my hope is that through this project the basque people will know more about our maritime history. they will be proud of their ancestors, we decided to build this ship, nobody asked us. anthony: this used to be the center of the world for boat building. bad times for the spanish navy was good times for the basque. because if a lot ships are sinking that means more work here. xavier: absolutely, the basque were the first whalers, industrial whalers, in a time in which the basque were the only people hunting whales industrially. anthony: how many guys? xavier: in a classic rowing boat, 7 people. anthony: okay 7 people, guy out on front the strongest guy with a harpoon. xavier: that s right. anthony: a whole lot of rope. xavier: 200 meters rope. anthony: how big is the boat? xavier: 8 meters
anthony: this used to be the center of the world for boat building. bad times for the spanish navy was good times for the basque. because if a lot ships are sinking that means more work here. xavier: absolutely, the basque were the first whalers, industrial whalers, in a time in which the basque were the only people hunting whales industrially. anthony: how many guys? xavier: in a classic rowing boat, 7 people. anthony: okay 7 people, guy out on front the strongest guy with a harpoon.
16th century basque whaling galleon. my hope is that through this project the basque people will know more about our maritime history. they will be proud of their ancestors, we decided to build this ship, nobody asked us. anthony: this used to be the center of the world for boat building. bad times for the spanish navy was good times for the basque. because if a lot ships are sinking that means more work here. xavier: absolutely, the basque were the first whalers, industrial whalers, in a time in which the basque were the only people hunting whales industrially. anthony: how many guys? xavier: in a classic rowing boat, 7 people. anthony: okay 7 people, guy out on front the strongest guy with a harpoon. xavier: that s right. anthony: a whole lot of rope. xavier: 200 meters rope. anthony: how big is the boat? xavier: 8 meters. anthony: 8 meters? if the ropes get too wet you
project the basque people will know more about our maritime history. they will be proud of their ancestors, we decided to build this ship, nobody asked us. anthony: this used to be the center of the world for boat building. bad times for the spanish navy was good times for the basque. because if a lot ships are sinking that means more work here. xavier: absolutely, the basque were the first whalers, industrial whalers, in a time in which the basque were the only people hunting whales industrially. anthony: how many guys? xavier: in a classic rowing boat, 7 people. anthony: okay 7 people, guy out on front the strongest guy with a harpoon. xavier: that s right. anthony: a whole lot of rope. xavier: 200 meters rope. anthony: how big is the boat? xavier: 8 meters anthony: 8 meters? if the ropes get too wet you