First person rocks, doesn't it?<br/><br/>But about the smell: we should probably be aware it would be there, but doggedly ignore it. Bathing habits on land weren't that hygienic either at the time: most people apparently took too few baths per year to contemplate.<br/><br/>The heads (ship's loo) would be an outhouse-like structure or two, overhanging the stern on each deck. There would also be chamberpots, which will be assumed to be empty for most of our purposes.  However, many of the crappier jobs on board would probably smell worse than others.<br/><br/>Thanks for provoking this discussion, Aiden.