r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Quiet-Turn4491 • 4d ago

Ship caught in a terrifying storm at night Video

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u/Pixelslinger9 4d ago

That's pretty incredible! Now imagine sailing the seas 300 years ago without our current tech.

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u/DanyeelsAnulmint 4d ago

Exactly my thought as well.

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u/EagerToLearnMore 4d ago

And when there were titans, mermaids, kraken, and sirens in the waters.

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u/Xcav8 3d ago

2 of those things aren't even real

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u/stamper2495 3d ago

ONLY TWO?!

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u/albatross_ed 3d ago

I hope you mean sirens/mermaids

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u/certainlynotacoyote 2d ago

The mean sirens and water

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u/I_Always_3_putt 4d ago

I used to work on ocean tugs, and I would be gone for up to 6 months at a time. I once watched a short film on one of my trips called "Around Cape Horn." it was filmed in 1929, and it followed one of the last ships to sail around Cape Horn. That short film made me feel like such a little bitch. Sleeping in my nice warm bunk, while these guys were often soaked for months on end, and sleeping in hammocks.

You can watch it on youtube.

https://youtu.be/9tuTKhqWZso?si=MVrQ7Wr06USj-Lno

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u/EyyyyyyMacarena 4d ago

Nice movie! Thanks!

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u/I_Always_3_putt 4d ago

No problem! It's a great representation on how they had it back in the sailing days. I was very grateful for our current water travel technologies 🤣

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u/Jaloon40 4d ago

Mystic Seaport Representing! Let’s goooooo

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u/Buddy-Lov 4d ago

I spent a week at the docks there last summer….loved it! I lived in a museum for a week😂

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u/TaintYet 3d ago

Speechless. Simply amazing - thanks for sharing!

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u/treemeizer 3d ago

You've just put me on an amazing rabbit hole, thank you!

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u/RCT2man 3d ago

I watched this whole thing. Absolutely fantastic. It makes me sad I didn’t do something crazy when I was 20 :(.

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u/I_Always_3_putt 3d ago

That's when I worked the tugs, 19 to 26. Got tired of being away all the time. But I definitely got to see some great places.

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u/YouEffOhh1 4d ago

Also with scurvy

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u/baked-stonewater 4d ago

Not in the British navy...

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u/Eurasia_4002 4d ago

Aside from the lights and the resued dump truck engines. Filipino fishing boats still have the same design as their ancestors' Trimaran design made of wood.

So many do still kinda have the same feel in these kinds of rough situations on a rough boat.

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u/Kafshak 4d ago

Same as Persian Lench. But we don't have such storms there.

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u/jeicam_the_pirate 4d ago

GPS was only added in 1993 (or, 30 years ago).