsmarkyoung]

A gallon of beer per man, per day??? I can barely drink a gallon of water a day, I could not imagine how drunk, bloated, and dehydrated I’d be if it was a gallon of beer 😂

[@Toby_the_Glen]

They were working hard and sweating. Not just laying about sunbathing

[@Itsmarkyoung]

@Toby_the_Glen Exactly, the last thing the body needs when you’re working hard and sweating is beer, because beer is a natural diuretic. Diuretics cause you to urinate more fluids than you gain from them, dehydrating the body.

[@ustanik9921]

​@@Itsmarkyoung likely the alcohol level was so low to be able to hydrate a person, otherwise I dont see how they crossed the Atlantic

[@Itsmarkyoung]

@ makes sense

[@thehont8648]

It would likely have been “small beer”. Low alcohol beer that was drunk by everyone because it was safer than water, even by children.

[@akaSUPERMAN]

Everyone stop what they're doing! Animgraffs just uploaded!

[@ericsonhazeltine5064]

Excellent!

[@miguelnambi1188]

Dear Jack. I have to congratulate you for the reasearch and work you've done. Just adding to what you have done the developer of this kind of ship was the Portuguese.The name of this kind of ship was caravel ( caravela). Spain discovery the Americas using three of these ships rented from Portugal. The Portuguese don't have records for these ships as they were kept in secret. Also in 1755 was a big earthquake, tsunami and fire in Lisbon, were some documents who could be available to for research were lost. Even Portugal don't have any documents today describing their ships. The Spain, British and Dutch copy the Potuguese ships by capturing them with the aid of their pirates at sea. Please keep up the good work. Cheers from Brazil.

[@kmdn1]

Ive been reading a lot of books about historic events at sea (and some fictional) so this video was really helpful in picturing the setting