What does 'Roll and GO' mean?

Subject: RE: What does 'Roll and GO' mean?
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Jan 13 - 12:29 PM

"Roll and go" suggests attained momentum but not quite coming to a stop. In US I hear it is a term used to descride not comming to a total stop at a stop sign.

On another thread "Snuffy" says "There certainly seems to be some crossover between "row" and "roll" in the songs of the Liverpool Judies family: Roll, Julia, Roll is there beside Row, Bullies, Row, but I don't recall seeing anything like Rowing Down To Old Maui." There must have been a fair amount of rolling in a sailor's life from the rolling sea to rolling cannons and cannon balls and rolling the old chariot along (and what's that all about?).

Pat

Subject: RE: What does 'Roll and GO' mean?
From: GUEST,Don
Date: 07 Jan 13 - 11:26 AM

Try "Row and go."

Subject: What does 'Roll and GO' mean?
From: clueless don
Date: 07 Jan 13 - 11:16 AM

Hello Mudcatters,

I have been wondering what the nautical term "Roll and Go" means. I figured Google would tell me quickly, but I got absolutely no useful hits! I also tried the Mudcat search, and got lots of hits, but none that seemed promising (and too many to just try them all.)

So, in the context of sailing ships, what does Roll and Go mean?

Don