How to sail a Full-Rigged-Ship - The Sørlandet Part 1

How to sail a traditionally rigged ship. The Sørlandet is the oldest and most authentic kept full-rigged-ship in active service. She was built in Kristiansand, Norway in 1927.
How can you experience, learn and challenged yourself aboard the Sørlandet?
The Sørlandet is a unique platform for adventures. 1000 tons of sailing ship needs to be moved by wind and muscle power. In this way, we sail the world's oceans with minimal Carbon emissions. Outdated technology some may say, others think it is the way to the future. What do you think?
Challenge yourself
When you work at the tip of a yard, 35 meters above the ocean and the ship roles at 45 degrees to the sea, what do you think your speed is? Do you take the challenge? How do you think the adrenalin affects your ability to make decisions?
5000 meters of rope end in 300 coils on deck. Each has a specific purpose. Can you learn them all? "Know your ropes". "Learning the ropes", are expressions used daily, do you know their meaning?
We can sum up an expedition cruise with the Sørlandet as:
In, with, against and with the help of: Mechanics, Physics, Aerodynamics, Hydrodynamics, Oceanography, Metrology, Geography, Navigation, Cooperation, Insight, Experience, Culture and Traditions combined with the joy of a diverse marine life give us interesting studies, challenges and memorable experiences.
Find out more on:
www.sorlandet.org

[@robot_spider]

"What would it look like if sailing a ship was combined with an 80s sitcom opening sequence?" "Oh!"

[@mikewalrus4763]

Foolish?

[@dumbcat]

Come and pull up our oar We'll go sailing with you Where the lashes are hers and hers and his Three more to the crew Come and scrub on our floor Take some steps that are few Walk a movable plank that needs your flank Three more to the crew You'll see sea life is appalling and Slaughter is calling for you Down at our rendezvous Three more to the crew

[@PAWiley]

totally 😂. very strange.

[@kennarajora6532]

@@dumbcat Three's Company Too

[@moleqle]

Swiss Family Robinson.

[@robertbennett3081]

I just read Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana. This is a true story about a Harvard student who signs on with a Cape Horner and goes to California. I believe the time of the journey was 1835 to 1836. It is quite a remarkable tale about the life of sailors on a masted ship. The labor was constantly rigorous and at times brutal. The book is an easy read, but this video makes all the sail lingo much easier to understand. Certainly, you'll enjoy this book if you sat through this video.

[@lakechamp529]

I am reading the book now. What an incredible journey.

[@janedoe5229]

I enjoyed that book too. I lived on the California coast so I was familiar with so many places that he described. The cliffs where they threw the cowhides off down to the beach is now called "Dana Point" and it is a major shipping port.

[@_SirRacha_]

"Crowd on every inch of sail!" "More sail, full sail!" "Tops'ls, gallants, royals, stuns!" "Mains out, let's get moving!" "Every last scrap of tack on the wind!" "Clews down , catch some wind!" "Clews up , ease her sticks!" "As much sail as you can!" "Trim the yard off the wind!" "Whole sails, She'll take it!" -Cap't Edward Kenway

[@daddyhazelz]

Its why I'm here lol

[@guguigugu]

@@daddyhazelz i aslo wanted to see how it is done irl

[@chrisowenssff4876]

I remember those lines from Assassin's Creed Black Flag.

[@BollocksUtwat]

I love that 80s documentary music. No matter what topic its all the same.

[@voornaam3191]

It's Spandau Ballet, is it?

[@ilikefoodx20]

now i know wtf they are saying on assassins creed. Thx!

[@clementello]

Yeah me too! Before I was wondering why they let that guy get away with spanking people so much

[@GrimeReaperMan]

ilikefoodx20 i too came here after playing ac!

[@iamalittler]

I am writing a book and am actually using these scenes in AssCreed to base my sailing scenes off of.

[@lazr2991]

Andrew Littler lol same here

[@Sellipsis]

I came here because I set the D&D campaign in an Archipelago and my guys sooner or later will be coming up against other ships. I figured I should understand better how sailing ships actually function

[@williamschlenger1518]

Imagine trying to do all this in a storm.

