Toilets on a Pirate Ship(and the sorry guy who cleaned them...)

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Pirates haven't exactly been remembered for their good hygiene. Usually we think of them as smelly, dirty, unshaved brutes. And that image isn't entirely undeserved. Sailors were not known for their cleanliness. As the days and weeks went by, dirt, sweat and grime would congeal and turn their skins almost black. Some might have a wash every third day, and that was limited to just dunking yourself with a bucket of seawater, in which soap was useless.
Modern sources:
The Sea Rover's Practice - Benerson Little
A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind - Diana and Michael Preston
Period sources:
Sea-man's Grammar and Dictionary - Cpt. John Smith
A New Voyage Round the World - William Dampier(based)
Image sources
By Peter Isotalo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Clipper - Own work, CC BY 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Ciacho5 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
#pirates #history #ships

[@piraticvs]

I’ve worked as a janitor and I cannot stand the stench some nasty people leave behind. I never expected to see a video about this lol

[@MrPiragon]

thank you for your service

[@dannydevito9056]

I’ve always preferred animals to people. Idk why but people are just icky and gross me out. When we’re dirty we just stink like no other

[@chiarardn2401]

​@@dannydevito9056 I guess you have never worked on a farm then! LOL!

[@frjcde9392]

@@chiarardn2401 I have and still do. Animal stench is nothing like human stench, as far as poop goes.

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

Sorry bro...I had Taco Bell

[@jbsmith966]

Cleaning the head was a great job! Wonderful benefits, for example, after 5 years you would be given a *NEW* scrub brush!

[@maximumvoid5326]

No one can tell me 'Le poop' Isn't the funniest thing they've heard all day.

[@nothanks9503]

At 14 years old I was on payroll for the US navy at 0.00$ an hour mostly cleaning toilets occasionally getting to shoot the 50 cal

[@pigmentpeddler5811]

why didn't they just hang ass over the side like a pigeon

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Two additions on the topic of toilets 1. For larger ships at the stern of the ships the fancy extensions like two balconies / Bay windows on both side that extend over the Sea are called the quarter gallery and this is where the captains and other higher ranking officers toilets were located. There was normally just one toilet on one side but they have a quarter gallery on both side to make it symmetrical. 2. Some larger ships of the period at the front of the ship they had roundhouses (you can see them at the front of HMS Victory and some interpretations of the Queen Anne's Revenges design) more private and out of the elements for the officers when they are on military and merchant ships that is. Hopefully I have explained that well enough so people get what I'm on about. But in short the higher ranks in the age of sail got the fanciest Portaloos / Porta-potties known to man.

[@comettamer]

It does make sense, and yeh they were pretty darn fancy, especially aboard military ships captained by particularly high ranking officers.

[@dennistate5953]

I worked disasters 28 years. My fave folk at top of their gifts were nurses, cops, social workers, and JANITORS. Circumstances rotated priority.

[@xKiNx]

Journeyman plumber here. Restaurant grease traps are right up there with human decomposition in my humble opinion. Every once in awhile, I would come across a bathroom that gave an odor of what I can only describe as "dinosaur-ish." This really warm aroma of rotting vegetation mixed with a bit of un-refined petroleum. Like %90 sure that's what Brontosaurus turds would smell of 😂 I imagine a pirate ship smelling of salty death was probably demoralizing to all parties involved lol

[@ReelBigC]

lol the video went from poopoopeepee to slavery real quick at the end there holy guacamole

[@Dan-xx5jq]

We think of it as, so romantic sailing these beautiful sail boats. It must have smelled awful below deck.

[@draculinalilith396]

Nice, thanks for the upload. you allow me to close my eyes and dream of a magnificent sea faring husbando reading me stories of sailor toilets. I love the details fr.

[@davidbryden7904]

I never thought I'd be this interested in this topic, but I can't wait for this episode! Cheers!🍻

[@joeerickson516]

"Yuck!" 🤮

[@skeletor6789]

I love this channel. It's my favorite source for Pirate Historical Facts. I have a request, how did the Canon port doors operate. Did they open with a line or rope. We're they mechanical? Can you cover a documentary on this please?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

Gunports opened from above by pulling a line attached to them from the inside of the ship

[@matthewbell9941]

Love how informative your videos are I'm a pirate enthusiast

[@bostonc-rad2330]

Great job sir

[@SonofTiamat]

I recently discovered this channel and was wondering if you knew about how the economics of mercantilism effected piracy and privateers

[@GoldandGunpowder]

Piracy largely spawned in the Americas since the Spanish(who had the most colonies) forbade trade with other nations and even between its colonies. So piracy and smuggling often became the only option to acquire certain goods or provide them. When the other European nations acquired trading rights with the Spanish they began cracking down on piracy. For example, England signed a peace treaty with the Spanish in 1671 and pursued a very active smuggling network(the sloop trade), it worked so and so. The French made peace with the Spanish in 1697 after half a century of near-constant war, and 3 years later they became an ally and very, very important trading partner. In the 1710s the English made peace with the Spanish again and acquired the Asiento - a permission allowing their African Company to legally supply the Spanish with slaves. Before, the English had only sold slaves to the Spanish through smuggling and piracy.

