How did medieval seafarers turn trees into boat parts?

This video is from www.futurelearn.com/courses/s... ‘Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds: Maritime Archaeology’ is a free online course by the University of Southampton available on FutureLearn.com
In this video, Professor Jon Adams explains the techniques by which shipwrights have converted the trees of the forest into the components of the boats in which people eventually sailed around the world.
Throughout the video, Jon points out how changes in shipbuilding technology went hand in hand with changes in society.
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[@williambug8117]

The ship builders spent so much time & workmanship only to have them sunk in battle or storms.

[@thestellarcorpse]

what are you talking about ? this ship in the video or the wooden ships from medieval times?

[@dodo2829]

@@thestellarcorpse oh... So deadly storms and savage mongol tribes weren't invented back then?

[@dodo2829]

Well, some ships are made to stand deadly storms and high waves, and some are just designed for fishing 🙂

[@BrewsterMcBrewster]

I know what you mean, William. The amount of time, human energy and materials put in to each ship and then go out into battle or storm and all of that wonderful work and expertise goes "down the drain", so to speak. Such a shame.

[@jamescook5487]

@@thestellarcorpse how do you not understand he is talking about the ships hundreds of years ago? Did you wear a helmet and ride the short bus to school?

[@sirxavior1583]

With the amount of work it takes to build a ship it partly explains why some societies never became naval powers and opted to build land armies instead and became landlocked. While other societies eventually mastered the trade, take to the sea, explore and conquer new lands.

[@steppahouse]

Director to people in the background: "Don't put too much effort into it. We need you to look as weak and out of place as possible."

[@kp5602]

Anyone else whos here just to know what to do when youre stuck on an island?

[@bigbrainbuck6295]

Bro you ain't gonna build a warship

[@liukang85]

That soundscape is just beautiful....

[@achilles9448]

man my dream is to have a medieval ship modifed with some tech in it...like a T.V and a radio with regular stuff on it....and a modern engine on it...I know that sound werid bt I love the old ships style

[@mikeyjohnson5888]

From the mid 19 century to the 20th century, many classical ships were retrofitted with steam engines. Its totally possible.

[@FloobleSnort]

Bro sameeee

[@simonstucki]

my good these beautiful axes and adzes, not sure what I want more now to build ships or make some lovely axes!

[@lkkjhtemmexv1838]

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[@polygamous1]

is there a continuation to this Brilliant n very informative documentary

[@futurelearn]

+Takis Sozou glad you enjoyed the video! It's part of a free online course, so to see more you can join the course here: www.futurelearn.com/courses/shipwrecks the course is currently running, but it's not too late to join.

[@jonasduell9953]

yes, in roughly 30 years all the timber will be cut to shape and the construction will begin.

[@fandangofandango2022]

A Very Very under Rated Skill.

[@johnrogan9420]

At 4:23 a fiberglass craft passes in the background...no axes...just molds...virtually indestructible!

[@schechter01]

Not quite, since fiberglass boats can take damage as much as any other kind of boat. Plenty of them have sunk once a hole was punched through the hull when the boat hits a reef or pier during high winds. But that's not the main problem with fiberglass boats, which is that they are utterly soulless.

[@shahzadaayub]

I've used them all in the early 2000s.

[@zardozqq]

its just insane how much man hours it took ...it must have been millions of man hours to make a ship

[@ThaMorot]

Much faster than what the people in the background made it seem

[@ATONAL6173]

CHANGES DIRECTION MIDSWING! 3:04. Holy moley. Pink shirt person, please split a cord or two of wood with someone who knows how to be safe and efficient, before you do any more hewing.

[@mikewalrus4763]

totally agree, that girl should have the axe removed from her grasp before she either injures herself or somebody else!

[@ok-hd4so]

Holy smokes that is bad

[@MegaBoilermaker]

This should be titled " How did medieval Shipwrights turn trees in to ship parts?"

[@ATONAL6173]

2:36 - Here we have some of the ....pause....

[@boriserjavec6470]

Did vikings use rip saws to make planks?

[@casssucksatlife3141]

i wrote how to buid a medieval boat in minecraft and this showed up first...

[@peterdevalk7929]

Totally ignoring the Dutch changed everything in the way ships were build by industrialization by mills, taking a huge advantage against their rivals at that time.

[@waitersluvhjy66]

I am sure that you will find good way to make it on WoodPrix Webpage.

[@felicetanka]

iberian peninsula == portugal, and spain.

[@johnrogan9420]

Carbon fibers...vs oak wood.

[@cartmanrlsusall]

Waste more than you use.there is a good reason saws replaced all those adz and axes.

[@cartmanrlsusall]

jujitsuman68 marine ply is better than all that splintering timber anyway, have fun living in the past axeman

[@Tezcax]

???? Of course, that's a course in experimental archeology, not modern techniques. Of course there was a lot of waste, techniques evolve with time.

[@humanitynow1565]

The cutting of axe and adz protecting the wood from routing and moisture more than sawing , there is a scientific researches about that

[@lynwoodcrochet4064]

what if they tried to build one ship from just beams you 4x4's

[@erich.marks0]

the pink girl doesn't hold well his axe

[@ATONAL6173]

My back hurts just from looking at her swinging it with so much lower back movement. Certainly it's heavy and smaller people might need to use their core and back muscles more and as well it might have been taught to her as a "safer" way to swing, but in my experience with heavy hand tools, I'm safer if less parts of my body are moving, as I have less moving parts to alter my swing, not to mention limiting the motion of one's back to reduce strain. But in the end a weekend volunteer is going to take a while to get the hang of it and not everybody enjoys the physical strain or the beauty and value of hand work.

[@ATONAL6173]

It gets worse in the second shot....Somebody go help her! Everybody around her is letting the tool do the work, she is stopping it! And not always being careful about her feet and swinging straight in, hoping the tool will somehow turn sideways and cut at an angle....... :(

[@ATONAL6173]

I'm sorry, I just can't resist commenting again. At 3:04 she gets ready to swing longitudinally as if to break out the chip in between (and I'm pretty sure there's a better axe than that one for that type of cut...), then CHANGES DIRECTION MIDSWING. She is lucky to still have all her toes.

[@simonstucki]

Paul A doesn't write well her english

[@christjulipds13]

Great to see that WoodPrix has new instructions to save my money and energy to build it.

[@Artur_silaev]

Нихрена не понял, но очень интересно

[@Sexywrm]

They used mods....😂🤣😂🤣...sorry had to say that.

[@janmuylllaert4266]

call it " how to talk through a video but not showing any action" sad

[@aqoonqaate8109]

Only the smart people in here The world is gonna go black to this age

[@jonasduell9953]

all talkies, no showies. typical modern day britain, can't get anything right but still brag about former glory. disliked

[@jasonsweet1868]

jonas duell HAHAHAHA You miserable git

[@jonasduell9953]

xD I mean they are a university and teenage bedroom content creators manage to provide more entertaining and informative stuff with no funding and uni education. At least they speak proper english though.

[@jonasduell9953]

No more colonies there but a bunch of africans would do a much better job than those actors in the back.

[@thomasmunstermann951]

toll.handmade

[@neychev]

very useless video

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

My question is : How did they cut the trees if they had no saw? ... They had to saw it before they could split it...✨🎡✨

[@boriserjavec6470]

They would fell the tree using axes then use the axe to make a flat surface where to drive to wedges in

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

It looks to me as if these trees were cut down using chainsaws. When were the 2 man saw and the bucksaw invented??? ✨🎡✨🐱‍🐉

[@romeliapolly2520]

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