May 8, 2020
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.
