All hands obeyed,and at once the eight or ten seamen who composed the crew,sprang to their respective stations at the spanker brails and outhaul,topsail sheets and halyards,the jib downhaul,and the topsail clewlines and buntlines. 全体船员立刻按命令行动起来。船上一共有八个到十个海员，他们有的奔到大帆的索子那里，有的奔到三角帆和主帆的索子那里，有的则去控制转帆索和卷帆索。
All hands obeyed, and at once the eight or ten seamen who composed the crew, sprang to their respective stations at the spanker brails and outhaul, topsail sheets and halyards, the jib downhaul, and the topsail clewlines and buntlines. 全体船员立刻按命令行动起来。 船上一共有八个到十个海员，他们有的奔到大帆的索子那里，有的奔到三角帆和主帆的索子那里，有的则去控制转帆索和卷帆索。
and since, pull as I liked, I could not budge the downhaul; that was the extent of what I could accomplish. 由于我不论使多大的劲都拉不动收帆索，我只能就此罢休。
and since, pull as I liked, I could not budge the downhaul;that was the extent of what I could accomplish. 我无论如何用力也拉不动帆索，我也只能做到这个程度了。
