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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi guys and welcome back to the Marobrothers 😃
Today with an unusual yet super epic tour of the Worlds biggest ocean going wooden Sailing ship!
We were invited to tour this Incredible Ship, all thanks to Isabella who managed to squeeze us in last minute before their departure to Nice, France. This has been by fare the most interesting tour we’ve made. Touring it was like being send back nearly 200 years, when the original Gotheborg (the Swedish East Indiaman) was sailing to China for trade. For us it was simply mind-blowing how they managed to replicate this Ship to what it is today. It took over 8 years to built and an investment of around 23.000.000$ (250.000.000Kr) to made it happen.
Big thank you to Joel Engberg (Street Studios) for suppling us with amazing Drone and detail shots
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A comprehensive tour of the Gothenburg, a massive 18th-century replica wooden sailing ship. The video explores the vessel's history as an East India man, its complex technical rigging, and the disciplined daily routines of its crew. It highlights the balance between historical authenticity and modern safety as the ship prepares for long-distance voyages to Asia.
Hi guys and welcome back to our YouTube channel. I'm really excited because today
we're going to be touring the world's biggest wooden sailing ship, the Gothenburg. Let's go!
Welcome to Göteborg. This is an 18th century replica of a ship that sank outside Gothenburg
harbor just a few hundred meters from its home port. Right now we are on our second voyage to
Asia. In 2005 to 2007 she made her maiden voyage around the Africa coast and to China,
the Canton area, where the original ship sailed to and home again. And like I said,
now we are on a second voyage. We are in the Mediterranean area right now and next year
we are going to Asia. Thank you and enjoy the rest of the tour. All right, let's go on board.
But hey, how epic! You've got the gun ports right here. 10 cannons are actually located
on this ship. We're going to be talking about that at a later stage. And yeah, I welcome myself
on board for the first time in my life. I've actually been on a wooden sailing boat and it
has to be one of the biggest ones. So I'm really excited and the sheer dimensions of this ship are
incredible. Hello, welcome to our channel. I'm Johan. I'm a deckhand on board. So that means
I'm a part of the, there is about 50 deckhands and then there's about 20 professional crew.
And as a deckhand you have varying amount of experience, but you don't need experience to
come on board. Okay, but you are very experienced. I am, I have been on board many times. He does
look very experienced. He's also got the muscles that you need for the rope pulling, the jerking of the
ropes and so forth. So yeah, I do my best. Now I have a question to you, right? I read that we have 58 meters
from bow to stern, right? Yeah. Who walks on this? Who walks on this? Is it just the professional crew? Is it also
the other people, the non-professional? No, we use everything and all the like, so
and then the 58 meters is from the back all the way to the end out there. Yeah. On the
bow sprit and the jib boom. Let's go a little bit closer. Yeah, sure. All right. So how do you call
this? It's called the bow sprit. Bow. Bow sprit. It's the big thing, the big stick going up and
then there's a smaller one you see on the side. It's called the jib boom. Jib boom. Do you ever
jump off it? I have actually done it once, but it was quite scary. But yeah, I have done it once.
Super cool. Yeah. And are all these ropes being used? Yes. Or is some just decorative? No, no,
everything is being used. No, nothing is here because it's decoration. Some are like this one,
for example, this you hold on to and this one is a safety line for your harness. So you clip in
when you go out so that you don't fall. Johan is also one of the crew members who climbs up the
crow nest. We're going to put it in a detail shot, not of him climbing, but of what I mean.
So you're not afraid of heights. You do not get water sick either, right? No, I don't. But some
people do, seasick. And I know some people who are professionals, they also get seasick.
