How did passengers keep warm on sail ships?
Trans-Atlantic passenger travel was not very popular until the advent of the steamer, and yet men and women crossed the ocean periodically, including the affluent.
From what I've been able to gather, a fireplace, or even a stove, was unthinkable outside the galley. Sailors may have been used to it, but what about folks who paid good money for the trip and expected it to be somewhat comfortable? Did they just use a lot of blankets in their cabins?
transportation ships ocean
asked 3 hours ago
RickyRicky
1,6481024
add a comment |
Trans-Atlantic passenger travel was not very popular until the advent of the steamer, and yet men and women crossed the ocean periodically, including the affluent.
From what I've been able to gather, a fireplace, or even a stove, was unthinkable outside the galley. Sailors may have been used to it, but what about folks who paid good money for the trip and expected it to be somewhat comfortable? Did they just use a lot of blankets in their cabins?
transportation ships ocean
asked 3 hours ago
RickyRicky
1,6481024
You surely mean "galley" instead of "gallery"?
– Alex
2 hours ago
@Alex: I stand corrected. "Galley," of course. Thank you.
– Ricky
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Trans-Atlantic passenger travel was not very popular until the advent of the steamer, and yet men and women crossed the ocean periodically, including the affluent.
From what I've been able to gather, a fireplace, or even a stove, was unthinkable outside the galley. Sailors may have been used to it, but what about folks who paid good money for the trip and expected it to be somewhat comfortable? Did they just use a lot of blankets in their cabins?
transportation ships ocean
asked 3 hours ago
RickyRicky
1,6481024
Trans-Atlantic passenger travel was not very popular until the advent of the steamer, and yet men and women crossed the ocean periodically, including the affluent.
From what I've been able to gather, a fireplace, or even a stove, was unthinkable outside the galley. Sailors may have been used to it, but what about folks who paid good money for the trip and expected it to be somewhat comfortable? Did they just use a lot of blankets in their cabins?
transportation ships ocean
transportation ships ocean
asked 3 hours ago
RickyRicky
1,6481024
asked 3 hours ago
RickyRicky
1,6481024
edited 1 hour ago
Ricky
asked 3 hours ago
RickyRicky
1,6481024
asked 3 hours ago
RickyRicky
1,6481024
asked 3 hours ago
RickyRicky
1,6481024
1,6481024
You surely mean "galley" instead of "gallery"?
– Alex
2 hours ago
@Alex: I stand corrected. "Galley," of course. Thank you.
– Ricky
1 hour ago
add a comment |
You surely mean "galley" instead of "gallery"?
– Alex
2 hours ago
@Alex: I stand corrected. "Galley," of course. Thank you.
– Ricky
1 hour ago
You surely mean "galley" instead of "gallery"?
– Alex
2 hours ago
You surely mean "galley" instead of "gallery"?
– Alex
2 hours ago
@Alex: I stand corrected. "Galley," of course. Thank you.
– Ricky
1 hour ago
@Alex: I stand corrected. "Galley," of course. Thank you.
– Ricky
1 hour ago
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
Long ago, in 16 century they used open fire (with all possible precautions) on
the deck to cook (ref. Morison, Admiral of the Ocean Sea). Later they used a galley.
There was no other way to heat yourself, except a lot of cloth, blankets etc.
Yes the travel was not very comfortable, even for the rich.
They rarely traveled in winter by the way,
and for more important reasons than mere cold.
Recently I saw a film in youtube of some re-enactment of a trip of the Vikings
in a replica of a Viking ship. The re-enactment happened in summer, of course,
and they used the modern high-tech cloth. But the ship and its equipment was authentic as much as possible. Several people had to drop from the enterprise,
and they were picked by an accompanying modern boat and evacuated. Because they
could not tolerate cold.
Such stories are abundant. One 20th century re-enactment of the Columbus
voyage had to be abandoned completely because the crew could not endure
the conditions and rebelled. I recall that Columbus own crew was also
on the verge of rebellion when America was finally discovered.
My general impression is that people were tougher, and could endure more hardship then most of modern people. (And more people died from various reasons, of course.
In particular during the sea travels.)
Remark. I traveled in the North Atlantic myself, in a sail boat, in summer. There was no heating, of course. It was difficult to stand a 4 hour night watch, in ordinary cloths without a special modern high-tech sailing suit. But it was OK to sleep in a sleeping bag in a cabin.
answered 2 hours ago
AlexAlex
27.3k151103
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "324"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fhistory.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f52066%2fhow-did-passengers-keep-warm-on-sail-ships%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
Long ago, in 16 century they used open fire (with all possible precautions) on
the deck to cook (ref. Morison, Admiral of the Ocean Sea). Later they used a galley.
There was no other way to heat yourself, except a lot of cloth, blankets etc.
Yes the travel was not very comfortable, even for the rich.
They rarely traveled in winter by the way,
and for more important reasons than mere cold.
Recently I saw a film in youtube of some re-enactment of a trip of the Vikings
in a replica of a Viking ship. The re-enactment happened in summer, of course,
and they used the modern high-tech cloth. But the ship and its equipment was authentic as much as possible. Several people had to drop from the enterprise,
and they were picked by an accompanying modern boat and evacuated. Because they
could not tolerate cold.
