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Old 02-14-2010, 02:51 PM   #6
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Default Re: Crewing a ship in the Age of Sail

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Other key specialists in the crew would be the carpenter, the ships master (navigator) and his mates, the gunner (essentially the ship's armourer), the boatswain (responsible for the rigging) and the sailmaker.
Also the coxswain, who steered the ship during battle.
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