Still, why had he assumed that sailors couldn't climb?
Two sailors had climbed into the branches of the tree, and they watched over the long barrels of their rifles as the skiff came alongside.
Colpoys panicked, and ordered his officers and marines to open fire on the sailors climbing out of the hatches.
A good many sailors had come in, and were climbing into the Dodgem cars with yells and whistles.
"James, sometimes I want to climb straight up you the way a sailor climbs a mast."
At the next dusk, the conches sounded and a good many sailors climbed into boats and returned to their ships.
The fuse was lit as the crew abandoned ship, while one last sailor climbed the mast to remove the American flag.
In the back of the long room, one sailor climbed onto another's shoulders, searching by feel among the rafters for the hidden weapon.
Nicaraguan sailors climbed slowly toward the bridge.
The merchantman's captain shouted a command; three sailors climbed the stays to let out another reef of the mainsail.