| But landsmen were not particularly liked by either the officers or sailors even though they were necessary. |
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| Amid the many pressed landsmen in Victory's crew of 800 such experience made him valuable. |
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| Sailors wore the same loose-fitting shirt of light white linen worn by landsmen with a modest tuff at collar and wrists. |
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| Ships' captains needed skilled seamen not unskilled landsmen, there is no doubt that the great majority of pressed men were seamen, usually from the merchant marine. |
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| And Nerida had the landsmen beat the shields and armour to make boats. |
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| He simply pointed it out to the two landsmen and flew down to join them. |
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| Landsmen can seldom tell you the direction of the wind, unless it happens to be easterly and beasterly, neither is it any longer a matter of vital importance to seamen. |
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