Both of us get seasick so we can’t even imagine the life of a sailor , whaler or fisherman out on the open sea for days or months at a time. Until the 1860s an immigrant coming from Europe to the US could be on board a ship for one to three months. When steamships started crossing the Atlantic the trip shortened to a little over one week. This was such an improvement that the old wooden sailing boats were soon scuttled or turned into fire wood. Mystic Seaport’s goal is to save some of these ships and the history that goes along with them. Besides a large collection of ships they’ve also moved and renovated more than 60 historic buildings to make a 19th century seafaring village.
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