He soon realized that it was a whaleboat—double-ended and about twenty-five feet long—but a whaleboat unlike any he had ever seen. The boat’s sides had been built up by about half a foot. Two makeshift masts had been rigged, transforming the rowing vessel into a rudimentary schooner. The sails—stiff with salt and bleached by the sun—had clearly pulled the boat along for many, many miles. Coffin could see no one at the steering oar. He turned to the man at the Dauphin’s wheel and ordered, “Hard up the helm.”
double-ended n. 兩端
makeshift adj. 湊合的
masts n. 桅杆( 支撐觀測台等的高的柱桿 )
rigged adj. 非法操作的
the rowing vessel n. 划動式船隻
rudimentary adj. 基礎的
schooner n. 帆船
sails n. 帆
stiff adj. 僵硬的
bleached v 漂白
had clearly 顯然的
pulled the boat
along for...
Coffin n. 摳夫因 ( 意思：棺材；不等於 Caffeine 咖啡因 )
steering oar n. 舵槳
hard up ph. 硬起來
helm n. 舵
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