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Updated: May 9, 2025
"Let draw your jib-sheets," now shouted Ned; "let go your larboard and round-in upon your starboard fore-braces, and then lay aft here, two or three of you, and haul out the spanker. Steady the helm and meet her, Williams. Keep everything a-rap full and let her go through the water. What is the latest news from the anchor for'ard there?"
The boatswain's pipe sounded, his gruff voice reiterated the order, and the men, who had been grouped together on the forecastle discussing the singular appearance of the weather, sprang to their stations. "Main and peak halliards let go! Man the main-tack tricing-line and down with the throat of the sail; round-in upon the mainsheet! Now, then, is there no one to attend to the peak downhaul?
Hoist away the jib and staysail; fore-sheets over to starboard. One hand to the wheel and put it hard-a-port. Cut the cable, forward there. Round-in upon the starboard braces ease off your mainsheet, slack it away and let the boom go well out. Now she has stern-way upon her. Capital. Now fill your topsail smartly, lads! and haul aft your lee head sheets. Steady your helm. Now she draws ahead.
Hard up with the helm. There she pays off! Square the fore- yard; gently with your weather-braces don't round-in upon them too quickly. Well there; belay!" All this had passed almost as quickly as the description can be read, and we were now under way and steering directly after the ship, which had only succeeded in getting her topsails sheeted home and the fore- topsail partially hoisted.
"Do you think you could manage to get the pump under way?" I asked. "I would try," he replied; "but the well is on the larboard side, close by my feet, and deep under water." "Then," said I, "we must endeavour to get her round upon the other tack. We will watch for a `smooth, and directly it comes, you and Francois must round-in upon the mainsheet. Are you both ready?"
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