Quite right you are, and yet there are a number of different ways that this scene could have legitimately added drama without making the crew look like a bunch of lowly polywogs. One example would have been to have a stay part while raising the top gallants. Plausible, dramatic, and a chance for the Walrus' crew to…

I've been enjoying your commentary and critique of Black Sails over the past five episodes. You make a number of excellent points. In V the fact that things are happening is an excellent turn. It is nice to see the ships sailing. Personally I was disappointed in the sequence where Flint needs the Walrus to gain…