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Thread #50501   Message #2923218
Posted By: Charley Noble
08-Jun-10 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Add: A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea
Sorry, AC!

I also wondered about the "sheet anchor" and how a "sheet," wet or dry, could be contrived to anchor a ship. And what happened to a ship if its sheets were "short-sheeted"? Is that when she went "full a-back" or "three sheets to the wind"?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble