"The Marks of a Nineteenth-Century Sailor" Topic
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| Tango01 | 15 Jun 2019 3:43 p.m. PST |
"When sailors disembarked from a long journey and left the dock to spend what little time and money they had in town, they were clearly distinguishable from other men by their gait. On ship, they had to learn to deal with the ship's movement as it rolled and pitched over the waves. They gained stability by widening their stances, which gave them a distinctive bow-legged appearance (Bennett, 30), and learned to rock with the rhythm of the waves (Independent, 112). Once the vestibular system of the inner ear (i.e. the system responsible for balance) had adjusted to the constant motion of a ship, it had a difficult time readjusting to land, meaning that when sailors returned to land, they felt off-balance because the ground was no longer moving beneath their feet and as a result, they continued to sway (Steingraber, 11). Thus, sailors could be told apart from others on land by their sea-legs, which gave them a widened stance, and a swagger of sorts…."
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| d88mm1940 | 15 Jun 2019 7:02 p.m. PST |
I would have thought it would be the uniform and the anchor tattoos on their forearms… |
| Tango01 | 16 Jun 2019 4:04 p.m. PST |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.