[@filipvelkov6829]

Indeed 😳😂

[@psystealth]

@ 1:54 you won't do that.... you'll lose a foot!!

[@robertewalt7789]

At night.

[@PAWiley]

In even a light squall, if the wind were light before and you had all sail up (specifically the light wind sails up top), all of a sudden the vessel's rail is in the water and you're scrambling up the ratl'ns to storm stow sail, and those sails are thick and heavy and will snap and fling you off and down in an instant if you're not holding on; but you've got to use your hands to haul in the sail, as your feet are pushing down into the line you're standing on, pushing as hard as possible into the yard you're leaning over, and the ship is pitching back and forth, which at the top of the mast is terribly amplified. All the while a cold, slanting rain is biting into your face, half blinding your and soaking you to the bone. And it wasn't even your watch, you were pulled sleeping out of your rack cuz you're one of the nimble ones, and its all hands on deck besides. What a ride!

[@dks13827]

you could die

[@liammccoy2208]

Learning about ships to write to write an early modern historical fantasy novel.

[@Cryptospuridiom]

Same, my guy. Luck to you

[@mightymouse5930]

Authors unite!

[@sociallyineptbean1689]

This is so useful for what I’m writing. Author’s unite!

[@jonathansimmonds5784]

@@sociallyineptbean1689 None of you so called writers will get it right unless you go to sea in one! Even that bloke Patrick O'Brian gets it wrong!

[@paulhorn2665]

Seems here are some writers, In my book sailing on a classical ship is an episode. I sailed on small schooner in the north sea, but this square rigger is on a another level...So nice to see those manouvers in detail.

[@Ryan-mech-muffin]

I feel like I've traveled back 50 years into the past. didn't know they had 70s and 80s music aboard sailing vessels.

[@justforever96]

Why do people complain about old music on an old video? What did you expect? If they had put it into a modern video there would be reason to complain. People 40 years from now are going to think all of our videos with EDM and hiphop and dubstep are very cheezy and silly. This was what a modern video sounded like in 1975. And since the sailing vessel was a modern training ship, in service at the time, it is not an anachronism (even if the people ON the ship had been listening to this, which they aren't). What, you think an "authentic" sailing video only has sea chanties and music from the 18th and 19th century? That everyone who crews a sailing ship today fills their MP3 players with Handel and traditional sea music? This is a modern ship, which just happens to use sails for propulsion. The people are normal contemporary people, and the ones in the video probably went and listened to Abba and the BeeGees and Led Zepplin on their transistor radios when they weren't on watch.

[@stephenfrancisnyc]

Little known fact: Horatio Nelson was a huge Flock of Seafulls fan

[@manny3549]

It's an old video!! Old music!

[@mikedrown2721]

@@justforever96 well said M8 👍

[@ohvnaq]

i somehow got quite amused at "haul out the spanker!". anyway, thanks for the great video!

[@flyinspirals]

What a pity that systematic training is not kept up! These ships are one of the pinnacles of 'real world' human ingeniuity and skills. At least they haven't vanished altogether. Thanks and keep it up.

[@richardd3663]

They are, all the worlds navy's use sail training for their cadets.

[@abrahemsamander3967]

Flyingspiral. That’s the exact reason I wish to sail train some day. Help me grow as a man. An independent adult.

[@DAEDRICDUKE1]

@@abrahemsamander3967 get a job, that will make you grow real fucking quick. The years will just fly by.

[@jesuschristislord7754]

They're absolutely functional pieces of art.

[@Allegory_of_Wolves]

These ships are so majestic! Only four days ago I went on a ride on a brigg (two mast tall ship) in Scheveningen (Netherlands), and we had wind force 6 to 7. While two thirds of all passangers got sick (even the captain said, he'd never seen it as bad *lol*), I was among the very few who totally enjoyed themselves! I stood at the bow most of the time and couldn't get enough of the ship's dance on the waves! Now I'd really love to go on a tour for several weeks, and be part of the crew. I hope, I can make that dream come true. Such tours are quite expensive. But while I'm waiting and saving for it, maybe little videos like these can already help me learn a bit more about the actual sailing of a tall ship. :-)

[@dirtygrimerxr7026]

I'm going on a tour sometime soon would you wanna be one of our crew memebers?