But most of the time you get used to it within a few days. Okay. Because unfortunately, guys,
we are at bay, right? Is that how you call it? Exactly, or at harbor. At harbor. And we're not
really moving much, but I'm still very sensitive to it. I'm not going to say I'm seasick, but I can
imagine how it feels to get seasick. Yeah. Now we have as well these boats. Are those for
rescue or do you guys actually use it? So these boats are our ship's boats. And yes,
back in the 1700s, they could be used for rescue. We use them more for recreational,
like sailing, rowing and things like that. They use it for a bed as well, because I've actually
just seen, maybe you can pick up because you won't see his face. There's someone sleeping there.
That's really cool. Obviously, you're maximizing the space here. You're a big crew.
So wherever you can find a quiet place to be, that's where you go to do your Spanish siestas,
right? Super. So along here, what do we have at the far end? So at the far end, up ahead,
we have a sun deck. It's a raised area in the back. And then if we go on in underneath,
we can go ahead and we can look at the helm where we steer the ship. Wait one second.
Did you just climb all the way up? Did you get scared? No. What did you have to do up there?
Ah, okay. For preparation for tomorrow's voyage. Yeah, exactly. It's a flagpole,
so we can look beautiful in port. Of course. But it has no support. So out at sea,
it's not so good to have it up. Understood. Super. This thing is quite cool. It's called
the capstan. It's a manual winch, so you can use it for... You put a rope around it,
and then you can put... Oh, wow. Okay. I see. You guys have probably seen this in movies,
where they all... So this is a capstan bar, and you can put a bar in each,
and then you get a lot of power, like a winch, basically. Yeah. But what do you power with this?
Okay. What is the purpose of it? So if you need to lift anything heavy, like parts of the rigging
and things like that... Okay, I understand now. Back in the 1700s, they would lift the anchor
with it. Okay. And you can still do it today, but then they had rope. Now we have a chain.
And it's a bit of a complicated procedure, but you cannot put the actual anchor cable or chain
around it. So you put a messenger, a separate rope that just goes around. All right. Understood.
And then the people will tie it to the anchor cable or chain. Yeah. And then when it comes here,
you take it off, and then it's all big operation. It's a big procedure.
Easier just to lift people up to the crow's nest, I guess. Yeah. All right. Mostly not people.
By the way, before we move on to the second deck there, how many sails do we have and how many
masts? Because I asked you before if this is a fully rigged ship, and you said that usually you
wouldn't call it such. So tell me a little bit about it. The rigging is called a full rigger,
and that means you have at least three masts, and all the masts are fully square rigged.
So that means you have these square sails on the masts. So the sticks going horizontal,
they're called yards. And yeah, we have them on all the masts. So this is full rigged ship.
But back in the 1700s, you would call this an East India man. And all the East India men were
full rigged ships. So it wasn't like, it's a little bit more modern thing to call it a full rigged
ship. Well, we are modern people, so I'm going to call it a fully rigged ship. Very interesting,
very impressive. I'm mind blown, guys. I think now it's time just to head one deck higher and
explore what else there is. Or should we go here? Yeah, we can have a look at the helm first,
maybe. The helm, guys, it's like the steering wheel for the ship. As you can see here,
we have the steering wheel or the helm. And so this is where you steer the ship.
And as you might be able to see or not see, you don't actually see so much. Yeah, that's actually,
that's a good point. Because when I was here first, I was wondering why the helm is here.
If you have absolutely no visibility, you do see a little bit to the left and to the right, but
it doesn't work. So the reason for this is that you will be standing here or more precisely
about here and you will be steering by a compass course. So here we have a compass,
we also have one on the other side. So you get the compass course from the officer of the watch.
Of course. And the officer of the watch is usually standing up here or here in the navigation cabin
where we have all the navigation equipment. Because we also have a skylight, right? Would
have someone stand up there and then tell you. Yes, absolutely. And you also said before,
hello sir, how are you? That this is from the ship that sank in 1745, right? Yes. The original
Göteborg. And that's one of the pieces that they actually managed to still get out. Yeah. And just
to be sure, this black piece and this black, so it's a very little piece. But yeah, I can almost
say this is a reconstruction of the original ship. And here is the crew's only area. We're
not going to be showing it, guys. This is the area where the crew obviously goes to relax.
