The gangway between the quarter-deck and fo'c'sle by the gunwales had been broadening continuously until, by the beginning of the nineteenth century, it was just a large hole beamed across to carry the boats and spare yards.
Indlela eyakumgangatho wokungena enqanaweni kwesiqingatha somgangatho kunye nendawo ekuhlala kuyo oomatiloshe ngumphetho wenqanawa yayisanda rhoqo de kubesekuqaleni kweshumi elinethoba lenkulungwane, yayingumngxuma nje omkhulu osemqadini ngaphaya ukulayisha izikhephe kunye nokuncamela kwiyadi.