Steerage anyone?

[fygjam]

Barcelona: Three stowaways were found on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after an 11-day ocean voyage from Nigeria, Spain’s maritime rescue service said.

steerage

 

1. 1.

   HISTORICAL

   the part of a ship providing the cheapest accommodation for passengers.

   "poor emigrants in steerage"

    

[forcebwithu]

I was curious how that is even possible for someone to survive for 11 days sitting on rudder. Apparently there's a void space the stowaways can use to shelter in.

Use Of Rudder Trunk For Smuggling

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With the creative imagination of a smuggler, the void space is large enough for a grown man to pass through and access the “platforms” higher up in the trunk. The space may be about 1.6 by 1.6 metres and with a height of about 2.5 metres. Cocaine, with or without accompanying smugglers/stowaways, can be hidden here during a sea voyage, for later pick-up in North America
or Europe.
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[jcolorado]

17 minutes ago, forcebwithu said:

I was curious how that is even possible for someone to survive for 11 days sitting on rudder. Apparently there's a void space the stowaways can use to shelter in.

 

 

How about food and water?

[Golfingboy]

That’s either some tiny Africans, or a decent sized ship…..

Edited November 30, 2022 by Golfingboy