Yeah, this is actually, this is captain's quarters. Okay. So this is where the jacuzzi is,
right? And the bathtub and the fun stuff. Exactly. No, unfortunately it's just two cabins and an
office. Privileged. He has an office next to his bed. Let's continue this way.
Maybe a quick look into the bathroom here. Yes. Because I find that really interesting.
First, you have a very nice turning knob. And the bathrooms as such are very compact,
but super utile. You've got everything you need. I actually used it before and it took me 10 minutes
to find the flush, which is just at the bottom right. So what I did, I had to go and ask the
actual captain of the boat. I said, excuse me, can you help me to find where to flush the toilet?
Anyways, the guy had better things to do. Now, this bell here, when do you ring it?
Well, this particular, we don't ring it very much, but we have another bell up ahead.
And you ring it to keep the time. Will I get in trouble if I just hit it once?
You can do it once, of course. Are you sure? Very gently.
Like that. Now everyone will come out. We have a hatch here. The hatch leads down. We'll come
to that section in a later stage. Shall we now explore what we find above? Yes. And what's the
deck you call? I said spar deck, but it's not. We call it the sun deck. Sun deck. This is where all
the people suntan nude, right? When you're out in the ocean, no one can see. All right, let's go up
then. All right. The sun deck. So I don't want to do a spoilers, but as you have seen, it was a very
traditional helm and a traditional way of navigating. But in order to still navigate
the seas, they would have to have modern technology. So I'm just going to spoil it for
the viewers and open it real quick because you have a fur dinkum installation here, but maybe
for the better light. Everything to navigate the ship, right? Exactly. So you have a log, you have
electronic charts and you have the engine control and so forth. So different than the wind meter and
so forth shows the wind directions. Super. So it's quite cool. All right. But hidden, as you see,
the ship is supposed to look like it was in the 1700s. So many of these electronics and things,
they are hidden. I have to say, I love that very much that when you step on board of the ship,
it feels like you're going back in a time capsule nearly 200 years ago when this ship was doing the
voyage to China and collecting porcelain and other trading goods. But yeah, so this is the skylight,
that we have seen before. So down here you have the helm and up here often the officer of the
watch will stand here and do navigation. And what they can also do is that you can remove this piece
here. Okay, super. And then you can shout your orders, come more starboard or more port or...
Bring me a coffee, something like that. Exactly like that. But this is also great, by the way,
everything on ships always is hooked in so that when you have turbulences, for instance,
like turbulences... Yeah, waves or rolling or... Yeah, if you're like moving too much,
things don't go out of place. And that's just a perfect example as well on how they installed it
here. Exactly. Super cool. And like, for example, here we have a compass. Ah, wow. So the officer
of the watch can keep track of that. And you can actually rig a little thing which you can sight.
So if you have a lighthouse or something, you can sight down along the compass and you can get a
bearing and then you can sight, for example, something else. And then you can get a crossing
position on the chart and you can get your position and things like that. Can I ask you,
does it also work like Jack Sparrow's compass that it takes you wherever your heart wants to go?
Only if you believe so. All right, really cool. Then obviously right behind it, the flag is
waving. Exactly. And yeah, we have the big flagstaff. We have, yeah, we have a big,
this is quite decorative, a big, but it's decorative, but also very useful. It keeps the
stern part supported. And yeah, we have more modern lifebuoys, of course, in case someone
would fall overboard. We have a raft in case someone would fall overboard. It's a very small
raft, but then you push this overboard so the person in the water can get something to cling on
to. Talking about that, obviously you'd use it in emergencies only. I've read that the original
Gothenburg, it sank as it was coming back from its first voyage, right? Yeah. From China. Exactly.
In the shores of Gothenburg. Yes, exactly. There was no real reason why it actually sank, right?
