Before the invention of the cannon and its introduction into warfare how was naval combat orchestrated?

by Silver-_-Halo

I know ships would often hoard each other before cannons were used but were other weapons used often to engage in ship to ship combat?

jschooltiger

I wrote about this before a couple years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3l1yf1/how_was_naval_warfare_fought_before_the_invention/

Let me know if you have follow up questions, since that thread is old/locked