Listing means a vessel tilted to one side by leaking or sloppy ballasting, a very worrisome sign. And the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags Scuppers a small holes to drain water from decks and a logical place to find someone reeling from an alcoholic affliction. In Jamaica, but actually a poor privateer base as it was too close to navy ships who might conscript your crew and too far removed from American trade routes. Pumping like Madmen all the way Ships damaged in storms, or in this case, a worn-out, leakly vessels had to be pumped continuously, a wearing and backbreaking task. Rogers was perceptive in this reference.
Indies often attest to heavy pumping.
Pumping was usually helped by rhythmic work songs called chanties. Barrett's Privateers could be used as a chanty, but the rhythm is not ideal. A large merchant ship was always the sought-after prize. Many privateers under 100 tons but captured 400 or 500 ton enemy vessels. With a our cracked four pounder we made to fight Very accurate description of a favoured size of privateer cannon, the four pounder.