Chapter 121: Unexpected Visitors

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In the cove, they had already been at work for a couple of days, and progress was good and steady. All the equipment the shipwrights had at this disposal – and more – was strewn over the floor. To a set of eyes that was not their own, it might appear disorderly, but to them, it was ordered to perfection.

The task that they were charged with was a difficult one. Within a day, they had completed a pulley system that raised and lowered the lower half of the mast, and Gengyo had been immensely pleased with their progress. However, that was the easy part. Where the difficulty lay was in attaching the lower and upper masts so that it was stable, but also so that the upper mast could be lowered onto the deck.