Laborsome

Subject to labor, or to pitch and roll violently in a heavy sea, by which the masts, and even the hull, may be endangered. For, by a series of heavy rolls the rigging becomes loosened, and the masts at the same time may strain upon the shrouds with an effort which they will be unable to resist, to which may be added that the continual agitation of the vessel loosens her joints and makes her extremely leaky.