The Ancient Mariner
Encyclopedia
The Ancient Mariner is a fictional ketch
yacht
that was used in the BBC
documentary film Sea Monsters. In the show, Nigel Marvin and the rest of the crew used the boat to travel to the seven deadliest seas of all time. It was approximately 80 feet long.
Ketch
A ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: a main mast, and a shorter mizzen mast abaft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post. Both masts are rigged mainly fore-and-aft. From one to three jibs may be carried forward of the main mast when going to windward...
yacht
Yacht
A yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...
that was used in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
documentary film Sea Monsters. In the show, Nigel Marvin and the rest of the crew used the boat to travel to the seven deadliest seas of all time. It was approximately 80 feet long.
Known amenities
- Berths
- Onboard television
- Lounge
- Some form of time travelTime travelTime travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or forward to the future of that point without the...
device (never seen or explained in the show)