Comments by "Sar Jim" (@sarjim4381) on "HMS Victory - The Original Fast Battleship" video.

What a great sternwalk. Must have been good to be andmiral back then.
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@ThePalaeontologist Indeed, but considering her length of service, many admirals other than Nelson must have spent many a pleasant day out there.
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@ThePalaeontologist And jovial is how I took it. Just imagine a warm evening out there with your rum and the steward bringing dinner while you watch the sunset. I was a sailor for a number of years on my very much smaller boat in the Caribbean. I had no steward to bring me dinner but, after cooking up whatever vittles I could scrounge, it was still a magnificent experience out on deck watching the sunset. I even saw the fabled green flash once. I'm too old ot sail now but, I suppose like many retired sailors, I still have many fond memories.
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Thanks a lot for doing this video. It's no wonder men had to be shanghaied into naval service. I can't imagine the noise and smells below deck as try to get in you hammock in rough seas, hoping you don't get tossed out tonight. Even if you you are securely in your hammock, the snoring and other guy tramping up and down the deck must have made sound sleeping a hit and miss thing. I rather doubt the meals were much to look forward to either. The stories of having to pick maggots out of the meat would do me in.
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@1IbramGaunt I guess so. I suppose conditions back home for many of the sailors from working class families wasn't much better, and at least they knew they'd get food and shelter. Still, people back then could stand privation better than we softies today. Not having the internet available would kill many.
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