Because people don't know, historians are trying to figure out the exact
reason of why that happened. Yeah. I mean, what happened was that it hit a rock, a very well-known
rock. Ah, okay. But, and there is speculation because the ship was getting a bit old, there's
speculation whether it was an insurance fraud or so. The pilot, because as you get into port,
you always have a pilot, experienced person who knows the... Of course, the port, yeah, geology.
And they had a pilot and he was blamed, but the weather was good, the conditions were good,
and luckily all crew members survived, right? Exactly, exactly. All right, guys, I'd say we go
back down and discover what's to be found right beneath us. Yeah. So, let's take these stairs
down which are very steep and see what we find. Let's go. All right, guys, let's go down the hatch
and see what we find. All right, we are at the second deck. Now, this area is at the back and
it's basically reserved for the professional staff. As it was said before, you would have 20
members who are professionals and the rest would join to help and they would sit there and do the
work. And we're just going to give a really quick hello. We don't want to disturb them at all. All
right, this is where they find the peace and quiet to work. As you can see, the atmosphere is very
work-like, so we don't want to interrupt them as much. So, I would say we leave them in peace and
head back outside to explore what else we find on this level. So, let's go. All right, we have
a tiny little kitchenette here. I think it's so cute and we've seen so many kitchenettes in our
property tours, but this one is on a ship, the world's biggest wooden sailing ship. So, it's a
big pleasure to be here. There are obviously more kitchens. We have the doctor's cabin there,
nice little book library. This is the chief engineer's cabin, maybe just a quick glance.
There's some private stuff. All right, guys, this is the cannon room. Stories say that before they
had 30 iron cast cannons, but now only 10 are remaining. We're actually going to be seeing how
they're shooting some of the bulls out tomorrow as they leave to Nice, France. Right here as well,
maybe put a little glimpse onto it, because this is the cargo that the Indian man was actually
traveling with, importing from China. We have 830 tons of cargo space below us and they would
fill it with porcelain plates from China and so forth. This space is also where they eat,
where they come and maybe relax after a long day of working hard. Maybe come a little bit
closer to show the cannon. It's a real cannon. As I said, it shoots out. Guy's going to repair
the sail. We're going to check that out as well later. So, obviously, this is like an ecosystem.
Everything works and functions. Patrick, this door, just to quickly explain where it goes.
Yeah, real quick. This door goes down and down there we have sleeping quarters. We'll come to
that later. So, yeah, ecosystem, ladies and gentlemen. Everything has to function well.
There has to be a good flow here. You need to be able to repair things, cook, do your own carpentry.
And we have Johan here once again. Hello. Who is going to invite us for a little bite to eat
in the little open buffet they have prepared. Swedish knäckebröd, hard bread. Let's have a look.
Of course, that cannot be missing, right? Yeah, exactly. Super. Perfect. So, they have their own
carpentry room, basically. So, whenever they come across a problem with the wood, they come and
immediately do it. And maybe we'll just have a quick look inside, no? Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Once I eat my banzo. Yeah, exactly. All right. So, yeah, we have the carpenter's workshop here.
They do all kinds of repairs and things, whatever is needed to be done. We have bandsaws,
different saws and all kinds of equipment, whichever you need. Do you think this is a fully
functioning service room that you could basically fix anything that breaks on the boat, on the ship?
Yeah, you can fix a lot. Maybe you can't fix everything. Yeah, okay. Yeah, you can fix a lot,
for sure. Absolutely. What is this actually? It's a block. It's a block. So, it changes the
lead of a rope. So, a rope will go through here and it comes out. Now, they're doing a special
solution here with the leather to prevent the ropes from getting caught in here. So,
they're working on it. And is this musky smell that we experience here, is it because of the
tar on the hemp ropes? Yeah, exactly. And this particular rope is out of a different fiber. It's
manila, but here is a hemp rope and this is tarred. Manila is occasionally tarred as well.
