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Neap-tide
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Tide period in which high water is lowest.
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Trim, английский
To adjust the sails to make the most of the wind.
Carrack, английский
- Three-masted trading vessel similar to the caravel, but larger.
- An armed merchantman; similar to a caravel, but larger and more robust with heavy cannon on tall fore- and stern-castles. in 1560 english admiral john hawkins discovered that lowering the excep- carbine 64 tionally high forecastle made the ship faster and more maneuverable, thereby creating the forerunner of the galleon.
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