How is Jamie going to resolve his enjoyment of boats in person, but not liking boat movies?
How bad does a 19thC warship smell?
How much is Greta NOT telling you?
HOMEWORK! (Optional): Books we mentioned
Patrick O'Brian Jack Aubry series. The beginning -
Master and CommanderThe Age of Fighting Sail & the Horatio Hornblower series - C.S. Forester
Longitude (2000) staring Jeremy Irons (OK this is a movie)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge (this is why not to kill an albatross while you are on a boat WAY out at sea)
Buggery and the British Navy - Cecil Adams (2008)
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition - Barry Burg (1995)
A Sample of 19th Century Sailors Food - Amy Anderson (2009)
A Poor Sailor's Feast - Townsends, YouTube (2023)
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