<P> Aft on the main deck in the stern was the cabin for Master Christopher Jones, measuring about ten by seven feet (3 m × 2.1 m). Forward of that was the steerage room, which housed a whipstaff (tiller extension) for sailing control; not a wheel, as in later ships . Also here was the ship's compass and probably also berths for the ship's officers . Forward of the steerage room was the capstan, a vertical axle used to pull in ropes or cables . Far forward on the main deck, just aft of the bow, was the forecastle space where the ship's cook prepared meals for the crew; it may also have been where the ship's sailors slept . </P> <P> The poop deck was above the cabin of Master Jones, on the ship's highest level above the stern on the aft castle . The poop house was on this deck, which may have been for passengers' use either for sleeping or cargo . On normal merchant ships, this space was probably a chart room or a cabin for the master's mates . </P> <P> The gun deck was where the passengers resided during the voyage, in a space measuring about 50 by 25 feet (15.2 m × 7.6 m) with a five - foot (1.5 m) overhead (ceiling). But it was also a dangerous place in conflict, as it had port and starboard gun ports from which cannon could be run out to fire on the enemy . The gun room was in the stern area of the gun deck, to which passengers had no access due to it being the storage space for powder and ammunition for the ship's cannons and any other weapons belonging to the ship . The gun room might also house a pair of stern chasers, small cannons used to fire out the stern of the ship . Forward on the gun deck in the bow area was a windlass, equipment similar in function to the capstan in steerage, which was used to raise and lower the ship's main anchor . There were no stairs for the passengers on the gun deck to go up through the gratings to the main deck . To get up to the main deck, passengers were required to climb a wooden or rope ladder . </P> <P> There was no facility for a latrine or privy on the Mayflower, and ship's crew had to fend for themselves in that regard . Gun deck passengers most likely used a bucket as a chamber pot, affixed to the deck or bulkhead to keep it from being jostled at sea . </P>

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