Such stories are abundant. One 20th century re-enactment of the Columbus
voyage had to be abandoned completely because the crew could not endure
the conditions and rebelled. I recall that Columbus own crew was also
on the verge of rebellion when America was finally discovered.
My general impression is that people were tougher, and could endure more hardship then most of modern people. (And more people died from various reasons, of course.
In particular during the sea travels.)
Remark. I traveled in the North Atlantic myself, in a sail boat, in summer. There was no heating, of course. It was difficult to stand a 4 hour night watch, in ordinary cloths without a special modern high-tech sailing suit. But it was OK to sleep in a sleeping bag in a cabin.
answered 2 hours ago
AlexAlex
27.3k151103
add a comment |
Long ago, in 16 century they used open fire (with all possible precautions) on
the deck to cook (ref. Morison, Admiral of the Ocean Sea). Later they used a galley.
There was no other way to heat yourself, except a lot of cloth, blankets etc.
Yes the travel was not very comfortable, even for the rich.
They rarely traveled in winter by the way,
and for more important reasons than mere cold.
Recently I saw a film in youtube of some re-enactment of a trip of the Vikings
in a replica of a Viking ship. The re-enactment happened in summer, of course,
and they used the modern high-tech cloth. But the ship and its equipment was authentic as much as possible. Several people had to drop from the enterprise,
and they were picked by an accompanying modern boat and evacuated. Because they
could not tolerate cold.
Such stories are abundant. One 20th century re-enactment of the Columbus
voyage had to be abandoned completely because the crew could not endure
the conditions and rebelled. I recall that Columbus own crew was also
on the verge of rebellion when America was finally discovered.
My general impression is that people were tougher, and could endure more hardship then most of modern people. (And more people died from various reasons, of course.
In particular during the sea travels.)
Remark. I traveled in the North Atlantic myself, in a sail boat, in summer. There was no heating, of course. It was difficult to stand a 4 hour night watch, in ordinary cloths without a special modern high-tech sailing suit. But it was OK to sleep in a sleeping bag in a cabin.
answered 2 hours ago
AlexAlex
27.3k151103
add a comment |
Long ago, in 16 century they used open fire (with all possible precautions) on
the deck to cook (ref. Morison, Admiral of the Ocean Sea). Later they used a galley.
There was no other way to heat yourself, except a lot of cloth, blankets etc.
Yes the travel was not very comfortable, even for the rich.
They rarely traveled in winter by the way,
and for more important reasons than mere cold.
Recently I saw a film in youtube of some re-enactment of a trip of the Vikings
in a replica of a Viking ship. The re-enactment happened in summer, of course,
and they used the modern high-tech cloth. But the ship and its equipment was authentic as much as possible. Several people had to drop from the enterprise,
and they were picked by an accompanying modern boat and evacuated. Because they
could not tolerate cold.
Such stories are abundant. One 20th century re-enactment of the Columbus
voyage had to be abandoned completely because the crew could not endure
the conditions and rebelled. I recall that Columbus own crew was also
on the verge of rebellion when America was finally discovered.
My general impression is that people were tougher, and could endure more hardship then most of modern people. (And more people died from various reasons, of course.
In particular during the sea travels.)
Remark. I traveled in the North Atlantic myself, in a sail boat, in summer. There was no heating, of course. It was difficult to stand a 4 hour night watch, in ordinary cloths without a special modern high-tech sailing suit. But it was OK to sleep in a sleeping bag in a cabin.
answered 2 hours ago
AlexAlex
27.3k151103
Long ago, in 16 century they used open fire (with all possible precautions) on
the deck to cook (ref. Morison, Admiral of the Ocean Sea). Later they used a galley.
There was no other way to heat yourself, except a lot of cloth, blankets etc.
Yes the travel was not very comfortable, even for the rich.
They rarely traveled in winter by the way,
and for more important reasons than mere cold.
Recently I saw a film in youtube of some re-enactment of a trip of the Vikings
in a replica of a Viking ship. The re-enactment happened in summer, of course,
and they used the modern high-tech cloth. But the ship and its equipment was authentic as much as possible. Several people had to drop from the enterprise,
and they were picked by an accompanying modern boat and evacuated. Because they
could not tolerate cold.
Such stories are abundant. One 20th century re-enactment of the Columbus
voyage had to be abandoned completely because the crew could not endure
the conditions and rebelled. I recall that Columbus own crew was also
on the verge of rebellion when America was finally discovered.
My general impression is that people were tougher, and could endure more hardship then most of modern people. (And more people died from various reasons, of course.
In particular during the sea travels.)
Remark. I traveled in the North Atlantic myself, in a sail boat, in summer. There was no heating, of course. It was difficult to stand a 4 hour night watch, in ordinary cloths without a special modern high-tech sailing suit. But it was OK to sleep in a sleeping bag in a cabin.
answered 2 hours ago
AlexAlex
27.3k151103
edited 2 hours ago
answered 2 hours ago
AlexAlex
27.3k151103
answered 2 hours ago
AlexAlex
27.3k151103
answered 2 hours ago
AlexAlex
27.3k151103
27.3k151103
add a comment |
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to History Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fhistory.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f52066%2fhow-did-passengers-keep-warm-on-sail-ships%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
You surely mean "galley" instead of "gallery"?
– Alex
2 hours ago
@Alex: I stand corrected. "Galley," of course. Thank you.
– Ricky
1 hour ago