Morgano opened this issue on Jun 07, 2007 · 9 posts
dphoadley posted Thu, 07 June 2007 at 12:24 AM
Depending on the size of the ship, some were sailed right up to the dock, and then the sails were dropped at the very last second, and the ship reach dockside by the power of inertia. Others, usually anchored out in the harbor, and had supplies brought to them by barge. And yes, some were towed to dockside, usually by oar in the era before steam.
DPH