At about 10 p.m., 24 hours after the sinking, the wind picked up, sending water over the longboat's gunwales, and it began to rain heavily.
The longboat was double banked; its rowing benches were designed to accommodate two men each pulling an oar on opposite sides.
He sent out a longboat to find an anchorage.
Portuguese soldiers row around the waters on longboats mercilessly spearing survivors.
Another transferred the cargo onto longboats and rowed to shore where local residents helped unload and secure it behind the dunes.
Basque whalers used for this activity the longboats known as traineras, that only allowed whaling near the coast or based in a larger ship.
The survivors, including all the women and children, were then transferred to nearby islands in the ship's longboat and yawl.
In the 19th and early 20th century the local fishermen jointly owned a longboat, operated by 22 oarsmen.
