doubly-reefed

Updated: May 18, 2025

Lower away!" the commander cried, ordering even the already doubly-reefed sails gotten down, so the powerful wind would have less resistance. Even with the small area of canvas shown, the craft was being heeled over until the scuppers or the holes by which water runs off the deck dipped under the waves, and there was plenty of sea aboard.

Laura Lee Hope - The Moving Picture Girls at Sea: or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real