Volume I
COMMERCE
A sleek, newly designed schooner that falls into the lads’ hands through a strange chain of events. Their first challenge is finding a crew that can sail her.
Places, ships and sailing terms from the story
The world of Making Way
41°25′ N · 70°56′ W
Cuttyhunk Island
Cuttyhunk is the outermost of Massachusetts’ Elizabeth Islands. It is where the story begins and where the crew return to hide from the British. In the present day, it is where Laurel’s grandfather tells her the tale on their walks across the island.
The ship
One ship, two names
Volume II
PYGG
The crew give the COMMERCE a new name when they flee the British. Sailing out of Cuttyhunk Pond on the edge of the privateer fleets, she survives by stealth and ingenuity.
A sailor’s glossary
Words you’ll meet in the books
- Making way
- Said of a ship that is moving through the water under its own power, by sail or by engine.
- Schooner
- A fore-and-aft rigged sailing ship with two or more masts, prized for speed.
- Privateer
- A privately owned armed ship, or its crew, authorized by a government to attack enemy shipping.
- Letter of marque
- The official commission that turned a private vessel into a lawful privateer.
- Heeling
- A ship leaning to one side under the force of the wind in her sails.
- Scuttlebutt
- Gossip, named for the water cask where sailors gathered to drink and talk.
- Bowsprit
- The spar that projects forward from a ship’s bow, carrying the forward sails.
- Skipper
- The captain of a small ship.
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