Under sail . ?MiwiMimmiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiHitni——n. — \U*^« W^.^.^S^^JiSU-^ ^??»«gTj»;,..nn^«.«n« TIHi TTiiyrr^nmr 42 UNDER SAIL While memory lasts, the picture of our firstchantey, a few days after leaving port, will re-main with me as one of the great thrills thathave come my way. A heavy squall in the fore-noon watch sent all of our topsl yards to thecaps, everything coming down by the run, to hangslatting in the gear. Skj^sails, royals, flying jib,tgansls, jib topsl, jib, fore topmast stays],and then the upper topsls were lowered, the lat-ter thrashing and straining aga
Under sail . ?MiwiMimmiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiHitni——n. — \U*^« W^.^.^S^^JiSU-^ ^??»«gTj»;,..nn^«.«n« TIHi TTiiyrr^nmr 42 UNDER SAIL While memory lasts, the picture of our firstchantey, a few days after leaving port, will re-main with me as one of the great thrills thathave come my way. A heavy squall in the fore-noon watch sent all of our topsl yards to thecaps, everything coming down by the run, to hangslatting in the gear. Skj^sails, royals, flying jib,tgansls, jib topsl, jib, fore topmast stays],and then the upper topsls were lowered, the lat-ter thrashing and straining against the down-hauls as the ship heeled to it almost on her beamends, gaining headway with a rush, and rightingherself as we spilled the wind from the bulgingcanvas. Passing as quickly as it came, the squall leftus wallowing under lower topsls, the courseshanging in their gear. All hands were called to make sail, and as wemanned the main topsl halyards Jimmy Mar-shall jumped to the pin rail, and with one legover the top of the bulw
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