23.5 Ship Command
True ship command consists in giving all verbal orders. As you speak, your executive officer confirms the order and translates it into specific commands to the crew. These are words you speak. SAY them. Movement Direction/Course Docking/Harbours -------- ---------------- ---------------- ALL STOP COURSE dir CAST OFF or CASTOFF MAN THE OARS TURN [TO] dir DOCK direction STRIKE|REEF [THE] SAILS BRING HER TO dir WEIGH|RAISE [THE] ANCHOR SET|FULL SAILS DROP|LOWER [THE] ANCHOR ROW RAISE|LOWER [THE] PLANK At Sea / Between Ships Other ---------------------- ----- EXTEND [THE] PLANK HOIST|RAISE [THE] FLAG WITHDRAW [THE] PLANK LOWER [THE] FLAG GRAPPLE direction RAISE|LOWER [THE] [ROPE]LADDER[S]