"...Every master and
pilot prided himself on knowing exactly how much way his ship was making.
He knew the ship, he considered the wind, he watched the sails, he watched
the water. In fact, it was a matter which just could not be explained to the
landsman. A good sailor knew his ship, and that was all."
E. G.
R. Taylor
Hold the
feather of a wren slain on New Years Day and it will protect a sailor from
dying by shipwreck.
