These tactics were accentuated by the fact that the British tended to choose the weather gauge and the French the lee, so the tendency was for the French guns to be pointing high and the British low as their ships heeled in the wind.
La maqhinga ayegxininiswa yinyani yokuba iBritane yayithanda ukukhetha isiqikeleli semozulu yona iFransi isebenzi kwisikhuseli-moya, injongo yayikukufuna ukuba imipu yamaFrentshi yalathe phezulu ize eyasiBritane yalathe phantsi njongokuba iinqanawa zabo ziphantsi kocinzelelo lomoya.