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Al mismo tiempo, y por puro rencor, disparó al mercante y casi de inmediato mareó el petifoque.
at the same time, out of mere spite, she fired at the merchantman and almost immediately set her flying jib.
Había mantenido apagada la trinquetilla por la misma razón, así que la Warren navegaba con petifoque, foque y gavias.
He had kept the staysail furled for the same reason, so the Warren was being driven by flying jib, jib, and topsails.
El comodoro Saltonstall observó con aprobación cómo su petifoque se izaba y se ceñía para hacer que la Warren se apartara del viento, después el foque y la trinquetilla se izaron y se acortaron con firmeza.
Commodore Saltonstall watched approvingly as his flying jib was raised and backed to turn the Warren away from the wind, then as the jib and foretopmast staysail were hoisted and sheeted hard home.
Saltonstall no se atrevía a izar el foque, el petifoque o la trinquetilla porque incluso aquel viento suave ejercería presión suficiente en aquellas velas como para reducir a astillas su maltrecho bauprés, así que confió en que las chalupas remolcaran la fragata a lugar seguro.
Saltonstall dared not set the jib, flying jib, or staysail because even this small wind would exert enough pressure on those sails to pull his damaged bowsprit to pieces, and so he relied on the longboats to tow the frigate to safety.
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