It's also a natural fiber from Philippines and very strong. We have quite an impressive piece
of wood. It's called a bit. As you can see, there's a rope around it here. Extremely solid.
Yeah, this is where they put the anchor cable, belayed it in the 1700s. And yeah, now we put
our mooring lines. And your breakfast buffet. Yeah, exactly. We serve food here. So, theoretically,
ladies and gentlemen, this would be a countertop made out of solid wood. In order to serve your
breakfast on, you would have a barman behind there serving cocktails. Perfect. Something as such,
right? Solid. Yeah, very solid. This is really solid, I have to say. I would say it's bench made,
ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our channel. All right. Alongside this passage as well,
we have more. Obviously, as I said at the beginning, or maybe I didn't, everything is
very utile in the space here. They had to maximize everything. And that's why you find a lot of cool
little perks in corners. So, Johan, what do we have here? Yeah, we have a lot. We have a food
elevator, for example, to get the swings quickly up and down. Oh, really? This is very luxurious.
Yeah, it's quite cool. Element. It goes up and down and yeah, it saves a lot of job. And so,
yeah. Okay, it's even got some stuff in there. Yeah, so there's some stuff. Probably I should
send it down. Send it down to them. Maybe they get mad. And yeah, here we have the paint locker.
Oh yeah, let's have a look inside. Where we keep paint, tar and... Have a look, please.
Oh, very strong smell. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, wow. This is cozy. But someone must really spend a lot
of time painting here, no? All right, so you've got your paintbrushes, a lot of colors. But like
I said, look at this space. It's so condensed. It's so cozy. I love it. Oh, yeah. And we keep
it in a separate space with a separate ventilation, so not to get too much of the smell and so forth.
Of course, I understand. And here we go down to the kitchen. Exactly. Which I think we should just
have a quick look at because it's a really cool kitchen. Fully equipped, as you know. Let's go.
Now, guys, before we head down to the kitchen and the lower deck, let's give a plug for Waza.
Really yummy. And I just had a few of them with butter. Amazing. So, thank you for the sponsorship,
Waza. I'm just kidding. But can't be missing. Let's look at the kitchen now.
All right. So, guys, this is the kitchen. They're actually full in process of preparing lunch for
the entire crew. May I ask you what you're doing to cook today? We're doing the Caribbean chicken
stew. Do you mind if we stay and also have some of that? Of course. Maybe I can give you a hand
and we prepare some extra food. Look at this guy. He's two meters tall, so he will eat a lot.
So, is this where all the food is always prepared? Always. For 80 people around. 80 people. And are
you the chef? Yeah, we have two chefs on board. Super cool. Good dynamic group. The food is good,
I heard. So, I look forward to it. Thank you. You're welcome to try. All right. Now, guys,
obviously, this is the main kitchen, which has everything from all the appliances. This is more
the dirty kitchen where you come, you wash the plates. You've got running water, obviously.
Hi. Hi. And what's your job here? Today, I have kitchen duty. Usually, I'm up on deck,
but we share the kitchen duty as well. Okay, cool. So, mostly, it's washing dishes,
making more coffee. Sweet. We drink a lot of coffee. I can imagine. I must try coffee, please.
You must give me a bit of... Is this Swedish coffee? Yes. Today, we have
not sponsored, but... Oh, well, maybe we can plug it and get a nice sponsorship in.
We did that for the Vasa. I mean, we mentioned Vasa like 10 times, so... Yeah, we have... It's
kind of a mix. We have, like, different brands. Do you want to order real quick? Because you seem
very happy to be here. So, I might as well just ask a question. Is it the first time on the ship
for you? No, it's kind of the second time. I sailed last summer as well. But now, I've been
on for about one and a half months. Wow. So, I started in Bremenhavn, and I'm sailing Antonis.