[@albertkundrat4624]

How do You DANCE with The SHIP's WAVES? On Her MAIDEN Voyage do You give The LADY a PERM Curl for her WAVEY Hair? Does that make Her BRAIN-WAVES in TUNE with The WAVES of The SEA to Navigate Forward?

[@trueKorvus]

Fulfilled your dream yet?

[@Allegory_of_Wolves]

@@trueKorvus I wish! No, unfortunately, I simply can't afford to save up the money such a trip would cost (lost jobs due to the pandemic), and I also have some health issues due to a failed surgery, which would probably now prevent me from being very helpful on a ship. Can't even afford a trip to visit the sea anymore. I hope, at least the latter gets better again one day, if the world survives these next few months/years. :-)

[@trueKorvus]

@@Allegory_of_Wolves Never say never, g'luck

[@neilwhisler7817]

Absolutely bloody fantastic

[@rodgudrun9778]

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this great story . My father sailed the Cape many times when he was young and he used to tell me stories of his adventures while sailing. Thanks again to everyone.

[@kbahrami346]

I highly appreciate these videos! I recently discovered the C.S. Forester "Hornblower" series of books and the information here makes the writing come to life even more!

[@DarianCabot]

It was those books that brought me here to learn what exactly was going on. I agree though, excellent books!

[@dabbo.1999]

The bolitho series by Alexander Kent is another very good book series!

[@michaelbaughman8524]

Hornblower is great, but Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian is hands down the best historical naval fiction.

[@justforever96]

@@michaelbaughman8524 Just what I was going to say, I thought Forester was wonderful, until I found O'Brian. Literally the best books I've ever read, not just the best sailing or historical books. And there are TWENTY of them, so you needn't run out of reading too soon! It's best to read them in order, since it's basically one giant novel spanning 20 years or so. Although I recently re-read them again, and I think that the first book is not as enthralling as the later ones. It's important to read it first, but I hate to think of all the people who were turned off by it and gave the series up. The later books, as the characters are developed more and you get to know them, and as familiar faces keep showing up to add their color and humor, are the best. Usually it's the other way around. For example, in the first book, to a first time reader, Killick is just Killick, so the humor is somewhat missing. You get to see Babbington and Mowett grow up and become men, where in the first book they are just a couple more characters like the rest. Stephen is just an unemployed physician with a hidden past, not a prime intelligence agent, and Jack himself is missing some of his humor. For example I have yet to see a single flubbed maxim or quotation in the first book, where he is always doing it in the later books.

[@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin]

@@justforever96 I recommend people starting with HMS Surprise and keep going forward into the meat of the series. They can go back to the earliest ones when they are already besotted.

[@bigbloke7691]

Fantastic video, really explains how these magnificent ships are sailed. If you ever get the opportunity to sail one grab it ad run with it. I did and sailed from Adelaide to Melbourne aboard Europa. Such a great experience.

[@steveholton4130]

OUTSTANDING 3 Part Series! Thank You! sdh in CT

[@petermilley9614]

A very informative video and a fabulous promotion for traditional sail training. Highly recommended! Peter Milley Pres. Brigantine Inc Treasurer, Canadian Sail Training Association

[@662wc5]

I'm reading "Two Years Before The Mast" by Richard Dana, which is a great book but he uses a lot of square-rigger sailing terms that I didn't understand. These three videos explained some of them, and seeing the actions that match the terms was a big help. I highly recommend the book to anyone interested in a true, first-hand account about sailing around the Horn (twice) in merchantmen during the glory days of sail (1830s).

