Loosen the lug-sail halyards, and bring them up-quick, quick!
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
But they had scarcely got through the narrow channel leading from the harbour, and were just emerging into Loch Scrone, when a squall of wind came tearing along and hit the boat so that the lug-sail was almost flattened on to the water.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
As soon as they had shoved the boat clear of the smacks, the jib was promptly set; the big lumps of stone that served for ballast were duly shifted; the lug-sail, as black as pitch and full of holes, was hoisted, and the halyards made fast; then the sheet was hauled in by Nicol MacNicol, who had been ordered to the helm; and finally the shaky old nondescript craft began to creep through the blue waters of Erisaig Bay.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black