Nice. What's something you like the most about your experience on the ship? Well, sailing. I'm a
huge fan of sailing, and it's actually Göteborg who made me, like, want to work with this full
time. Okay, wow, cool. So, I actually studied at a Danish school ship earlier this year. So,
Super cool. Yeah. Happy to hear that. Do you like the people that are here? Yeah. You can be honest.
Some people are weird here. I'm just kidding. But you do get very intimate with a lot of people.
Yeah, you get really close. It's kind of sad now that today is changing day. So, like, the people
that you just started to get to know, they're leaving. So, guys, this is a lesson for life.
Nothing's permanent. The only constant is change. So, get used to that. Things come and go, right?
Yeah, it's kind of sad that people are leaving, but it's really fun to meet new people. Of course.
And also, like, some old people are staying as well. So, it's, like, really fun to,
yeah, keep getting to know. And now tell me a little secret. Is her cooking any good? Yeah.
Yeah. Okay, good. I'm really excited. All right. Thank you so much for that. No problem. Yeah,
and enjoy the rest of your day. Thank you. All right. What's behind here, by the way,
just to come back? Yeah. So, down there, we have, like, the freezers. Oh, yeah. Oh,
we must see that. Yeah, it's... Should we go, Patrick? Yeah, let's go. All right. So,
obviously, they go on long trips. So, you must have these big-ass industrial kitchens,
kitchens, fridges. I'm a little bit dizzy because it's really moving down here. You can really feel
it. Let's open it up and have a look inside. Obviously, you have meat, all the things that
need to be freezed, and this one is really cold. And I'm sure people will actually go in here for,
like, a minute when they get too warm when they work on the deck. Along here, we have a little
storage room with a lot of things. Let's look inside. Okay. This is pumpernickel bread. Patrick,
you love this. So, obviously, you're stocked up here on really good things. Oreos. You like Oreos.
Super cool. And you would have another massive freezer here with more, like, vegetable kind of
stuff. I don't know if... Patrick, will you get it? Yeah. So, basically, this is just a storage
place for the kitchen. You have another little sink, kitchenette area there, and a lot of machinery
to control the upper kitchen. Now, let's go upstairs. All right. Kitchen, first class,
ladies and gentlemen. As you have seen, we have even toured some properties where the kitchen
wasn't as nice and utile as the one below. Now, by the way, if you look, I'm 183. Patrick can
barely walk here because you have the structural beams, which are, I think, at 190. So, Patrick
has a good 10 centimeters of hitting space. Do you think that's because the people were much
smaller back in the days? Yeah, partly. And also, actually, this was even lower back in the days.
Oh, wow. So, yeah, it's... You try to save the space. Yeah. So, you have to duck. So, this is kind
of like your... What is this? It's called the... Yeah, this is a storage up... You have to keep all
kind of tools, sledgehammers, axes, yeah, and all kinds of equipment that is needed. Is this where
you put the prisoners, the ones who misbehave? Yeah, exactly. Should we have a look at it real
quick then? How do I open this? Because I'm... So, basically, you grab hold of it. Okay, wow. And it's
so that we don't keep it open. And this is for me to hold? Yeah, exactly, exactly. And what is this?
Is this for the anchor? Yes, that's the anchor windlass and we can also use it for pulling in
mooring lines, the lines that we tie the boat to the shore. If you look at the girth and the
thickness of the ropes here, it's quite insane. All right, let's go downstairs and see what we find.
See you guys later. All right, guys, this is the storage room and I love it. This has so much
charisma and character. And I was reading that they have over 10 tons of rope. And let's just give a
real quick look into it. And there's a musky smell going on in the entire ship and that's because of
the tar that's been used to put around the rope so that no fungus grows onto it. It smells like
a bullion here. Yeah, like the whiskey. Incredible. And then obviously you have all the machinery to
work here. There's a further place here, Patrick. Do you think I should go down there too?
Wow, okay. But you're gonna let me back out, aren't you? Sure.
All right, let's go. But wait, what are all these blocks? So many pieces of things here.
