[eli5] What are the duties on board a ship while in port during the 17th/18th century?

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[eli5] What are the duties on board a ship while in port during the 17th/18th century?

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Answer 1

If there was a beach on which the ship could be pulled out of the water, scraping the hull to remove barnacles, algae etc. (“biofouling”) was an important task to improve the performance of the ship when it was underway.