The Age of Sail: everything you wanted to know
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The Battle of Cape Saint Vincent
Boarding was incredibly common, actually. The goal of boarding really was to get on to that ship and overrun the personnel on board so that you can capture it or destroy it - whatever your aim is. It does sound incredibly risky. But when you think about it from a kind of practical perspective, actually amd pretty grim. They had the naval boarding pikes, em and of course, boarding axes,. which were incredibly popular because they were a weapon.
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