There's so many hatches and holes to climb into. Wow. Okay, so there's also a guy or one person in
charge that has to go into all these. It's the whole crew. It's one by one. It's rotating, right?
Yeah, each hour. That each hour they have to go into every room of the ship to look if there is
no fire. So there's a lot of walking around. As I said, it's 58 meters from bow to stern.
But the square meters, I don't know. Probably going to put it in there approximately how much
it is. Now let's turn around because there's also this part here. And you can see what I mean with
all the rope they have. Imagine you're out in the sea and you suddenly miss something. So it's good
you have so much storage space to put all the essential parts and take them. And as I said,
830 tons of storage space on this ship. Now let's squeeze back out again, no Patrick? Yeah, let's go.
Wow, all right. Wow, I love these compact rooms. Super utile, as I said, before everything in the
ship. Now, where do we go from here? Because there's still so much to show. Let's go back
to the cannons. This leads up to the weather deck, basically. The deck of the ship, where you're
outside. Are these puking buckets for people who don't feel good with the seasickness? Do they
don't? But this is for food waste and this is for when you're finished with your food, you put
your plates and cups. Okay, so not as interesting. All right. It has happened that people have puked in
buckets. Of course, come on. It's not a standard use. I said that these are cast iron cannons. Exactly.
We're gonna see you guys shoot them out tomorrow as you are going on your voyage back. Exactly.
And there we have the bedroom, so maybe we should go explore it real quick. The cabins that we find
there. So yeah, let's go, no? All right guys, this is the sleeping cabin. This is where people snore
and when they do, they get kicked out of the ship. Isabella. Yes. Isabella is the person in charge and
thanks to her, we actually managed to get this tour very spontaneously done. So thank you so much
for it. And Isabella is also an expert in tying knots. So what do we have here? Well, this is one
of the hammocks. So when you sleep down here as they can, most people sleep in hammocks
and then you have one hammock here and then the other one here. So you sleep very close next to
each other. Yeah, but it's still really comfortable. It's really comfortable. You don't
only go side to side, but you also go like up and down. And how do you actually get up on this?
Because it's quite high up. You have to grab here and pull up. Go on then. Try it. All right, wait.
All right, wait. All right. So I hold myself. Yeah, you just flip up. Up. Yeah, up, up, up.
All right, this is good. Yeah. And then you can have a little pillow. I recommend having a
underneath the knees and a little pillow here. Just a small one. I'm going to sleep like this,
like a mummy. What if you need to pee? That's quite inconvenient to come back out.
Yeah, you're going to get strong, good biceps. Cool. All right. Yeah. And yeah, for the people who don't
sleep in hammocks, like if you have a back problem or something, you can also sleep in the
bunk beds. Okay, let's actually have a look at them. Now they're cleaning. Yeah, exactly. I think I mentioned
it at the beginning. I'm not sure, but they're having the turnover. So many people who were the
staff before, come join us, before are now leaving and are being exchanged by other people and they
sleep here. Which one would you actually prefer, hammock or traditional bed? I really like the
hammocks. Yeah. This is also a hammock space. You see all the numbers, they correlate. So we have 46, 46.
And this is as far as privacy goes on the boat, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, that's very much privacy.
This is quite private, I have to say. No one's going to see you pick your nose
or any other stuff. Cool. And this is the space you get for your bag. So don't bring too much
clothes. You won't need a lot anyways, because you get like pants and sweaters and stuff from us.
Solid. Yeah. That's just a room with a sink, right? A bathroom. A bathroom. We have a shower.
Yeah. Let's look at the shower. There's also another room you wanted to show us. Exactly. I can
show you this. So that's kind of like a maze on this shift, because safety wise, we need to have
a lot of emergency exits and entries. I have a question here. All right. So you shower here.
