Where Did Pirates Repair Their Ships?

Pirates have always been an entrepreneurial bunch, but have you ever wondered where they repaired their ships? It's not like most ports would take them in, after all. In this episode of SideQuest we'll learn all about pirate bases, especially in the Caribbean.

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[handouras]

To prevent seaweed and shipworms from slowing and damaging their ships, some ship owners would get copper sheathing on the hulls. When exposed to water, copper creates a copper oxychloride film which is toxic to most organisms and washes away so nothing can grow on it. This was very expensive, looked fly af (think gold plated ships), and was the best way to keep your ship fast, so it appealed to pirates/privateers.

[johanrosenberg]

There was this story in Norway a few years ago where a company wanted to offer people the opportunity to sail in authentic viking ships. The issue, however, was that Norway had a law stating that all ships taking passengers (or something along those lines) had to have a plan in case they were attacked by pirates.

And the company simply replied: "We are the pirates."

[rudmersennema]

the sinking of Port Royal was actually really horriffic. withing seconds or minutes the whole island became quicksand devouring everything and indeed everyone... The vibrations made the water be able to creep inbetween the sand grains and thus making it quicksand.

[Microwafel]

Watching a year old video about pirates and MOST of the stuff he tells us is things i personally havent heard before, love how it actually tried to give an idea of how pirates kinda fit into society when they were around instead of either glorify, or make it look horrible

[CaptainIsNasty]

Knowing more about the Caribbean pirates makes me appreciate Assassins creed Black Flag more, such well made game depicting the pirate life and the world at that time

[panchitotaco]

At first I tought you had 4 million subscribers instead of 4k. I was genuinely schocked when i found out otherwise. Please keep making these man. You’re awesome!

[SWATDRUMMUH]

there are still pirates, just swapped ships and flintlocks with fishing boats and AKs

[leemiles]

3:26 “it’s a family show” *proceeds to unblur the image for a singular frame

[nigelrg]

Love the way these videos take a subject you'd never really thought about and explain it in a fun way.

[taylorverrall]

So glad that this channel has blown up recently. Top tier videos with even higher tier voiceovers. Bravo!

[Mjorpain]

I'm amazed at the low viewership. It's quality content, keep it up :)

[nicholasjayaputra]

Just found this yesterday and now I've gotten more interested in this kind of video, its really simple, informative, and fun to watch

[Boss_Z]

The production quality vs viewership is unbelievable. Great educational videos that deserves more views! Glad i was able to find this channel!

[chewy_bucca]

Very glad this popped up in my recommended, just finished AC Black Flag again, really interesting to see how they tied the story of the game into real world history. Very informative and entertaining video with perfect pacing and a tight script, 10/10 content <3

[bosunbill]

Assassin creed 4 (one of the best entries in the franchise), as well as Black Sails (Prequel to Treasure Island mixed with retelling Nassau`s history) both detailed the fall of the Pirate Republic, and both portrayed the man responsible for the fall as a major Villain... A Privateer turned legendary Pirate Hunter, Governor Wooded Rogers.

[SteveRogers]

The tv series Black Sails actually touches on this quite a bit. It’s amazing how accurate that show is in some places. Though it’s not all based on legitimate history, there are characters with names of actual pirates and it takes place in Nassau during the 1700’s. It also ties in nicely with Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.

[Homelice]

They took them to Water7. I heard Galley-La has some of the best shipwrights on the Grand line.

[janyabut]

I was thinking they'd go to Water 7 and ask Franky to repair their ships. Srsly tho, this channel is good af. Just became a fan.

[bigdaddysilver]

I absolutely loved this video, great great content, thanks so much for your effort, I will happily give you the support your channel needs to grow

[poissonCHA]

this is AMAZING ! im in love, thank you for making my day ! <3