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Whenever I read old stories on the high seas, I always end up thinking, damn it must suck to live on a boat.
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You gotta remember that these ships were about 60 feet long, or about the length of a tractor-trailer truck. That and the food was foul as there was no refrigeration so if they got lost (and they got lost often) you ate spoiled food full of worms and maggots. Then you got scurvy because nobody really understood nutrition. And the work was back breaking under a commander who ruled as a god over your life. Most of these guys died unknown and forgotten. Yea, life on the boats was awful, terrible. But think about this as well: life at sea for many of these men was better than a life on land back home.