Yep. Do you have a time limit on how long you can shower? And what about the people? Because I know
a few people like to shower for like 20, 30 minutes. You're not allowed to do that. Is there
a time limit? We don't have a specific time limit, but it's not. It's like you can't. I mean,
like we have the system where you have to put this on for it to go on for a long time.
All right. I get it. It's one of these push buttons. It's your own responsibility to not
use too much water so we can have water for everyone. Sharing is caring. I presume some
people maybe shower together to save the water. Never know. I heard that's common on trips. Yes,
we have been on a submarine here in Malaga and they said, shower together, save water. Yeah,
no joke. That's nice. In an old man's submarine. At least, they said minimum four people.
Here is one of the emergency exits going down into the pump room or engine room. Or back out
to the first deck. Yeah, back up. All right. I have a question because I see that you also have
more private cabins here. Four rooms and one for the crew. How can you become so lucky to be in
one of the more private rooms? Well, then you have to do like a whole education to be able to work.
You need to have a title. A doctor. Exactly. The people working here are like the assistant watch
leader, the watch leader. Okay, so like high-ranking officials. Which is also nice because they also
live in the same space. Yeah, cool. Right, super. We've got one of them here. Hello. Hello.
All right, let's go back upstairs I say and see what else we can find here.
I've hit my head like two times and I've bumped into pillars so often. But I think you get used
to it once you start living here. Now, let's go upstairs again. All right, perfect ladies and
gentlemen. I love it down there. I would actually want to sleep in a hammock. Now, we have this
gentleman here who is repairing a sail. Is that his only job? Yes, it is. All you do is repair sails?
No, but I presume he has other duties as well, right? No, he's a sail maker. Oh, wow. So he's
the master of the sails, of which I read we have 2,000 square meters of area size.
Just quite a lot. Yeah, it's quite a lot. It has been used, so it's 15 years old.
And it's made out of linen, all hand-sewn. So it's very heavy, weighs one kilo per square meter.
Wow, how much? One kilo per square meter. And the thick rope that holds it together, would that be hemp?
Yes, it is. Yes, it is. Guys, this is heavy. I'm just lifting a little partial piece of it.
So when you lift the sails, right, this must be quite a heavy physical workout. It is, it is for
sure. We do get strong or we don't pull it out. You're stuck out in the sea. Yeah, exactly. Perfect.
We're back where we started on this level. What do we do now, Patrick? I think we might just go
back up to the top. Yeah. Oh, wait. I also read, if you look at the mast, that it's made out of 18 different
pine woods. Yes, that's true, that's true. Of course, I do know some things. Yeah, it's good, it's good.
Perfect. Well, let's go back upstairs and finish the tour. So, bye-bye. All right, guys. Wow, what an
experience. If you enjoyed it so far, do make sure to give us a like and thumbs up and to also hear a
big thank you to Johan. But let's go up first. Ah, sunlight. Must be a nice feeling when you come
out from under the deck of hard work to the sun and the open sea. I would just like to say a big
thank you to you for, you know, taking us on this tour and being so explicit in the details. I can
really see that you have a big fascination in the work you do and it's actually really nice to see
the passion behind it. So, thank you. Thank you very much. And we do wish you, on behalf of all the
Mauerbrother followers and ourselves, a safe journey to Nice tomorrow. Thank you very much. Thank you.
All right. Hello, this is Isabella again. You met me downstairs and I'm gonna tell you a bit more
about the opportunities of sailing with the ship. So, we are gonna go now from Malaga. We're
gonna go to Nice and then Valletta and then Barcelona. We still have some spots left for
those links if you would like to make a last minute reservation. And otherwise, we are gonna
sail from Barcelona in March to Asia in September 2023. If you are interested in sailing with us,
keep an eye out on our website and social media and check the description box below for that
information. And also, if you are interested in getting an insight in how it is to live and work
on the ship, you will have an opportunity to do that in Barcelona. We are open for volunteers
and we are also open to the public during the weekends. So,
yeah, you can read more on our website and hope to see you on board.