[@SonofTiamat]

@@GoldandGunpowder Thank you for the reply. I'd heard that excessive protectionism led to piracy, and now I know for sure

[@MyDadIsBillGates]

how did pirates (and sailors in general) keep water fresh on long journeys? did they literally have to just go port to port every few days? or were they smart enough to boil their water every few days or something?

[@reallyhappenings5597]

They kept it in barrels and replenished when possible. Probably collected rainwater too but I'm not aware of that having been documented.

[@Dantick09]

When you are a pirate the ocean is your toilet

[@Dantick09]

What about gun ports? Now way they didn’t poop out of gun ports

[@mattl6470]

Found your channel a couple days ago and have been binging ever since. I particularly like your videos on flags. Maybe for a video you could do a deep dive on the only two alleged originals to survive today?

[@thenoraiofoni3016]

leaving a comment so i get more from this channel on rec. good channel i would like more

[@PotatoeJoe69]

So the bow of sailing ships was likely covered in shit. At least what of it that wasn't washed away by the waves.

[@AliceSokolova]

I love your take on the Scottish accent, haha 😄

[@chiarardn2401]

Thank you for your awesome videos! I love your channel!!! Do you know if any sea shanties survive today that date back to the golden age of piracy?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

See this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iX3IfYasqLhsaNU

[@_DREBBEL_]

No fucking shot I’m shitting without TP no way no how bru if I was a pirate back then I’d have invented it 😂

[@dripstein5068]

STV music at the start took me back

[@Brettmlyons]

Watching this while pooping. 😂

[@TheRiverPirate13]

Crap! This was interesting video mate! 🤣

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

This is where the term " poop deck" came from. However that might be...full of poop.

[@Integrawr]

G&Gp is awesome. Bonus points for the Stranglethorn Vale music.

[@Ratmasssss]

You uhhhhhh mean G&BP?

[@balazsvarga1823]

Heads on the poop deck we got oncoming men, get ready to fire the load!

[@fumanpoo4725]

Imagine the berries...

[@CosplayZine]

If the slavers had perfume then the pirates may have stolen it at times or afforded their own after a good plunder. I did read there was soap in the 18th century, it just wasn't the good smelling kind we are accustomed to so it wasn't very trusted or popular of course. Cleanliness had some association with vanity and many people thought it was a waste of money. I have a book that mentions that navy men of the time sometimes used sails to bathe in. Not sure if it's true or if you've ever came across any information on that? Some books may confuse time periods a bit perhaps. It would seem that if they used a bell as diving vessel to retrieve things in the water (as well as a large rock prior to that) that it could be likely that pirates could have used a sail as a makeshift bath. Not saying it happened for certain just what I saw in a book. They collected land water as often as possible by the barrels so they weren't always limited to the first supply of water they took aboard from what I've learned here on the good old G&G. Thanks for providing such interesting content and since I am making a pirate game it defiantly will come in handy.

[@morpheus5934]

I would have to pass on the community butt mop.

[@DavidBrocekArt]

Le Poop is my new favorite word

[@unknowntrooper_2791]

Very interesting video once again! I like the addition of the subtitles, even while you do speak very well anyway, it still clarifies. I guess Jack Sparrow in Potc 4 said it right when he guessed that they had been sailing for many days because of the "smell of the crew". I had not heard of the "urinals" before somehow. Hygiene was probably the worst part of sailors' or pirates life, at least when looking from modern perspective. Imagine that the sailors sailed in the tropics and had often parasites and diseases, hygiene was not making it any better, dysentery and such followed. Anyways, I think it is interesting to study these things while one is sitting on your own clean armchair. Good content and also a great example that sometimes common conceptions (ie. pirates were dirty) was true, but is applied to any sailors and in some ways other people of the era. Cheers! 🏴‍☠

[@KingFluffs]

Did pirate ever stick their arse over the side of the boat and crap?

[@mikmik9034]

The "Head", was reference to the place where the ships "figure head' was placed. On sailing ships it was also down wind. Other than Master's Mates, and Pursers it was unlikely that a common seaman needed to know how to read or write. For these men the Captain would on Sunday recite the rules or laws of the ship/Navy (such as the articles of war on King's ship).

[@AFROJOE2323]

I can tell by your yt picture that you are a legend

[@mikmik9034]

@@AFROJOE2323 A legend? I thought it was a 'Stoat" (weasel).[he, he, he.]

