"Walking aft a few feet we stand at……" — Paul J. H. Schoemaker

Walking aft a few feet we stand at the steering gear of… - Paul J. H. Schoemaker
"Walking aft a few feet we stand at the steering gear of the ship. There is no cozy; wheel-house on the bridge for the quartermaster of a sailing ship! He must stand at the very stern, with an unobstructed view of the sails. When sailing "by the wind" his eye is glued to the weather-side of the uppermost sail; he keeps it drawing a trace of wind, but never lets it fill."

Paul J. H. Schoemaker

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