You didn't know? Every man that went to sea was gay. From the sex-addict homosexual point of view a person couldn't go to sea for 90 days without having SEX for god's sake. Men, men, men, men... Men, men, men, men... Oh it's GREAT to be with Men!
They had the BEST cruises back then.
I'm going to write the ultimate PC essay wherein I shall prove - without a doubt - that Christopher Columbus was a gay, Muslim-Pagan, Indian Transvestite whose entire goal was to enlighten the already enlightened Native Americans about the crystal-loving Atlanteans who rode dolphins on the waves (as did Columbus himself, which is why he was such an incredible seaman), until the evil church got hold of his crew and destroyed his multicultural Utopian ideal.
I wonder who would actually fall for it? :)