Sailors, Whalers, Fantastic Sea Voyages: An Activity Guide to North American Sailing Life

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years at a time Our story begins with the daily life of the sailor We sail with him as we learn about the clothes he wore the food he ate and the superstitions he held about everything from sailing on Friday to losing a bucket overboard Then we'll make some sailor's crafts from shadow box ships to sea chests We'll hear stories about children who grew up on sailing ships and take a peek in the galley the ship's kitchen We ll even try our hand at making dandyfunk a sailor's snack Clipper ship Three Brothers 2 972 tons 2 696 metric tons Library of Congress In Chapter 2 we move on to the life of the whale men and experience the heart pounding excitement of the whale hunt We'll watch as a sailor goes from greenhand a new recruit to old salt an experienced sailor You'll see why the whale was so valuable in early America and how its oil lit the lamps of the world Along the way you'll see how whaling pro