the british navy was known for its ability to coalesce these fractious individuals into what horatio nelson would later dub band of brothers. yet the challenge on the wager was enormous because so many of the men had been pressed and so many were sick. by september 1740, nearly a year had gone by since the start of the war, and still the wager and the other warships were marooned on the dockyards. but finally, on september 18th, the squadron along with two small cargo ships, which plan to accompany the expedition way set off on perilous voyage. and here can see the expedition as sketched by one of the members on board the flagship, the centurion. that's the largest ship. and you can see the wager, mark, there. now, the book focuses on the competing accounts of three men on board the wager. we all impose some coherence, some meaning on the chaotic events of our existence. we like to rummage through the raw images of our memories selecting, burnishing or racing. and i organize the book this way to show each of these men like all of us, tried to shape his story in this case to emerge as the he

. >> yesterday was trafalgar day marking 218 years to the day since admiral horatio nelson defeated aefeated a combined french and spanish fleet. heading off bonaparte's invasion plans and securing british naval supremacy for a century. the age of sail left a legacy of rich literature, which reached its peak with the brilliant aubrey—maturin adventure series by patrick o'brian. when those books were turned into a movie. master and commander in 2003, a ramshackle crew was assembled to sail an 18th century replica warship from rhode island. all the way to hollywood. inadvertently recreating the very adventures that o'brian had depicted in his stories . one of depicted in his stories. one of that crew was will sovereign , that crew was will sovereign, who's turned his tale into a book called all hands on deck . book called all hands on deck. will joins me now. will welcome to gb news. just to begin with, what would be the differences between the replica ship and the original warship ? did you have original warship? did you have modern devices on board? did you have more room? was it as w