"...a tolerably dismal sight—jib-boom, spritsail yard and bumpkins carried away, bowsprit and foreyard sprung, and spanker-boom broken, together with a great deal of cordage..."--Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 68
"...a tolerably dismal sight—jib-boom, spritsail yard and bumpkins carried away, bowsprit and foreyard sprung, and spanker-boom broken, together with a great deal of cordage..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 68