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| 5 | 75 | This protects the mast, yard, rigging, and View more quotes about sail">sail, and minimizes any possibly adverse effect the wind might have on maneuverability. |
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| 5 | 72 | Four of our pursuers were fifty oared and two were thirty oared". |
| 5 | 73 | This had been determined by means of a Builder's Glass, from the ringed lookout post on the raised, socketed mast. |
| 5 | 74 | In battle conditions the mast is lowered. |
| 5 | 75 | This protects the mast, yard, rigging, and sail, and minimizes any possibly adverse effect the wind might have on maneuverability. |
| 5 | 76 | The rowing arrangements mentioned were common rowing arrangements, a single rowing deck, with twenty-five oars to a side or fifteen oars to a side. |
| 5 | 77 | Commonly there would be two or three men to an oar. |
| 5 | 78 | Usually a compromise was sought between speed and maneuverability. |