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Le Club d'Aventure d'Outre-Mer
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Приєднався 7 лют 2021
Le Club d'Aventure d'Outre-Mer is a club for all who dream of the great blue ocean and feel drawn to it.
On the youtube channel there will be videos about ships of history especially sailing ships, but also about exploration, settlements near the sea, coastal architecture and the windpatterns and currents that make up the ocean.
On the youtube channel there will be videos about ships of history especially sailing ships, but also about exploration, settlements near the sea, coastal architecture and the windpatterns and currents that make up the ocean.
Why Is It Called Windjammer?
Short answer: Because the crews of the early steamships thought that they jammed up the seaways and harbours.
Windjammer is not a term for a specific shiptype, but a derogatory slur originally used by steamship crews about their sailing ship competitors.
Sailing ships have right of way before engine ships and back then had a harder time entering port, which gave rise to the notion that windpropelled ships jammed up the traffic.
Like most slurs windjammer was later changed to have the meaning that the very large late sailing ships had such large sails that they jammed up the wind itself. A notion established by proponents of sails.
Windjammer became a term used for all the very large sailing ships that competed with steamships and later engine ships.
It is an irony of fate that the windjammers ended up lasting more or less as long as steamships in commercial use. Both being replaced by motorships with diesel engines.
Windjammer is not a term for a specific shiptype, but a derogatory slur originally used by steamship crews about their sailing ship competitors.
Sailing ships have right of way before engine ships and back then had a harder time entering port, which gave rise to the notion that windpropelled ships jammed up the traffic.
Like most slurs windjammer was later changed to have the meaning that the very large late sailing ships had such large sails that they jammed up the wind itself. A notion established by proponents of sails.
Windjammer became a term used for all the very large sailing ships that competed with steamships and later engine ships.
It is an irony of fate that the windjammers ended up lasting more or less as long as steamships in commercial use. Both being replaced by motorships with diesel engines.
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What Is a Fully Rigged Ship?
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Short answer: A ship with at least 3 masts and all of them square rigged. Each mast is stepped in at least 3 segments. One segment for each square rigged sail. The standard segments being; lower, top and topgallant. The lowest sail on the mast is the course sail. This being the main and largest sail on the mast is simply given the name of the mast. So main sail for the main mast. The sails high...
What Is the Difference between a Canoe and a Kayak?
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Short answer: The canoe has a hull that is open at the top, while the kayak is covered over the top of the hull. There is more to it than that, but the covered top of the kayak is important to why the canoe and kayak are different. First of both are small and nimble crafts that are long and narrow. Both are also lightweight and can traditionally be made from many different materials although th...
What Was the Dhow Used for?
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Short answer: Maritime transport of goods in the Arabian sea. The dhow indeed is still quite commonly used in and around the Arabian sea, down the east coast of Africa and India. It is a overarching term for the general ship type of the Arabian sea with many subtypes that share the same characteristics. Dhows sport one or more masts with lateen or settee sails and are commonly held to be the or...
What Was the First Ship to Use a Diesel Engine?
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Short answer: M/S Selandia, Built 1911, maiden voyage 1912. Now in the strigtest sense Selandia was not the first ship with a diesel engine. It was not even the first oceangoing engine ship as it was preceeded by two years by the Dutch tanker Vulcanus. It was, however, the first trully large and advanced engine ship that matched the large steamers of the time. For the time Selandia was an extre...
What Is the Difference between Trade Winds and Westerlies?
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Short answer: They blow in opposite directions. Westerlies are prevailing winds that blow from West to East, while trade winds also known as easterlies blow from east to west. Additionally they have opposite axial directions as trade winds go towards the Equator, while westerlies are poleward. Thus they inhabit different latitudes. They are divided by the horse latitudes of around 30 degrees No...
Did Trump Try to Buy Greenland?
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Short answer: Yes, apparently he intended to do so. This brought much attention and in the end nothing came of it. But there is actually a way for Greenland to transfer itself from Denmark to the US, if the government in Greenland was inclined to do so. This is what this video will be discussing. So stay tuned, if you want to here about the potential United States of Arctica! You might wish to ...
