Earlier, during the age of sail, they probably rang their bells.

Age of Sail, referring to commercial and military impact of technology.

The bowline's name has an earlier meaning, dating to the age of sail.

Its harbour made the town a centre for shipping and shipbuilding during the age of sail.

Voyages, the age of sail: documents in American maritime history.

The modern petty officer dates back to the Age of Sail.

These energy-intensive processes were not usually available during the Age of Sail.

A strong Age of Sail flavor is also present.

The new age of sail would be a matter, literally, of flying a kite.

Warships of the age of sail were highly vulnerable to fire.

He would begin where the age of sail left off, by harnessing a combination of power and wind.

Merchant ships and superyachts - the age of sail?

A ballast pond was a construction found in shipyards during the age of sail.

There were two chief techniques of boarding in the Age of Sail.

Provides a detailed account of the language used by seamen during the age of sail.

But they all understood that British naval supremacy in the age of sail was unique and not applicable to other nations.

This wood was the most usual and favourite shipbuilding material in the Age of Sail.

The unit is named after the length of a ship's anchor cable in the age of sail.

Most importantly, it should be cheaper than some grandiose schemes being floated to bring back the age of sail.

However, the rating system, although modified in 1817, continued until the end of the Age of Sail.

The age of sail also saw the development of convoy as a means of defending trade.

But the age of sail definitively lost.

It is the sequel to Age of Sail.

See also Naval tactics in the Age of Sail.

The concept is from the Age of Sail, and is now largely antiquated.