[@ConsistentCed]

Unbelievable. Im reading that now, hence me here. We're like two ships passing in the night....Smooth sailing brother

[@BeKindToBirds]

The channel gold and gunpowder is historically accurate and has an excellent pair of videos on the parts of the rigging and ship that explains everything. I didn't really feel like I started to know what was going on until I'd been teaching myself sailing for probably an entire year and had found myself a sailing encyclopedia from cornell! But do check out gold and gunpowder's videos because he basically made a video manual

[@Renew3D-Art]

Just what I needed to know. Thanks!

[@5hak3itup]

now how do i load the cannons?

[@deerfish3000]

"HAUL OUT THE SPANKER!" Ooooooh, how KINKY!

[@trinityslifefilmed]

What🤨

[@fridgeratorsam4042]

Halfway through 'Two Years Before the Mast'; wishing I would've watched this before starting it. Really cleared a lot of things up. The only thing missing is the singing and hauling. Great book by the way on the life of a sailor and life in California before the Gold Rush.

[@Kref3]

I have read all 20 books of Patrick O‘Brian‘s Aubrey/Maturin series from „Master and commander“ to „Blue at the mizzen“ (I just assume that at least some people interested in full rigged ship videos know what I am talking about“). Just now I think: If only I had seen this before, I might have understood quite a bit of the maneuvering described in the books considerably better…

[@SIGURDOYVIND]

What an amazing video! Thank you very much for posting it!

[@p61guy]

wonderful! Thank you for posting!

[@gerritduplessis7122]

WOWW! THANK YOU! THAT IS A COURSE! THANK YOU! BLESSINGS!!

[@Sly-Moose]

Yay, now I can write my fanfic more accurately.

[@SilliesrShark109]

DI Moosification Same here

[@Sellipsis]

I’m here to make sure I understand better when my players on my 5e campaign get their own ship

[@falcon5178]

thats why I'm here.

[@travisperry4515]

Gross

[@allegra101]

SAME

[@monoman4083]

very informative. understand a lot more now. thanks..

[@Altearithe]

I appreciate this so much. I just started playing in a DnD campaign that will take place on boats most of the time and my character is a sailor. It would be immersion breaking if she didn't know anything about sailing or boats.

[@gormauslander]

Lol yeah. I'm learning a lot of stuff movies never bothered to demonstrate correctly

[@Norogoth]

Yes!!!! Doing the same as a GM for my RPG.

[@taupo19]

very interesting - great to see so much detail.

[@gauthambhat3054]

You made my day Im building a ship so it's helpful

[@USMCRadioman]

Well done video! Do post more! Sailing on a big square rigger is on my bucket list!

[@jofus3604]

Great video...... I love those tall ships! Take me down to the sea agian, the sun, the sand and the sky, And all I ask is a Tall ship and a star to stear her by...............

[@jacknapier9042]

What it says on screen: Crossjack narrator: crawjik

[@kj-marslander]

ikr he fucked up all the pronunciations.

[@mikewalrus4763]

@@kj-marslander Actually the narrator is pronouncing all the names correctly, they are just spelt different is all - not unlike a lot of place names!

[@jonathansimmonds5784]

@@mikewalrus4763 Agree, but there are a few regional variations, very much like place names! I've spent 40 years sailing British, Norwegian (Sorlandet!), Danish and German full riggers, you need to learn the names in all languages to sail these ladies!

[@mikewalrus4763]

@@jonathansimmonds5784 True and whilst I totally agree even accents can alter name of anything as they do in any language!

[@justforever96]

@@kj-marslander No he didn't. That is how they are pronounced. Top'sl, main'sl, cro'jack, t'gallant sail, mainm'st, etc. Too long to say them all out every time when giving orders. Since he is British, he gives the traditional British names.

[@o0o-jd-o0o95]

wow i had no idea how much is involved in sailing a ship like that. that's amazing

[@lendavidhart9710]

Oh yeah, you cant be afraid of heights either. Edit, seriously thank you for posting and sharing, really neat.

[@robtul1294]

This is a lot to take in. I have a feeling I'll have to watch it several times before I understand all of the ship vocabulary.

[@jesuschristislord7754]

That's a beautiful ship.

