Translation examples
The ship gathered sternway, turning as she went; the backed jib filled, followed by the hard-braced topsails;
¡Timón a babor! Al mismo tiempo que la popa se movió, la corbeta empezó a virar; el foque y las gavias se hincharon;
And still the Chesapeake came backwards. An overheated quarterdeck carronade overset on its recoil, breaking its breechings, and Jack was too busy helping to check it as it plunged among a mess of hammocks blasted from the nettings and of blood to see what was happening forward until he heard-the crash as the Chesapeake's quarter came grinding against the Shannon's side, just amidships. But as he looked up he saw the Chesapeake, her sternway checked, beginning to forge ahead - she had dropped her forecourse.
Una carronada de popa volcó el retroceder y se le rompieron las retrancas. Luego chocó contra un montón de coyes ensangrentados que un cañonazo había hecho caer de la batayola. Jack se esforzaba por detenerla y no se daba cuenta de lo que ocurría a su alrededor. De repente oyó el estruendo producido por el choque de la aleta de la Chesapeake con la parte central del costado de la Shannon y se volvió hacia allí. La Chesapeake largó la trinquete para tratar de moverse hacia delante.
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