• vessels- a craft bigger than a rowboat for navigation

  • stays- a strong rope or wire use to steady or brace something
  • booty- money or goods taken in war or by robbery
  • prow- the bow of the ship
  • quartering winds- a wind coming from a direction behind and to the side
  • baubles- an object of a little value
  • shaft- an arrow especially for a longbow
  • head wind- wind blowing in a direction opposite to a course especially of a ship or an aircraft

  • hull- the from or body of a ship, flying boat, or airship
  • scudded- to move or run swiftly