What Is the Clipper Route?
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Short answer: The main route used by clipper ships on the long routes from Europe to East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Clippers like all sailing ships were dependent on wind patterns to reach their destination. The clipper route was the zenith of the development of sailing ship routes to go around the globe. The clipper route was developed from the Dutch Brouwer route developed in the early...
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Lewis and Clark - For the US to the Pacific
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The Amazing Voyage of the Fram Expedition
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Dory-både er seje!
A dory boat is like a sedan car or an ATM machine.
very interesting video. Thanks for the history.
Peru is where guano came from; but nitrate came from Chile. The 5 mast ship Preussen and the other P-Liners sailed in the nitrate trade until the early 1930s. Four mast barks Pommern, Passat, Peking, are museums and Padua is a Russian sail training vesseel. TM maritme historian
Thank you for adding these details. Regarding guano and nitrate I was aware that guano came from Peru, but my source said Peru and nitrate and I assumed that there could be an export of nitrate from Peru, too.
I think the moment about Preussen was a little ambiguous. Although she may be the only 5-mast full-rigger, there were also 5-master barques like France I and II, R.C. Rickmers, Potosi, Kobenhavn... As far as i've read, such ships were treated as technical wonders or at least tourist attractions to say the least. I think today capesize supertankers\superbulkers would attract similar attention if they were to enter big city port. One more interesting note - as far as i know, none of the 5-mast ships i mentioned lived to see the scrapyard. All were claimed by the sea (or shores).
I do appreciate that it can seem a little ambiguous that I focus on Preussen, when there were quite a few five masted barques that were equally impressive. Windjammer-sized sailing ships are generally impressive and I chose to focus on the Wyoming, the Thomas W. Lawson and Preussen. Preussen specifically I chose because it tied in well with the Royal Clipper being build a Century later showing that Windjammers are still built today. Had I focused on barques I could have tied in with training ships often being barques. But with the full-riggers Preussen and the Royal Clipper I could mention two individual ships, whereas with the barques it would be a number of ships.
im gonna start calling fat women in walmart windjammers
New Zealand and Australia began exporting frozen beef and lamb in 1865 on windjammers. The ships had an air standard cycle refrigeration plant made by the Boston Coil Company driven by a steam engine. The journey to London took 89 days and required 300 tons of coal to fuel the refrigeration plant. The livestock was slaughtered in tents set up on the dock and loaded and frozen on board the ship. Given the state of technology it would’ve been impossible to sail the way from Sydney to London on a steam ship in 1865.
That is an interesting addition to the long haul use of the windjammers and how steam engines were used aboard sailing ships for other purposes than propulsion. Thank you for this addition.
Great content - really like your calm and informative style
They learn from the Austronesians
Great video thank you!
You are very welcome🙂
Thanks for all the helpful videos!
I learned a lot from this video. Thank You for the information.
Thanks a lot. I'll definitely check out your work on other types of wind patterns.
I've just discovered your channel and all the questions I've asked but not could never find an answer to (such was the purpose of Galleons/Caravels, etc), you've made a video about. Even this, I had been wondering for a long time. Thank you so much!
You are very welcome. I am happy that you liked my videos.
I don't think somebody having an accent takes away even a tiny bit from the narration. The narration was informative I'm sure the Dhow was a major influence... but I'd modify the credit for the lateen sail with the comment that the byzantines in the 7th Century already had it on their Drummonds dromons which were galleys with two Banks of oars and at least one lateen sail
Thank you for the kind words and the input regarding the Byzantine dromons.
HOW LONG WOULD THOSE FULLY RIGGED SHIPS HAVE LASTED IN ICELAND 40 MILE PER HOUR WIND⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵
I own a 20' Faering, but I'm having a difficult time finding a historically correct square sail for it.
Is there a reason this sailing vessel was developed by Europeans and not another culture in the 1400s? What kept native Americans from sailing to Europe? Did native people have the concept of the pulley essential to sailing?
