Generally, no. First of all, salt water dehydrates people. (The salt in the salt water pulls water out of your cells.) Second, it was very difficult to purify water prior to the mid-1800s, because it was more-or-less impossible to remove diseases and contaminants. Most people did not drink water on any regulars basis. Sailors were especially incapable of purifying their supplies of water. Most sailors drank beer and hard liquor, which tended to preserve better and remained antibacterial.
fleas because sailors needed ALL their water to drink not bathe
Because the sea water is salty and it can harm us .
Grog .
18th century
Grog was traditionally made from a mixture of water and rum. It was a popular drink among sailors in the 18th century.
Shakespeare talks about people drinking mead. It was an alcoholic drink made from honey and water which was fermented with yeast. I'm sure the most common drink was water though. Actually I thought water was very dangerous at those times, so it was only drunk if desperate. True with the mead though! Thanks!
18th century
The sailors in the First Fleet drank a very inferior type of rum which was purchased for them.
Beer or ale
Historically, rum was issued daily to sailors. This is no longer the case and sailors consume a wide variety of alcoholic beverages.
Its gross!! (NO!) HELL no its SEXY as people pee in pools and even CHIT in them at times YOU GO GIRL Marines and others EXCEPT Sailors are known to drink their own pee when they run out of water Sailors like me Oh never mind you will only be grossed out
In a book called "The tales of crypids" it states that mermaids do catch sailors off guard then drags them down in the water but the mermaids found out when they bring the sailors down, that the sailors cant breath underwater so the sailors end up dying and ever since the mermaids have been hiding to distract more sailors.