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Thread #37855 Message #529327
Posted By: radriano
16-Aug-01 - 12:53 PM
Thread Name: Need help with sea term: flaked or faked
Subject: Need help with sea term: flaked or faked
One of the most famous homeward bound capstan shanties is Rolling Home. The first verse of one setting of the English version of Rolling Home is:
Call all hand to man the capstan See the cable flaked down clear Heave away and with a will, boys For old England we will steer
The question is: Is it flake the cable correct or should it be fake the cable?