[56.3] cabo de mar, harbor-master.
[56.4] la comandancia, the authorities. In every important Spanish port there is a military chief of marine called comandante, who settles local maritime affairs which in any way concern the State. His office is called comandancia.
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[57. 1] mares gruesas, heavy seas, lit. "thick."
[57.2] la hora menos pensada, when least expected, lit. "the hour least thought of."
[57.3] diesen con ellos al través, drive them ashore [wrecked].
[57.4] dar la razón a los que, show that those were in the right who.
[57.5] levantiscos, turbulent.
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[58.1] a poder de, by dint of.