Dear folkies... this thread is why, when charting a course, I always take care never to sail over chicken farms...
Which reminds me of my favorite Zeb Tilton story... the great crosseyed schnoonerman, captain of the Alice Wentworth... who used to have his young nephew serve as his eyes in the bows of the Alice... and the first day aboard when Zeb told him, go up forward and yell back anytime ya see anything. A while goes by, and the kid yells, Uncle ZEB! I see ducks! Be those ducks walking or swimming? "The're walkin' Uncle Zeb! "READY ABOUT!"
Cheers
Larry