It seems an elementary way of taking a line ashore; I think that with a little practise two men in a dinghy would be quicker and would look more seamanlike-but probably it was the way in the Ark, so the custom remains.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
He had done the proper thing, in a proper, orderly, and seamanlike way.
"Mrs. Cliff's Yacht"
Frank R. Stockton
But the Navy officer's voice continued sternly: "Sit up in a more seamanlike manner.
"Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis"
H. Irving Hancock