[@jangelbrich7056]

Thanx to the Foundation Sørlandet for making this excellent video available to all landlubbers watching KZbin! I was sailing on the Swedish East-Indiaman replika Götheborg, 3 times, which had a little different handling, so it is most interesting to see how a windjammer is handled in reality. I would like to sail with her some time ... cheers!

[@slopcrusher3482]

You guys are doing it wrong, you have to be singing a song as you sail

[@richardd3663]

Let me assure you if you are pulling on a rope as hard as you should you don't have the breath to sing!

[@Jess-pe8bq]

Richard D tell that to the shantymen

[@justforever96]

@@richardd3663 That is the entire point of sea chanties. However, singing was prohibited in naval ships, at least in Royal Navy ships. But they were allowed to chant the time. It's the only way to get everyone pulling together, unless you've got a piper or someone else with an instrument to keep time. A very skilled crew that was well used to each other could probably do it in silence, but most people need some help.

[@richardd3663]

@@justforever96 Have you ever done it? If you haven't then find a long flight of stairs or a steep hill, start singing any old song at the bottom and set off for the top then come back here and tell me what you've learned...

[@justsomemainer1384]

@@richardd3663 What do you think the military does on marches and runs? They sing cadence’s to keep in time. Would be no different on a ship.

[@rafaelpetterson2192]

oh man what a great video ...i was looking for this !!

[@seekter-kafa]

i mean the music is simply wow

[@shawnangie1]

I loved seeing the Sorlandet in Duluth, MN yesterday (July 27, 2013)!

[@haroldmclean3755]

Very interesting 👍

[@poly_hexamethyl]

6:39 Gosh, it looks hard enough to work on the sails up there in calm weather, never mind when you have to reef them in a storm with the ship pitching and rolling!

[@sarahmatthews5878]

and when it's pitch black!

[@mikewalrus4763]

As the old saying goes - If you can't take a joke you shouldn't join!

[@justforever96]

That's a fact. And you should try it on a merchantman, especially an American one, where they typically sailed with barely a dozen hands all told. And do it while never sleeping more than four hours at a time (except when they need to make sail when you are off watch and you have to come back on deck anyway). They thought naval ships were spoiled with all those hands available for sailing the ship (of course most of them were only there to man the guns, but they made use of them as long as they were there). Climb up 100 ft onto an icy mast in gale force winds, barehanded, spray flying, the ship pitching like mad. Of course up in the rigging the motion of the hull is amplified, so you are swinging back and forth 80 or 100 feet on every roll and pitch. No lifeboats, and little hope if the wind caught you and rolled you over. Ever read "Two Years Before the Mast"? Worth reading. The author was in one of these barely manned merchants, underfed, sleep deprived, barely survived it.

[@poly_hexamethyl]

@@justforever96 Will look up that book, thanks.

[@jamesaron1967]

@@justforever96 What you say is true. There were good reasons for 'press gangs' in various European countries. Who in their right mind would volunteer to work in a ship back in the Age of Sail?

[@dennisterry4570]

ive sailed on these lovelys if ever you get the chance to sail on them DO IT hard work and long hours but you will do things you never thought you could,

[@MisterCjVS]

Very nice.

[@karlpurdie8798]

A beautiful site to be seen, please visit New Zealand, the last sailing ship to visit was a four masted barque the Pamir, about 1950, I saw her sail into Auckland and depart..Karl Purdie

[@420subswithnosubscribersch2]

Awesome tutorial! Me & my mates are about to set sail yo ho

[@thefixitlady96]

nice video

[@TsepiVanUmbilo]

this is great! i am playing ac4 at the mo and i needed some ship knowledge to enhance my game play! so much better now i know what's being screamed as i sail, as i sail. I know what's being screamed, as i sail.

[@TheFinalParadigm]

***** LMAO! Well played sir!

[@mischiviousteefmonster3900]

Could you possibly do a video of how whaling ships worked and operated and the strategies they used to catch, process and haul their kills?

