To everyone that loves riding the waves.

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How nice would it be to
travel across the seas?

Well, what sort of ship
will help me do that?

A dhow is a wooden fishing
boat that can travel far.

How many boats do you see?

Are they the same size?

A Chinese junk is a good sailer,
even though it looks quite odd.

How many masts or sails does
this boat have?

I wonder if this ship carried
people or cargo?

That pirate ship - The Notorious!

You can see at the back (stern)
of the ship, the builder who is
cutting some wood.

It took him 6 years to build.

How old are you now?

Getting on board the Notorious.

It is an old style of sailing ship.

Is it daytime or nighttime?

To think that people actually
travelled thousands of kilometers
in tiny ships like this across the
wild seas!

Would you be
brave or scared
to do that one
day?

This is a recreation of a ship
that sailed 500 years ago.

And it is built in the same way.

So is this ship made of wood,
plastic or metal?

A beautiful sailing ship called the
Mayflower.

It is made of wood. Where does wood
come from: trees or rocks?

A sailing ship riding
big waves
during a storm.

During a storm is
it windy and noisy?

Looking inside a cross-section
of a wooden sailing ship.

How many levels or floors
can you count?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6?

Then about 150 years ago,
ships started to have steam
engines just like Thomas the
Tank Engine.

What colours is the funnel
which lets out all of the
smoke?

What colour are ships painted
below the water level?

This ship is called a
battleship because it may
have needed to fire its guns
in a battle with other ships.

Can you see the guns?

Here is a battleship from about
120 years ago.

How many big guns can you
count in the gun turret?

If this is a new ship, are they
building the ship or repairing
the ship?1

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The name of this battleship
is written at the stern (ie. back)
of the ship.

Is the name
    Connecticut
        OR
    Candy?

Are the people who work and live
on the ship called soldiers or sailors?

Here a brand new battleship is in
drydock.

This big hole where the ship is stored
so that people can fix it or paint it
is called a drydock.
Why is this place called a drydock?
Because it is a WET place to work
on the ship or a DRY place to work
on the ship?

This battleship was built about 70
years ago.

Are these battleships and ships
in general getting bigger or
smaller?

How many guns can you see on
each of the 2 big turrets?

Here is a photo of the USS Arizona!

Do you have a model toy of this
ship?

Have you seen this ship?

Before building a ship,
people have to first design
the ship.

Designers are people
who draw pictures of the ship,
so that other people know
how to build it.