It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propaganda-tours. (from “Homage to Catalonia”, 1938)
“I grasped her gunwale and held on as she turned bottom up, for I suddenly remembered that I could not swim.” Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone around the World
Sounds like a risky hole to fill, hopefully there was a safety line attached to an immovable object not sure a sheet would have sufficed.......
It a distortion of a quote from Orwell’s work here is the original work. : “Those who now call themselves Conservatives are either Liberals, Fascists or the accomplices of Fascists,” https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-orwell-people-accomplices/
In sailing, a sheet is a line (rope, cable or chain) used to control the movable corner(s) (clews) of a sail, but then you knew didn't you, you naughty Sailing Scudderboy.
I live at the furthest point from the sea for a reason porty, there be monsters lurking under the surface.
no more alcohol for me now Chris, after Boxing Days regression a bottle of Dark Rum not good. Cheers.
Thought you were only allowed to be 3 sheets to the wind? All this sailing talk is making me sea sick on me sofa....