[@angelacurtis7860]

***Video for my Book - ASHMORE - True Story*** Hi Fullriggeren Sorlandet, Thanks for sharing such an awesome video. I have added it to my watchlist so my readers can watch it as they read. I found this true story inside a doctor's old diary hidden in the back of a museum. It was so incredible, I had to write a book about it so I could share it with the world. The sailing ship left Great Britain in 1882 for New Zealand. Within the ebook are hyperlinks to videos, soundtracks, the music they played and the songs they sang, newspaper clippings and all things nautical. It is also in the companion guide which has been created for those who read the print version. Thank you for sharing this video. I know my readers are going to love watching it as they read. I hope you get a lot of views as people from around the world experience life on board the 219-foot tall ship Ashmore. Let me know if you'd like to read it. I'll email you a copy for free to say thanks and well done!

[@sigmathurtine]

its crazy you dont see these anymore

[@TheSorlandet]

Hello Jaybelay, the wheel is called the capstan and can be used to haul in the anchor, or any other rope you need to put a lot of force to. I couldn't post a link to Wikipedia, but search for capstan in google and you will find it.

[@latbat58]

Feels unreal. Like something out of a fantasy fiction

[@betterrobots]

great video, loads of stuff i have always wanted to know but never been able to find out. Sail training in Ireland is negledgable with the Asgard II lost. :(

[@TurunSamurai]

Don't mind me, just here to learn some basics on sailing for a D&D-campaign

[@dutchflats]

What is the crew size required to operate this ship if anyone know? How long does the training take to sail it proficiently?

[@debbiramsey4603]

What was that back drift and swing forward maneuver called. I don't think you ever see that move in sailing war games.

[@Anncrohr]

Well explained theory of sailing! In the execution by the crew I find some room for improvement in the details, for example: 7:12 shows how you shouldn't haul away: They slide both hands forward to do the next pull, which results in the line slipping back a little, so they have to do extra work. Always keep one hand on the line and walk your hands forward for the next pull, then you don't lose again what you had already gained. 7:34 I'm scared for his fingers between pin and line as well as rope-burn in his palms; there's also quite a bit of slack in that belay

[@TheSorlandet]

The video was posted by the Non-profit Foundation Sørlandet which owns and operates the ship you see in the film. We operate out of Kristiansand, Norway. The Sørlandet is the oldest and best kept full rigged ship still in operation. We normally have open sail training voyages during summer time and host a school autumn/winter/spring. Find out more on sorlandet(.)org or classafloat(.)com Thank you fir the interest.

[@MonkeySpecs301]

this is a nice ass tutorial!!!

[@pinngg6907]

now I'm understand what gallant and royals often shouted in AC4 Everyday you learn something new

[@janedoe5229]

I was learning about the constellations, and I read that Corvis "The Crow" has an asterism of "Spica's Spanker". What the heck is a spanker? I came here and it was facientating lesson. Thank you! :)

[@masonmitchell4050]

When was this video originally made?

[@wildroot2762]

Wow! I was curious. This seems hard to do. I wondered how people sailed back and forth across the Atlantic.

[@kj-marslander]

i imagine most of them hung themselves out of frustration. Sailing this thing is a nightmare.

[@NightSky018]

A couple questions for anyone with answers : 1) is it necessary to lay at anchor facing into the wind, and if so why? 2) if previous answer is no, must the ship be faced into the wind before weighing anchor, to produce the maneuver shown in the video? Or could a ship at anchor with the wind aft simply set sails and weigh anchor? If not, why?

[@wesadams5128]

This must of been the music pirates listened to

[@nemaprise]

are there any good books regarding this kinda subject.. I adore sailboats.. btw are all the mast names still valid for a two masted sailboat, except, of course, for the mizzen mast becasue there aren't any in the two masted sailboat

[@ClaptrapRapture]

Yes there are great books for age of sail. Patrick O'Brien's series following "Aubrey and Maturin" are wonderful - this is the book series that the film Master and Commander was based on. Enjoy!

[@arinwendeeriadorskaya6917]

The mast names depend on the type of sailboat. Yawls and ketches have main and mizzen masts. Schooners, brigs and brigantines have the main and fore masts.

