Hey Bob, I am going to give you a non-answer answer and I have Cc'd Mariners List, so you might get a private answer from someone on that list. I do know that the number of crew would depend on whether SEA was sailing, rigged as a ship or a barque. I _think_ ship-rigged required fewer crew, but I may have that back to front. For memory for instance, I see emigrant vessels arriving at Quebec, barque-rigged, with passengers and then eastbound with lumber, ship-rigged. Sue On 7/3/2013 9:55 PM, Robert McKenzie wrote: > G'day Listers > Trying to ascertain if the following crew would be sufficient to sail an 840 > ton, three masted ship in ballast from Melbourne, Australia to Peru? > The crew of the Sea consisted of Captain Jas. McKay, Wm. McKay (chief > officer), W. Boyd (second ditto), Neil McLeod (boatswain), Carpenter, > seventeen able bodied seaman, one ordinary ditto, and two boys-in all, > twenty five. > On previous voyages she had crews of 40 and 37! > She was wrecked on Nepean Reef with this crew in 1853, and newspapers of the > day reported that some crew may have been in irons. > Would a crew of 25 be a 'normal' crew for such a vessel on such a journey? > There was one newspaper report that said she was bound for Sydney, Australia > then Peru. > > Cheers....Bob TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/