[@BigMacOrange]

Thank God the closed captioning works😅

[@matthew_thefallen]

In Italian the rear of the ship is called poppa, which also means boob, poppe is plural 😅 so everytime someone learns these naval terms, people get confused because they think that poppa is on front and prua is the back 😂😂😂 (Or at least this happened when I was a kid lol)

[@Miraihi]

Lol, "popa" can mean "butt" in Russian.

[@WilliamGibble-sk3io]

Good Ole shitty days ..pu...

[@rachdarastrix5251]

The soaking of clothes and leaving of them on was probably just their way of trying to beat the Carribean heat.

[@hailmary2959]

Where did you find the Scottish privateer journal, I would love to read a book like that. "This day we foond a sloop wi shuger and rum, we are gone get shetfeast drunk."

[@GoldandGunpowder]

it was recounted in Betagh's journal: www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/62355/pg62355-images.html

[@rebralhunter6069]

Another banger video. I appreciate the Scottish accent BTW.

[@RodCornholio]

We all know what Spock found in the toilet. Captain's log. Huh huh huh heh heh hmm hehheh

[@ged1798]

I think you should do a video of the consistency of a pirates crap. (For educational purposes)

[@GoldandGunpowder]

Davy Jones eyebrow

[@thedictationofallah]

Whilst stinky Americans may be wondering "HoW dID tHeY wIPe". I can tell a fact that the best way is water, removes all the poop, cleans the hole 100%, is super cheap, environmentally friendlier, and pirates had a lot of it around them.

[@dickenscider9178]

You are a very arrogant person. "Stinky Americans"? Do you know anything about America? Which Americans are you referring to as stinky? Black Americans? Native Americans? Mexican Americans? African Americans? Americans with European ancestry? Chinese Americans? Which ones are stinky? Do you not see the irony? Implying Americans are uncultured when it is infact you who is uncultured and has such a narrow mind. Based on just how uncultured and arrogant you are you must be in the UK? 😂

[@thedictationofallah]

@@dickenscider9178 Dude, your name is dick, and, British people also wipe, they are also stinky, they may even be stinkier than Americans, that is, if you don't include people like Nikocado Avocado. And I am not British, and in fact, I am sure I know more about America than people who act like Adela Pingsford or like you. You sound like a twitter user. I said "American" referring to the regular ones in USA, any mind can understand that. Also, what do you mean by "Arrogant", what definition do you mean, an aggressive person? a self-minded person? a boastful person? an ignorant person? Whatever way you call me, it still doesn't change the fact that almost 400 million buttholes still have poop on it.

[@thedictationofallah]

Will you make a video on slaves and their living conditions on Guineamen during the time? It will be interesting, and I want to know how did they piss, would they do it on other slaves? Because there is not much space to do it elsewhere it seems......

[@GoldandGunpowder]

I have a video on slavery. But I will make a video on Guineamen and life aboard as a slave next year. The slaves were taken out on the main deck daily to do their business and music was sometimes played to entertain them

[@thedictationofallah]

@@GoldandGunpowder Interesting. Back then I thought they would be just trapped in the hold and just stand or sit there doing nothing all day except eat whatever the crew of the Guineamen would drop in the hold or them.

[@Motsognir9791]

👍

[@Captain_Cinnamon]

Before the video starts for me: Pirates were often ex merchant or military navy and there for had learned a certain hygiene discipline. They rather chose to be lax than that it was utter ignorance. Edit (afterwards): The bilge was always flooded because wooden ships are always sinking because of leaks. Thats why there is a pump. So imagine stinking seawater with puke and shit and urine just vaporing to the decks above. Not a good timem

[@GreatWestern175]

A pirate's life was never glamorous or fun.

[@snakes3425]

Guy who had to clean the toilet: Turn Pirate they said, you'll get rich they said, you can do whatever you want they said. No one ever said cleaning shit was part of the job.

[@mageillus]

Well… EW!

[@JCOwens-zq6fd]

Many pirates were members of the order of the 🌹(freemasons/descendents of Templars) so the rule of silence would've prevented them from divulging such secrets in a journal etc. As it always is w/ the mystery schools & their teachings one takes blood oaths to never divulge anything the order does etc. I was a member of the modern iteration & speaking these secrets have gotten a price put on my head. I have the scars to prove it. Stabbed & shot by someone i called brother & left for dead. To this day i cannot return home for fear of endangering my family. I must live as an outlaw. If people do not wake up to this soon then they may just find themselves enslaved or worse. Godspeed sir.

[@bookofroger]

Lol no, pirates were just greedy people who only cared for themselves and booty

[@damionverine7159]

And then everyone clapped. Lol cool story bro

[@joeerickson516]

"We're devils,👿 black, 🖤 sheep, 🐑 and really bad,🤮 eggs!"🥚"Drink,🍻 up,👆 me hearties,❤ yo ho!" 🏴‍☠️ ☠️ 🦜

[@michaelbasher]

Hey. I've hashtagged my comments on your channel #majicmike . Great Channel.