1600s: Men work on mast of ship.
United States 1600s: Men work high atop the mast of a sailing ship, standing on the crow's nest platform and rigging as they adjust and handle the sails. The footage shows sailors balancing on narrow wooden beams amid a network of ropes and lines against an open sky, with close-up detail of the rigging and canvas sail visible in one frame.
Subjects:
1600s
adjust
archival
balance
canvas sail
climbing
colonial era
crew
crow's nest
fix
height
high altitude
historical reenactment
lines
maritime
mast
nautical
ocean voyage
open sky
period clothing
platform
rigging
ropes
ropework
sail
sailing ship
sailing vessel
sailors
seafaring
ship deck
ship maintenance
tall ship
teamwork
vessel
vintage
wind
wooden beam
work