#drying sails

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HMS Ganges drying her sails off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Emeric Essex Vidal (1791-1861)

[marryat92]

When Jack Easy had gained the deck, he found the sun shining gaily, a soft air blowing from the shore, and the whole of the rigging and every part of the ship loaded with the shirts, trousers, and jackets of the seamen, which had been wetted during the heavy gale, and were now hanging up to dry; all the wet sails were also spread on the booms or triced up in the rigging, and the ship was slowly forging through the blue water.

— Frederick Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy

image: HMS Duncan (1811) drying her sails at Port Mahon, attributed to William Anderson.

[ltwilliammowett]

"Drying sails, Honfleur" by Edward William Cooke (1811-1880)

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Drying sails, Honfleur, by Edward William Cooke (1811-1880)

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A large first rate at anchor and drying her sails, probably in Plymouth Sound, with other ships of the fleet beyond, by Nicholas Matthew Condy (1818-1851)

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Ships drying sails, by George Chambers, mid 20th century

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An American naval Brig lying at Anchor while her Sails are drying, by C.W. Eckersberg, 1831-32

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Shipping in calm, by Timothy Franklin Ross Thompson (1951-)