The caravel was developed based on earlier nautic traditions like the dhow combined with other Mediterranean designs, so the caravel specific necessitated that tradition, which did not exist in the Americas. Furtermore the larger cultures in the Americas were predominantly inland cultures. Those who could have made ships like the caravel would be the Arabs and the Asian cultures. What set Europe apart was that there was a motivation to set out south around Africa and across the Atlantic, because they wanted to find a way to east Asia to acquire spices and other luxury products that were prohibitively expensive from the overland routes. The same motivation lacked in the other direction.
My grandfather has a picture of a ship that one of his ancesters captained it was built in 1867 in New york and named Bark Excelcior I cant seem to find any other info on it Does anyone know of a waybto track down more information?
lots of naughty booty stuff down below on these ships
I love Asian style. Whatever they build, it isn't just practical, it's always beautiful. 🌹⚓
ARE YOU DANISH?😅
Depending on your definition: Yes🙂
I like that he wastes no time explaining it. Any other youtuber would have given a long winded anecdote, etymology, weather forecast, sponsorship, shout out to his homies, personal connection to the topic, and generally beating around the bush
Excellent video. Two of mankind's greatest inventions! I would add that kayaks are good for open ocean conditions, but are lousy to portage. Canoes are good for portaging, but are lousy in rhe open ocean. Also, neither of them are "rowed." Rowing uses oars, which fit into oarlocks (pivot points) on gunwales or outriggers.
Thank you for the kind words and for adding the information about portaging. I had not considered that. You are also quite right regarding my incorrect use of the word rowed. A mix up of words on my part. Hopefully the meaning is clear regardless.
So fascinating how the materials affected the ships and likely affected the maritime cultures of East and Southeast Asia.
True. The possibilities for seawards development is heavily dependent on available materials and the solutions will be defined by this.
Nice pics! I would say that the tippy nature without a load is more due to the narrow beam under the waterline, not that it has a flat bottom. A wide flat bottom is the least tippy design.
Thank you. You are quite right regarding the flat bottom not being the reason for the dory being tippy. If I have made a statement indicating this, then it is an error on my part.
I just love the caraval. She's a beautiful ship.
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Well we certainly know this is not a robot ,do we need all the big gaps when you're talking ?
I always asked myself why an Amphora is build like this. Thank you for explaining 👍
You are very welcome🙂
I HAVE DONE MASSIVE OPEN OCEAN SAILING. THIS BEAUTIFULL PORTUGESE LOW MAINTENANCE, LOW DRAUGHTT I SIMPLE, DESIGN MANAGABLE SAILING BOAT COULD SAIL ANYWHERE ITVWANTED. IT COULD TACK WELL IN SAVAGE SEAS. I BELIEVE ONE OF THESE PORTUGESE SHIPS IS IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, CALLED THE MAHOGANY SHIP. IT HAS APPEARED AND DISAPPEARED IN SAND DUNES FOR 200 YEARS NEAR PORT FAIRY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SMASHED INTO THE BEACH COAST BY SAVAGE SEAS IN BASS STRAIT. THERE ARE SHIP SMASHING WAVES ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF VICTORIA, AND VACCUIM CAUSED BY TALL CLIFFS CAUSING SHIPS TO NOT BE ABLE TO GET WIND. A DNA TEST ON LOCAL ABORIGINES COULD FIND PORTUGESE GENES OR THEY MAY HAVE REBUILT A SMALLER CRAFT AND SAILED TO TIMOR, A PORTUGESE COLONY, 400 YEARS AGO.
I'm reading the book: "The Mysterious Case of Rudolph Diesel". I'm up to chapter 19, about the Selandia, and this is great additional information. Thanks for posting this. Too bad no one could save the Selandia for a museum.
Finally a video with concise information on junks. I love it!
You are very welcome. I am happy that you liked the video🙂
There are a lot of misinformation though
It was used for sailing.
