For the first weeks, there are favorable winds the Mayflower makes steady progress across the sea
Unfortunately, even in good weather the conditions aboard the ship are miserable
There are no sanitary provisions and very little privacy, some have to sleep straw on the floors
some on board get
violently seasick the children ranging in age from a few months old to fifteen grew
restless after the first few weeks of favourable winds the North Atlantic
Ocean finally turns its full fury on the tiny Mayflower
damaging crosswinds and violent storms continue straining the Mayflower to the
breaking point the passengers are forced to stay inside the foul-smelling cabins
either Charlie Brown how much farther than you have to go I'm not sure I think
someone said we're about halfway no come on Charlie Brown shape I can't let this
little wimp are you
the storms become so violent the crew is forced to halt the ship to go to short
sale effectively no sound at all this keeps the sails from ripping apart but
now the Mayflower is like a cork bobbing up and down helpless on the great ocean
save John Allen's life a storm threw him overboard oh no and now there's another
problem yeah what you have to return to England
midships the beam is cracked imposed so why can't we just see that our ship was
are you taking too much of a beating basically turn and head for home the
winds will be an hour back what's going to become of us Linus well I think it's
up to Captain John the captain let him tell us captain we can't risk all these
lives we must turn back we can fix that beam we will go on we've come too far to
turn back now after many hours of debate a great
jackscrew forces the spine main beam back into place
there it is secured to the Timbers a post is placed under the main beam to
place it the Mayflower's captain Jones has faith
in his ship and the pilgrims have faith in their God and they all decide to
further risk their lives to reach the new world