[@RenderTheGalaxy]

Gonna need a bigger boat

[@joshlinzer6469]

Plz do one for a smaller ship ( lateen sail in the mizzen, and main and fore inly have 2 sails

[@leotard2536]

I noticed that when you haul out the spanker, you don't raise the gaff. On other gaff-rigged boats, they would raise and lower the entire gaff itself up the mast. Why is that different here?

[@styx85]

Naturally the upper topsail is the one in the middle, and the mizzen ("middle") mast is the one at the back.

[@alekmikate]

wow

[@shortquinn]

Yar, you're welcome mate

[@Silpher9]

So If I watch this tutorial I can sail this ship over the ocean?

[@WH3]

Not alone you can't :)

[@nrlatty22]

I..was not prepared for this music hahaha

[@L_Train]

Haul out the spanker!

[@bigbob1699]

Do all the green horns get instruction books ?

[@piscesfreak1]

hi there i'm only just beginning to learn about this but i was just wondering... do the staysails at the fore also lift the front ship slightly out of the water? if so, does this reduce drag in the water? sorry if these seem like silly questions but i can't really figure out the function of them other than increasing surface area. I'm sure there must be :-)

[@tsfullerton]

The spanker and stay-sails/jibs are more efficient in rotating the ship as well as increasing sail area.

[@LukeBailey182]

The intro is so modern. Was it filmed in 2020?

[@binaryglitch64]

Notice that in the animation at the end the ship starts out by going backwards... why was the ship sailing in reverse?

[@vincent7520]

What's that music… is a tall ship an elevator or a supermarket ??…Shame !…

[@pieterboelen2862]

vincent7520 Why do the notes sound similar to the Raiders March from Indiana Jones?!?

[@richardd3663]

The Onedin Line theme tune!!!

[@adamm450]

arrr, me hearty! where be yer cannons, matey arrr?

[@emilnagl]

What’s the song at 1:00 called?

[@user-ut2ii3qi6x]

It is a pity that there are so few sailing ships left!

[@mugismtv]

Anyone know the song played throughout the video?

[@richardd3663]

Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia by Aram Khachaturian, used for the Onedin Line.

[@TubeHDR]

I Love this Awesome Video! I only wish,a suggestion... If the ship parts, & commands, were "subtitled" Because some commands, I can't grasp fully :( Example: 7:29 "The brace is eased, and the crew hauls the ???

[@styx85]

Halyard :)

[@PAWiley]

What a strange choice of soundtrack. Nonetheless, an instructive video. I crewed a Tops'l schooner, on which we had to learn the names, locations and functions of over 90 different lines. I can only imagine there are more on a vessel like this.

[@andrewp3043]

Cole Wehrle sent me here.

[@solinvictus2018]

Wow, I didn't know pirates were into track suits and mullets

[@mikearakelian6368]

Someone needs toget this info to CG trainer Eagle.... So as to get them to SAIL into port. n ty up instead of motoring in to the pier from seaward...

[@MrMedicAdnan]

I would love to sail on this boat... It is just amazing ... :) Where do I sign up?

[@kj-marslander]

use time machine back to 1700, and join Captain Flint's crew.

[@gormauslander]

1:46 What are those horns that come out the deck?

[@gormauslander]

In case anyone else was wondering, i learned that these are for getting air below while keeping sea spray out. There's a box it goes into which separates the water and air with gravity, and the water flows out

[@rororoyourboat727]

My latest hyperfixation is how to sail an older ship and I am not regretting this time-suck at all

[@Scamspam]

08:00 Why would the wind be "dead ahead"? Isn't it more likely for the wind to be blowing from the sea into the docks where the ship is berthed?

[@CorwynGC]

At anchor, the ship will always be pushed by the wind, since the anchor is in front, the front will face into the wind.

[@notmenotme614]

Interesting how the ship starts by going backwards and does a J turn

[@jerbear3915]

Now I know what Edward and shay are saying when on open world.

[@dzejrid]

Ah, that 1980's action music intro...