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- # CHAPTER LXV. A MAN-OF-WAR RACE.
## Overview
This entity is a chapter titled "CHAPTER LXV. A MAN-OF-WAR RACE." It is part of the novel [White-Jacket](arke:01KG8AJ89Z18FKVJV5H0488ZAZ) and was extracted from the file [white_jacket.txt](arke:01KG89J19NC56FFGBCM2SWEZZY). The chapter spans from line 10298 to line 10524 of the source text.
## Context
This chapter is one of many within the novel [White-Jacket](arke:01KG8AJ89Z18FKVJV5H0488ZAZ), a work by Herman Melville. The novel is part of the larger collection [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW). This chapter follows [CHAPTER LXIV. MAN-OF-WAR TROPHIES.](arke:01KG8AJTJS0S118XNQJ3RCSTWV) and precedes [CHAPTER LXVI. FUN IN A MAN-OF-WAR.](arke:01KG8AJTJS0E9FQHG061ZQ54GF).
## Contents
The chapter details a race between the American frigate "Neversink" and two European vessels, an English and a French frigate, as they depart from Rio de Janeiro. The narrative describes the initial slow progress due to light winds, the increasing speed as a strong breeze picks up, and the strategic maneuvers employed by the "Neversink's" captain to gain an advantage. The chapter includes dialogue among the crew, reflections on the sea's influence on great men and poets, and the captain's innovative methods of trimming the ship by the head to improve its speed. The outcome of the race remains ambiguous, with the narrator asserting the "Neversink" ultimately won, though the other ships were lost to sight. The chapter is divided into four chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AMH6KFHSQA80QMAVAAQ14), [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AMH6KK3CZCRN3CCMNN15N), [Chunk 3](arke:01KG8AMH6KF93ZHBC4B7MSP0ZF), and [Chunk 4](arke:01KG8AMH6KE6E88M2Y3GT7MHJX).
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