Either she had asked him about the spanker sail, and the Captain misunderstood the question, or else she is learning the difference between starboard and larboard as he demonstrates each on alternate cheeks.
Now she’s gonna be too shy to ask the Captain about his mast.
"...a heavy round wooden paddle with a hole in the middle that leaves fearsome red bruises. And then the shaking girls with beaten butts and tearful faces receive another terrible punishment..."
Either she had asked him about the spanker sail, and the Captain misunderstood the question, or else she is learning the difference between starboard and larboard as he demonstrates each on alternate cheeks.
Now she’s gonna be too shy to ask the Captain about his mast.