0 the period from around 1570 to around 1860 when ships with sails were used for travel, trade, and fighting in wars:
They daydream about Norfolk's glory days as a busy hub in the age of sail.
In the age of sail, the hotel was associated with the Packet Service, when Falmouth was the port through which overseas mail and important travellers entered and left the country.
This was during the Napoleonic Wars, the pinnacle of the Age of Sail.
To take advantage of prevailing winds, ships returning to Europe during the Age of Sail would sail north to the Carolinas before turning east to cross the north Atlantic.