Great to have you uploading again, love it
Thank you , i didn't know that👍
You are very welcome🙂
Who in their right mind would want to join the US? The promotion of this idea, with parts of the US turning fully fascist atm, is pretty ridiculous.
Given that quite a large number of people cross in or try to cross in to the US every day, legally and illegally, the wealthy as well as the less fortunate, it would seem that there are many, who vote to join the US with their feet.
Very interesting. What is the reason why square-rigged ships can't sail into the wind as well as a triangular-rigged ship can?
It is not really the actual shape that does it, but how they are fitted to the mast. A square rig goes across the mast, while fore-and-aft rigged sails like the lateen sail have the the mast as close as possible on one side. This means that when turning into the wind a square rig will start to flap in the wind far earlier due to the part of the sail that is ahead of the mast, while the fore-and-aft rig can remain stretched in shape behind the mast. So it is a question of how far into the wind you can maintain a useful shape of the sail.
Good expla ation. Of interest might be ghe fact that Portuguese ships often carried both types of sail so they could choose the most efficient method. This was most likely the clincher.
Grain needs to be stored for it to mature and make good flour. The sail from Australia provided that storage time whilst being transported. One reason the clippers survived so long.
That is a good point. I had never really thought about that. Thanks for the input.
Fair winds and following seas.@@leclubdaventuredoutre-mer
Initially, the triangular sail of the caravels was called "la trina" (the triangular) in Italian. This gave origin to "latina" (lateen) which is a rather inadequate name for a sail copied outright from the arabic Dhows.
Calling it triangular does seem rather sensible as it describes the sail rather than its origin. That variations of the word latin is used in Northern Europe simply came about, because the sail was seen on vessels from the Latin countries. It might not be the exact origin, but it shows the route the design took up through Europe.
@@leclubdaventuredoutre-mer you learned the sails and their names from Portugal and Spain - who already called it "Latin" in the 1500s and who, by the way, were not called "latin countries" back then. Since we are at it, there never was any craddle of civilization in Europe. The misnomer "Western Civilization" is but the current stage of expansion of the middle eastern civilizations: Mesopotamian and Egyptian.
The masts serve no real purpose. Yes, the position of a crows nest for the lookout and I can see the radio aerial but I suppose a single mast would look stupid.
Masts can serve many more purposes than sail rigging. Aside from the crows nest and radio aerial that you mention they can also serve as the base for hoisting up and loading and unloading cargo. This was especially true in a time, where many of the ports visited, where significantly less developed than the visiting ships. It was thus valuable for a ship to be able to unload itself as efficiently as possible. Having a number of masts for this made sense.
what if you install a diesel engine on a pirate ship
Rabelo boats were designed specificaly for the transport of barrels of port wine along the Douro river.
Interesting stuff !
One of my favorite carrack is the Scottish leviathan, Great Michael. The Great Michael was a carrack built for King James IV of Scotland in the early 16th century. It was intended to be the largest and most powerful warship of its time. It had an estimated length of around 73 meters (240 feet) and a beam of about 18 meters (58 feet). Despite its impressive size, it was not successful in battle and was eventually destroyed by the Scots themselves.
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Nice voice.
Very good video
In 1518 Portugal started to built galleons, much before anyone else. There is paintings of a dutch painter of the big galleon Sao Joao Baptista in the battle of Tunez in 1525 against the pirate redbear. It was the biggest and most advanced ship of its time.
i think they were designed to be carried be 1 man only, considering the shape of the handles and the most easy/ergonomic way to carry this amphora (it is neither practical nor efficient to carry it by 2 people) on the shoulder with the neck towards the face and both hands clasping the amphora. would explain the elongated handles and curved slim neck...the amphora would be tilted almost upside down i believe. Try carrying havy loads, easiest and most healthy for the back is on the shoulder, both shoulders or on the head, also the notion that it would weigh around 25 kilos makes sense, which is the maximum load a person is allowed to carry today on a workfloor, bags of cement and garden earth weigh maximum 25 kilos......maybe there were leather straps involved for carrying