When movies have battles between sailing vessels, the ships usually seem far from land. But ambush was easier close to shore. Pre-radar, even with the vast horizon of the ocean to scan for other vessels, it wasn't as easy to catch a ship at sea.
To make their raiding easier, some smaller water crafts worked in pairs close to land—one coming up behind the victim and chasing the prey into the path of vessel hidden ahead near the shoreline.
Based on the fact that pirates sometimes kept a ship they captured, I could see how they might have two vessels to use.
To make their raiding easier, some smaller water crafts worked in pairs close to land—one coming up behind the victim and chasing the prey into the path of vessel hidden ahead near the shoreline.
Based on the fact that pirates sometimes kept a ship they captured, I could see how they might have two vessels to use.
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