Many of the crew I have will be making their first trip to sea in a ship like Britannia.
[His voice is quiet, warm. As gentle as he can manage with all the worries.]
I have more-than-competent first and second mates, midshipmen who are either experienced or will learn, and several other good hands as well. I lack a bosun. Someone to keep order, to listen to arguments and judge what may be settled there and what ought to be taken to the captain.
[Okay, so he's fudging the role of a bosun a little. It's a part Jilly can play, as he has said every person on board will need to work.
Miss Ginia had been their bosun. And she had gone home. Now, if it meant getting Jilly out of the village when there might be trouble brewing? He would try. God, he he would try.]
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[His voice is quiet, warm. As gentle as he can manage with all the worries.]
I have more-than-competent first and second mates, midshipmen who are either experienced or will learn, and several other good hands as well. I lack a bosun. Someone to keep order, to listen to arguments and judge what may be settled there and what ought to be taken to the captain.
[Okay, so he's fudging the role of a bosun a little. It's a part Jilly can play, as he has said every person on board will need to work.
Miss Ginia had been their bosun. And she had gone home. Now, if it meant getting Jilly out of the village when there might be trouble brewing? He would try. God, he he would try.]