Bowmen in naval battles

Was just reading about an English naval victory in mid 1300s where use
of longbows was the deciding factor against the French. Considering
the poor accuracy of guns up to the early 1800s, how long were
longbows used as anti-personnel weapons aboard ship? I would think
that massive arrow volleys by marines might have been more effective
than firearms up to early 1800s.
Considering the use of bow launched fire arrows against ships of that
time I decided that they might have been as much danger to the
attacker as the one being attacked. However, the serious flammability
of sails surely must have inspired some inventors to produce fire
arrows with an internal flint and steel and blackpowder and flammable
fluid system whereby the arrow did not ignite until it hit its
target. Anybody know of such?
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