These ships are a wonder of human achievement. While on vacation in Mexico I was able to spend the day on a boat of a similar age—I don’t remember the details. It really connects one to the past.
And they let complete newbies (like me) sign on as crew for a week or two. It’s the adventure of a life time to work on board such an accurate replica. It was hand built - even the nails and ropes were hand built, using tools and techniques from the time period, which if I recall correctly took something like 10 years to research since much of that knowledge had been lost.
