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Video of this is crazy.

searches YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dEL7vnQ6HEM

Yeah, there are people hanging in the rigging afterwards.

EDIT: Multiple of the shots on the ship's Wikipedia page have people lined up in the rigging when entering/leaving port, so it might be something that they do on that ship as kind of a show for the people in the port, not sure.

I know that US aircraft carriers at least sometimes have people lined up evenly at railings all the way around facing outwards when doing the entering/leaving port, have seen pictures of that. So might be something of a tradition spanning navies.

EDIT2: Yes, it is, and apparently the standing at the railing derives from what the Mexican seamen were doing in the rigging:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manning_the_rail

Manning the rail is a method of saluting (or rendering honors) used by naval vessels. The custom evolved from that of "manning the yards", which dates from the days of sail. On sailing ships, crew stood evenly spaced on all the yards (the spars holding the sails) and gave three cheers to honor distinguished persons. Today, the crew are stationed along the rails and superstructure of a ship when honors are rendered.

The United States Navy prescribes manning the rail as a possible honor to render to the President of the United States and for the heads of state of foreign nations. A similar but less formal ceremony is to have the crew "at quarters" when the ship is entering or leaving port.[1] Manning the rail is also the traditional way to honor the USS Arizona Memorial when it is passed by all U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Merchant Marine vessels. More recently, as foreign military vessels are entering Pearl Harbor for joint military exercises, foreign sailors have participated in the traditional manning the rails.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard_%28sailing%29#Manning_the_yards

When coming into port, especially during the Tall Ships' Races many modern square riggers will 'man the yards'. All the crew not required on deck to handle the ship will go aloft and spread out along the yards. This manoeuvre was originally used to display the whole crew to the harbour authorities and the other ships present, to show that the ship's guns were not manned and hence her intentions were peaceful.

Yes, that's literally normal.

Navies do goodwill visits to other countries. I remember when

in friendlier times

a Russian missile cruiser, the Varyag, stopped in San Francisco and did tours.

kagis

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/russian-warship-makes-rare-s-f-appearance-3260994.php

Russian warship makes rare S.F. appearance

The ship is the cruiser Varyag, a sleek gray vessel that is the flagship of Russia's Pacific fleet.

Members of the public can tour the Varyag from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday. The ship sails Friday for Vladivostok.

EDIT: Here's one that we did last year:

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3821669/navy-to-set-sail-on-goodwill-mission-in-latin-america-caribbean/

Navy to Set Sail on Goodwill Mission in Latin America, Caribbean

As part of the Continuing Promise deployments, U.S. personnel extend medical and veterinary services to local communities, conduct subject-matter exchanges and engineering projects, and host community events and band performances.

U.S. Navy medical personnel, construction experts, and musicians will deploy this year alongside Army veterinarians and professionals in the State Department-led Women, Peace and Security program to continue the tradition of extending goodwill.

Smith noted that the U.S. has delivered on that promise by working closely with partner countries to deliver more than 600,000 medical treatments, over 7,000 surgeries, and countless constructions projects and community engagements since the Continuing Promise mission began in 2007.

It was a nice day

Smelly, moist and full of seamen.

Given it just broke one of the masts, it was probably only a mild jolt.

Sails require no fuel, and will never require fuel.

What other forms of transportation require no fuel? Think about that for a minute. Sailing is badass.

A number of navies have a tall ship

a large, old-style sailing ship

that they use for training. I believe that they also use them for ceremonies and maybe recruiting and stuff. Kind of a prestige thing, if they can scrape together the funds to have one.

The US has the USCGC Eagle for the Coast Guard and the USS Constitution

the oldest commissioned warship afloat

for the Navy.

According to its Wikipedia page, the Cuauhtémoc does have an auxillary motor, so it's not completely reliant on wind.

The US has boats with motors. We also still train sailors to sail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution