After docking seventeen of the thirty-six man crew deserted, and only six of the remaining men were competent seamen.

Both of them were competent seamen and had clearly sailed as seamen many times before.

Lewrie becomes an imaginative and aggressive officer, a capable leader, and a competent seaman... He is no longer dominated by his womanizing.

Cousteau, barely in his twenties, was a happy-go-lucky youngster, always eager and willing and a more than competent seaman.

From an early age he proved himself a competent seaman and ship driver.

Morbrith was no more; every competent, rough-mannered seaman who had remained to defend the High Earl was now lost to the living.

Those officers who had sailed with him on numerous voyages found him difficult to approach, but they all considered him a competent seaman.

The novel paints a colourful picture of the Duke and acknowledges his reputation as a competent seaman and commander.

He was such a competent seaman, and a friend of mine, too--we both lived aboard at Shoemaker Bay, though he was gone a lot.

The captain, while a competent seaman, was a brute in his treatment of his men.