Has anyone encountered the term "bring wave?" Here is the reference that I found:
"Come all you jolly sailor lads, that love the cannon's roar, Your good ship on the bring wave, your lass and glass ashore..."
These are the first two lines of a poem titled The Ballad of the Rover, written by Archibald MacMechan in Nova Scotia around 1920. It describes the privateering of The Rover out of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, under captain Alex Godfrey.
The full poem and a bit of background is available here: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~jacktar/roverballad.html
Sounds like "the bring wave" may be a favorable wave, a following sea or a wave that is bringing the ship to its destination. Any ideas or other references?? I like the sound of it!