There was no sail now on the ship, but the spanker and the close-reefed main topsail, which still held good. But this was too much after sail, and order was given to furl the spanker. - Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast, ch. 25 I love "furl the spanker".
There was no sail now on the ship, but the spanker and the close-reefed main topsail, which still held good. But this was too much after sail, and order was given to furl the spanker.
- Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast, ch. 25
I love "furl the spanker".