Tallship Positions and Commands

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Across
  1. 3. Helmsperson turns the ship’s head away from the wind
  2. 5. haul away the line
  3. 7. secure the line to the pin or cleat
  4. 8. go to that place and await further orders
  5. 9. is a deck officer who is assigned the duties of watch keeping
  6. 11. put a turn around a cleat, in order to hold more tension on a line
  7. 13. pull the line, but gently, just to take the slack out of it
  8. 14. go to your assigned tacking station
Down
  1. 1. takes place after the ship’s head passes through the wind
  2. 2. Helmsperson turns the ship’s head into the wind
  3. 4. let off a mooring line from the dock
  4. 6. holds ultimate command
  5. 10. let the line out slowly
  6. 12. Supervises the ships deck department
  7. 15. ease the braces on one side and haul on the other side to move the yards accordingly