I'm working on a story set in the early 1700's on a ship in the Caribbean. One of my characters is told to help with the sail repair on the ship at sea. My question -- where would this (the repairing of torn sails) take place? On the deck? Under the deck? In a special workshop? I was assuming the sails would not be strung up on the mast and in use at the time, but maybe I'm wrong there.
I've tried various combinations of terms "sail repair," "boatswain," "sail repair location," etc, without any luck. I simply find info about the job (which I have oodles of information about already). Would anyone know the answer to this?
Thanks!
ETA: Looks like the gen consensus seems to be it was done on deck in good weather, which is what I suspected but did not know 100%. Thanks!
